St. Peter's Brewery

Microbrewery in Bungay, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1996

Contact
St. Peter’s Hall, St. Peter South Elmham, Bungay, NR35 1NQ, England
Subsidiaries
St. Peter's Brewery owns 2 breweries:
Description
St. Peter's is an independent brewery founded in 1996 by John Murphy in former agricultural buildings adjacent to St. Peter’s Hall in St Peter, South Elmham, near Bungay, Suffolk, England. Siting the brewery at St. Peter’s was ideal because of the excellent water quality from our own deep bore-hole. Locally malted barley is used, together with Kentish hops, to produce a range of classical beers (bitters, mild etc.) as well as some more unusual beers such as honey porter and fruit beer.

Fun fact: The oval shape of its signatory 500 ml bottle is based on an 18th-century gin bottle from Gibbstown, by the Delaware River near Philadelphia, USA.

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7/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottled. Deep brown beer with a small brown head. Aroma is mostly english licorice, with the usual stout-aromas too. Flavor adds peat and cigar-box. Creamy mouthfeel with roasted finish. (051104)
Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2005 at 16:06

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Deep copper coloured, pretty much no head. Very typical British character, roasted, caramelish malt with a nutty fullness. Starts all right but my taste buds are flooded by a ghastly gush of bittering hops that spoils the harmony. So far St. Peter’s has failed to impress me. 310301
Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2005 at 10:08

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear golden with a creamy and lacing off-white head. Fruity nose with a foul phenollic edge. Medium body, dry fruitiness, heavy phenols with a bitter finish. 11 years after my first try on this I believe it’s fair to say, that this is simply a very poor beer. 150512

Bottle 50 cl. Clear - and presumably filtered - dark golden with only a small head. Very dry and bitter. Miles from the more sophisticated German and Belgian wheat beers. 4/3/5/2/9=2.3 140101
Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2005 at 14:38

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Beautiful amber golden with a small head. Lovely caramelish aroma. Quite dry with notes of caramel and nuts. Not much malty sweetness is left here, but the finish is marked hoppy. 060101
Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2005 at 14:29

5.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Golden with a slight haze and a small head. Hoppy, floral aroma. Slightly malty sweetness and then not too much more. Pleasant all right, but a bit bland - or the aroma promised too much... 120700
Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2005 at 03:16

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bright white head that lingers lightly. Very golden color. Doesnt quite have the taste you’d expect from an ale.
Tried on 10 Nov 2005 at 00:11

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle from Once Upon a Vine North on 05/01/2011. Dark black body with a medium frothy light brown head. Sweet fruit, caramel, and molasses aroma. Sweet smokey and fruity flavor with roast and chocolate. Medium body with moderately low carbonation. 6/5/6/3/12 3.0 On 11/10/2005. Small dark brown head, an aroma that resembles a scottish ale. Strong taste of coffee. 7/4/5/4/12 - 3.2
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2005 at 00:06

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Aroma of coffee, chocolate and roasted malts. Medium body, creamy and smooth mouthfeel. As in the aroma, coffee and chocolate dominate the flavor. There is a slight smokiness as well over a layer of sweet malts. A bit of bitter arrives on the finish.
Tried on 03 Oct 2005 at 19:58

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled (BB 05/2006)
Dark ruby, nice creamy tanned head, some lace. Aroma is woody-oaky with some sweet notes and a bit of licorice. Medium-bodied. Nutty, woody hops, some sweetness underlying. Good hoppyness in the aftertaste, but maybe lacks a real character to be inspiring.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2005 at 09:57

4.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Cask at Jerusalem Tavern. Bit of an oddity this one, had it on the recommendation of the person next to me. Black hardly any carbonation. To me it tasted a bit like an old ale. Some spice, but won’t be trying it again in a hurry
Tried from Cask on 04 Sep 2005 at 14:46