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When good friends Ray Ashworth and David Crease got tired of the same old beers, they were determined to change things up a level. With a passion for homebrewing and creating authentic flavours, they became part of a new-wave revolution, handcrafting their own beers in the 1960s.

In 1981 they founded their own brewery near Norwich and moved to a converted farm complex in the picturesque Broadland village of Woodbastwick in 1989
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Bullit (6140) reviewed
Kett's Rebellion from Woodforde's
14 years ago
5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Cask @ Esquire House, JDW. Spoons Real Ale Festival autumn 2011. 4.3% ABV. Amber colour, off-white head. Nose is skunky, vegetables, bit of caramel. Flavour is vegetables, light caramel and biscuit. A bit stale and metallic. Fairly dry finish. Must have been a bit off.
Tried from Cask on 09 Oct 2011 at 06:27
Ken1 (6396) reviewed
Wherry from Woodforde's
14 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tab at pub in London. A pretty standard pub beer. A bit average, but nothing bad to say. Good colour and head.
Tried on 07 Oct 2011 at 07:57
Leighton (35418) reviewed
Kett's Rebellion from Woodforde's
14 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at The Crosse Keys, JDW, London. Pours clear amber with a soft head. Bit of fruits on the nose, light nuts. Medium sweet flavor, leafy bitterness, some ripe fruits, toasty sugar. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Dry finish, leafy hops, mild toast and sugar, ripe fruits. Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 05 Oct 2011 at 12:03
Travlr (34369) reviewed
Headcracker from Woodforde's
15 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
33 cl bottle. Hazy golden brown color, 3 bubble head. Aroma of caramel and pine. Taste is sweet and malty, slight bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2011 at 19:35
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Tinsel Toes from Woodforde's
15 years ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ The Bree Louise, 69 Coburg Street, Euston, London, England NW1 2HH.Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, fruity, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101231]
Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2011 at 13:08
LordAlwold1970 (10316) reviewed
Wherry from Woodforde's
15 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Grape and Grain, Crystal Palace. Clear amber pour with a white head. Peach. orange peel and mango infused nose. Quite a fruity aroma. Citrus tang with plenty of fruity hop flavours. Classic session ale.
Tried from Cask on 17 Jun 2011 at 11:49
Scopey (25563) reviewed
Wherry from Woodforde's
15 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the Joiners Arms, Croydon. It pours clear amber, with a thin foamy head and soft carbonation. The nose is caramel, hay, grass and bread. The taste is wood, grass, hay, cherry, caramel and chalk, with an astringent woody finish. An okish bitter that is not particularly bitter.
Tried from Cask on 12 Jun 2011 at 11:50
oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
Norfolk Nip from Woodforde's
15 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottled@Monks Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Rubyish brown colour with a mediumsized foamy beige head. Aroma is a bunch of sweet maltyness, some wood, mild fruits and berries as well as some nice alcoholic sweetness. Flavour is wood, sweet malts, alcohol, some berries and mildly spicy, raisiny and plummy notes. Mild toasted notes towards the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2011 at 21:59
Convair880 (7124) reviewed
NOG from Woodforde's
15 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at Red Lion, Cromer, Norfolk. A dark brown coloured pour with a small white head on top. Malty, roasty aroma. Tastes malty, dark fruit. An OK old ale but nothing special in my opinion.
Tried from Cask on 31 May 2011 at 05:38
shrubber (16041) reviewed
NOG from Woodforde's
15 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Sweet chocolate malt and light hay aroma. Dark brown color with no head. Sweet smoky chocolate malt and moderately bitter herbal hops. Body a bit light. An easy drinking Old Ale - unusual but nice.
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2011 at 10:27