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

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Clear amber-gold pour with small nice lasting off-white head. Interesting if slightly disconcerting aroma of peat, smoke, wood, sweet malts. Taste has sweet caramel malts at first and then peat and smoke comes in with a slight whisky edge and smoothness. Light bodied and the refreshing side of that gives a nice counter balance to the intense smokiness. Predominantly this is more of a smoked beer and should have a lot more of the whisky addition really. Nonetheless quite interesting and flavoursome for a St Peters beer.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:03


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Clear amber with small white head, good retention and lacing. Aroma is grainy, earthy, toffee, some spice. Taste is malty and hoppy as expected for the style. Not particularly fruity it has toasted malt, toffee, floral and herbal bitter noted finish. Medium bodied, tingly carbonation. It grew on me over time. Sweet floral resin meets herbal bitterness on a malty backbone isn't the most tastiest but it has a very good balance and body.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:03


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Clear light amber pour with moderate sized white head, leaves a lovely soft top and some lacing. Aroma is semi-sweet biscuit malts, grassy, some toffee. Taste is biscuit, toffee, floral grassy bitterness with a light tang. At first it tastes quite astringent but once my palate got used to it was quite a nice biscuity beer. Light to moderate body, fairly smooth and soft carbonation. Far from prefect but I quite liked it.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:24


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle from Beers of Europe, online. Pours dark reddish-brown, small light beige head which lasts quite well, nice lacing. Aroma is sweet with malts, caramel, berries. Taste is sweet, malty, toffee, earthy, pepper, hint of berry fruitiness but less than the aroma suggests. Dry mouthfeel, light to medium bodied. Its quite good.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:23


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

Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:16


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle: Pretty good hazy amber coloured ale from Suffolk. With an toffee, fruity and spicy taste.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:46


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

The cough syrup bottle 0,5ltr: Hazy orange coloured brew with added grapefruit what gives the beer an slightly sour taste.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:45


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at North End Pub,Leiden: Golden coloured ale with an flowery bitter taste.

Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:42


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle 0,5ltr: Clear copper/amber coloured brew with an overwhelming whiskey smell start that will fastly faint away, but never disappearing. Something like Suffolk meets Bamberg with some hints of the Scottish Highlands.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:39


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at Old Contemptibles, Birmingham: Dark brown coloured brew with an sublime bitter taste and hints of chocolade and caramel.

Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:39


Brewery Stats
Score 6.30
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