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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3.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Pale orange colour. Thin, weak head. Stale aroma with just a hint of grapefruit. Harsh ashy flavour. Big, unbalanced zesty bitterness. A disappointemnt.

Tried on 03 Dec 2004 at 10:07


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Clear dark yellow color, short white head. Aroma is typical english, of Golding hops and Suffolk malt, a bit sweet and very nice balanced. Taste is sweet malty and bitter. I enjoyed this one!

Tried on 26 Nov 2004 at 10:43


5.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled (BB 10/2005)
Dark brown, almost opaque. Small expresso head. Aroma is like Grandma making Redcurrant juice. Nose has malts and barley. Base is a good soft porter, which has some sweet berries and spices with it. Basicly good choclaty and roated brew which just had too much sweet spices.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2004 at 11:38


6.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled (BB 03/2006)
Dark brown, almost opaque. Very small expresso head. Aroma is spiced: apple, cinnamon and raisins. Medium to full-bodied, peppery palate which has gingerbread biscuit and other christmasy flavors. Soft palate, not much bitterness, slightly roasted aftertaste and some chocolate notes. This is Christmas Porter.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2004 at 11:33


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Deep translucent red-brown body, tiny light tan head. Aroma is a strange mix of toasted black malts and barley sugars/cereals (it reminds me of a non-alcoholic malt soda). The flavor is surprisingly sour and tangy with sharp malt sugars and light roasted notes leading to a distinctly woody, bitter finish. Somewhat sweet. Decidedly British and not bad!

Tried on 22 Oct 2004 at 22:35


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy dark amber with little head. Very malty aroma with a beginning of contamination. Very smokey malt taste with nutty character and quite hoppy. Just got this puppy before it became bad. Very pleasant!

Tried on 11 Oct 2004 at 17:47


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Clear red color, short head. Aroma of caramel malt, hint of kriek. Sweet fruity taste.

Tried on 19 Aug 2004 at 08:04


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Clear dark brown color, medium creamy brown head. Aroma of heavy roasted malts, licorice and coffee. Taste of sweet roasted malts, bit bitter, some alcohol, chocolat. Very strong, but very nice to drink after all those typical english bitters.

Tried on 19 Aug 2004 at 08:03


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Clear orange color, short head. Aroma of lemonjuice and dishwater. Sour lemon taste, spicy from ginger. Bit sticky palate.

Tried on 19 Aug 2004 at 07:43


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Clear black color, medium brown head. Aroma of nutmeg, cinnamon, roasted malts, chocolate. Spicy taste, roasted malts. Thick texture, creamy and spicy. Bitter palate. Very nice brew, gets better with every sip.

Tried on 19 Aug 2004 at 07:40