HOGS Back Brewery is supporting England’s Euro 2016 bid with a specially-brewed ale, Three Hogs, available throughout June – and an offer of a free pint if the team reaches the final in July.

Three Hogs is a quintessentially English golden ale; at four per cent ABV, it is brewed with locally grown Fuggles hops, among others, and a selection of English malts.

The pump clip substitutes England’s three lions with three Hogs Back hogs and describes the ale as ‘a beer of two halves’: refreshingly hoppy up front, followed by a balancing bitterness and a hint of sweetness to finish.

Hogs Back Brewery managing director Rupert Thompson said, “The Euros are going to be screened in thousands of pubs, with crowds of supporters rooting for England.

“There’s no better way to toast the team’s triumphs, or commiserate if things don’t quite go their way, than with a pint of refreshing English ale brewed in their honour.”

He added, “If England do defy the odds to reach the final, we will give a free pint of beer to any customer who visits our brewery shop in Tongham on Saturday, July 9, to stock up for the big match on the Sunday.”