Humpty Dumpty Brewery

Humpty Girls Race For Life

Lesley and Mary Anne joined around 15,000 other women in this year's Race for Life in Norwich this past weekend, raising funds for cancer research.  Well done, ladies!

Spring News from Humpty Dumpty Brewery

It's been a busy start to the season this year with the brewery shipping record volumes of beer over the Easter / Royal Wedding period.  Our new session bitter - Nord Atlantic (alc 3.7% vol) has proved nearly as popular as Little Sharpie, which has kept the brewers extremely busy over the spring months. 

Humpty Dumpty Brewery team, April 2011

Rear, (L to R): Olly, Steve G, Ann, Craig, Lesley, Anne, Mary Anne, Fraser; Front (L to R): Steve O, Jimmy, Julia, Ian

Our shop re-opened at the beginning of the Easter school holidays, with a staff tasting event held the afternoon of April 9th.  We tasted every beer from Nord Atlantic up through the IPA, providing some background information on the recipes and giving everyone a chance to taste what makes each of the beers unique.

The shop is fully stocked with a range of our bottle-conditioned real ales as well as guest beers from other UK and Belgian breweries, Norfolk ciders, perry, country wines and local produce including jams, chutneys, pepper sauces and Reedham honey.  We'll be aiming to keep one or two beers on draught through the summer as well - you can purchase a 4-pint jug to take away at the brewery, then bring it back for a refill!  We can also do bright polypins, which are perfect if you're on a boat - give us a shout and we may be able to deliver it to you at Reedham Riverside. 

New Arrivals

This week we've added both a second Sprinter delivery van and another 100 firkins from Maisonneuve, just in time to support our activities over the busy months ahead.

We're also very pleased to welcome Ian Case, our new brewer.  Ian lives here in Reedham, and joins us after a career in the military and as an adult education teacher in Norwich.  He's looking forward to some hands-on work at the brewery. 

We'll also be joined by Olly Best, who will be working with us over the summer months as a brewery assistant.  

Sadly, we're bidding farewell to Fraser McLaren, who is leaving us for the sunny south coast after working with us as a brewer for the past two years.  We wish him all the best.

All the Buzz at the Brewery

We're also very excited to be starting to keep bees at the brewery.  We'll be working with local beekeepers John Randall and Penny Holmes to keep two hives out on some unused land to the rear of the premises.  We've always used John's local honey in our Norfolk Nectar - that won't change - but now the bees will be that much closer to home, reducing our food miles even further.  We're all looking forward to our beekeeping course this coming weekend.  There may be a few extra slots - if you are interested, enquire at the brewery on (01493) 701818.