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1. Little Earth Project
Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Little Earth Project is a forward-thinking craft brewery with its roots in the beautiful Suffolk countryside. We produce mixed fermentation beers that harvest the power of wild yeast and bacteria to produce unique flavours. By using a combination of wild yeast we source from the lees of our own cider, Castlings Heath Cottage, as well as organic hops and barley that we grow ourselves, plus ingredients foraged from local hedgerows, we produce beers that are true representations of Suffolk in a glass. Our beers are produced in small batches which are moved to wooden oak barrels to rest for anywhere from 3 months to 2+ years. This natural, organic approach is applied to all parts of the business, as well as our pub, The White Horse Inn.
2. Burnt Mill Brewery
Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
Burnt Mill Brewery produce's high quality beer and is ranked #2 in Suffolk. They are most well known for "Pintle Pale Ale - Citra & Cascade", which is an American Pale Ale and "Green Path IPA - Citra, Mosaic & Enigma", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.
3. Watts & co.
Debenham, Suffolk, England
Watts & co. produce's unproven beer and is ranked #6 in Suffolk. They are most well known for "Paddington", which is an English Pale Ale and "Blackbird Mild Brown Porter", which is a Mild. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and Brown Ales.
4. Shortts Farm Brewery
Thorndon, Suffolk, England
Established by Matt Hammond in the summer of 2012 and situated on ‘Shortts Farm’ which has been our family farm for over a century. The farm is located just outside the village of Thorndon in North Suffolk, surrounded by some of the best arable land in the country. We have a five barrel system that was purchased from ‘Hunters Brewery’ in Devon.
5. JackRabbit Brewing Co.
Ardleigh, Essex, England
JackRabbit Brewing Co. was founded in 2019 by two craft beer enthusiasts with the aim of bringing modern craft beer to the picturesque surroundings of the Essex & Suffolk border. The micro-brewery was converted from a disused piggery on an old smallholding farm, creating all kinds of logistical problems with a long winding driveway off a country lane!
6. St Judes Brewery
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
St. Jude's Tavern is situated on 69 St. Matthew's Street, Ipswich, Suffolk. We are a real ale house and brewery and have a wide range of ales straight from the barrel. Inside is unique. We designed the former photographic studio to create a London/gothic style Tavern. There is also an in house cemetery!! CAMRA WINNER OF IPSWICH & EAST SUFFOLK BRANCH PUB OF 2014!
7. Briarbank Brewing Company
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
When you’re looking for a great beer experience in Suffolk, look no further than the Briarbank Brewing Company. Set next to the historic waterfront in the heart of Ipswich, our award-winning, independent microbrewery and bar was established in May 2013, and we’ve been creating beers ever since. We offer a variety of ales, milds, stouts and a continental style lager. While some are regular favourites, at Briarbank we keep things fresh with seasonal beers, variations on old favourites and more. We’ve won two golds and one silver for the East Region in the SIBA Independent Keg Beer Awards 2020, and two golds in the 2020 SIBA Digital Beer Awards. There's always something brewing to keep the drinkers happy!
8. Humber Doucy Brewing Co.
Bacton, Suffolk, England
They’re meandering, relaxing, and a little bit shady – like an afternoon under oak beams. Or like Humber Doucy Lane, from which we take our name: modern Ipswich houses on one side, the countryside on the other. It’s named for the ‘refreshing shade’ (‘ombre douce’) found there by Napoleonic War prisoners relaxing after their labours. Or is it? Like a lot of the mardles you’ll hear in a Suffolk pub, that one is … debatable. Some say it’s named for The Humber Doucy, a dance beloved by peasants and gentlemen alike between the wars. Or The Humble Deuce, a gambler’s pub that stood on the Martlesham road – until it was burned to the ground by a cheated card shark. Or even that it comes from the legendary ‘Amber Dais’, an Anglo-Saxon treasure worth untold riches, said to be buried somewhere north of Ipswich. Of a more certain provenance is our beer. Humber Doucy Brewing founder John Ridealgh comes by the trade honestly. As a child, he went to survey the county’s barley fields with his father Alan, a Stowmarket maltster. So when John came of age, it seemed as natural to make beer as to drink it. After a few years of running Ipswich’s premier homebrew shop, John set up Humber Doucy with a simple idea: make beer that understands the Suffolk pub tradition. And he’s succeeded, by brewing great-tasting beers that combine modern hops with traditional Suffolk barley.
9. Kings Head
Bildeston, Suffolk, England
Kings Head produce's unproven beer and is ranked #18 in Suffolk. They are most well known for "The Kings Head Red Ale", which is an Irish Red Ale and "Crowdie", which is an Oatmeal Stout. Their primary focus is brewing Amber Ales and Pale Ales.
10. Drinkstone Ales
Drinkstone Green, Suffolk, England
Drinkstone Ales produce's unproven beer and is ranked #19 in Suffolk. They are most well known for "Bitter", which is a Bitter - Session / Ordinary and "Road Apple Strong", which is a Bitter - Session / Ordinary. Their primary focus is brewing Amber Ales and Pale Ales.