Solar-powered brewery pulls first pints

Hazy IPA is the brewery's first beer

A Surrey brewery has set up a subsidiary which produces beer using nothing but solar power.

The One Planet Brewing Co has been set up in Tongham, near Farnham, by the Hogs Back Brewery.

Rooftop panels provide the energy for the brewery's equipment.

Hogs Back said it hopes to reach net zero in 2030 - a decade ahead of the rest of the industry.

One Planet's first beer was a 5.5% brew called Hazy IPA.

"The whole beer industry is committing to get to net zero by by 2040" said Rupert Thompson, managing director of Hogs Back Brewery.

"What we decided to do was set up One Planet as a completely independent subsidiary, the idea being we could put in new equipment to produce a beer that is brewed with 100% our own generated solar power."

Solar panels on the roof provide all the energy needed to run One Planet Brewing Co

One Planet is also pledging to use locally grown hops wherever possible with some grown next to the site and travelling less than a mile before being used.

Its beers will also be sold in fully reusable kegs, mini kegs or glass flagons, although they will retail at about 20% more than other beers sold by Hogs Back.