Hop Back Brewery

Hop Back Brewery Plc

Industry	Alcoholic beverage
Founded	1986
Founder	John Gilbert
Headquarters	Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire , United Kingdom
Products	Beer
Production output	16000 UK barrels (in 2005)
Website	http://www.hopback.co.uk/

Hop Back, one of England's small breweries, brewers of Summer Lightning, Crop Circle, G.F.B. and other beers was founded by John Gilbert. Beer was first brewed in 1986 at the Wyndham Arms in Salisbury, and moved to larger premises in Downton five years later. As of 2025, Hop Back own ten public houses mostly around the south of England.

Cask Beers

• Summer Lightning 5.0% ABV
• GFB (Gilbert's First Brew) 3.5% ABV
• Crop Circle 4.2% ABV
• Entire Stout 4.5% ABV

CAMRA Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2011

• Fugglestone 4.0% ABV
• Taiphoon 4.2% ABV

Plus a range of monthly and seasonal specials

Keg Beers

• Sirocco 4.6% ABV
• Entire Stout 4.5% ABV

Bottled Beers

• Summer Lightning
• Crop Circle (GF)
• Taiphoon (GF)
• Entire Stout (Vegan)
• Winter Lightning
• Pickled Santa

Pubs

• The Dolphin, Weymouth
• The Duck, Salisbury
• The Gluepot, Swindon
• The Hopleaf, Reading
• The Archer, Wolstanton
• The Southgate, Devizes
• The Sultan, Wimbledon
• The Waterloo Arms, Southampton
• The Wyndham Arms, Salisbury
• The Albion, Winchester

External links

• Hop Back Brewery website
• Brewery profile from Ratebeer.com