The Hogan's history

A whistlestop tour of just a few key dates spanning the last 30 years and a few thoughts on what the future may hold...

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1985

This is John Stewart, a neighbour to the Hogans and the man who first introduced Allen to the art of cider making. 

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1995

Spent too long drinking John's damson wine....

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2001

After a lifetime without electricity, John finally caught up with the times so he and Allen bought an electric scratter which was used to chop up the apples. Until then they’d used a scratter powered by the water driven mill.

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2005

Officially taking the leap from amateur to professional, we commercially launched our two ciders - dry and medium. Allen proudly exhibited at every local event he could get to that summer!

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2006

Our first proud appearance at the Royal Show in Stoneleigh with our instantly forgettable Irish branding!

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2009

Our bottles had a little makeover and Hogan’s went international.

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2010

Prestigious in the craft cider calendar, we won 1st prize at Putley in 2010 with our bottle fermented cider

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2012

As we continued to grow our product range we created our first bag in box to take production in-house

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2012/13

We won Bath & West 2 years on the trot, course we did!

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2013

From Warwickshire with love -our first Russian exports to Belgorod to Hamilton's Irish pub

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2016

Working with our local growers we’ve secured a supply of cider apples for future years. We’ve also installed a brand new kegging line giving greater scope for innovation for our Shaun!

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2017

We're excited to open up our new shop at Hogan's HQ ... come visit and say hello!

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