Sep 23, 2011 | Norfolk Ale
Honing down on the recipes and we are there – we think we have created 3 pretty special beers. The idea is to have 3 ales, each using the same four hops – but in different quantities, and for different bittering and aromas. All distinctive beers, but all part of the...
Aug 20, 2011 | Norfolk Ale
It’s August and the brewery building is coming along quite nicely. The main structure of The Norfolk Brewhouse has taken shape, and local builders – Morrissey’s of Briston – have moved inside to start the internal works which would transform the old barn into a modern...
Jul 20, 2011 | Norfolk Ale
The brewery extension begins. In all we are adding about 50% additional floor space to the brewery area. The original part of the Norfolk flint barn will house the 10 barrel brewing vessels and Uni tanks from DME – still no sign of these from Canada by the way! Mind...
Jul 2, 2011 | Norfolk Ale
The availability of pure, naturally chalk-filtered water is one of the key advantages of locating The Norfolk Brewhouse at the family farm. The farm, in Hindringham, has land which clay sitting on a rich seam of chalk. Many of Britain’s best breweries have done rather...
Jun 20, 2011 | Norfolk Ale
As lovely as the barn is, dating back to the 1800s, it quite simply isn’t big enough to accommodate all the new brewery vessels, bottling equipment and cask-ale washers which we need. So, it was time, at the beginning of June to knock down one of the old walls,...
