South-West Cask Ale - LWC

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AVAILABLE WITH 14 DAYS NOTICE
woodfordes
"The new brewery had
its own borehole for the
water supply."
Within a relatively
short time Woodforde’s
Norfolk
Ales has become a by-word
for consistency and excellence
among brewers of cask
conditioned ale and their
customers. Woodforde’s has
grown from tiny beginnings
on the industrial estate at
Drayton, to become one of
the largest and most respected
of the wave of new
cask ale brewers who started
up in the early 1980’s. It was
a time when beer drinkers
GBBF SUPREME
CHAMPION 1996
GBBF SUPREME
CHAMPION 1992
In 1981 Woodforde’s Norfolk Ales
produced the first commercial brew
of Wherry Bitter at their original
brewery in Drayton, near Norwich.
In 1996, just fifteen years later,
Wherry Bitter was awarded the
ultimate prize in the brewing world
- it became CAMRA Supreme
Champion Beer of Britain.
finally began to rebel against
the relentless blandness
of the larger brewers’
products, and pioneers
turned first to home brewing
and then to commercial
production of their lovingly
created recipes.
Fresh and zesty with crisp
floral flavours. A background
of sweet malt and a hoppy
‘grapefruit’ bitter finish
characterises this
champion bitter.
Smooth, rich and rounded ‘Old
Ale’ with a velvety texture
and hints of chocolate, treacle
and liquorice
Please contact us on...
0844 811 7399
your LWC cask ale co-ordinator is
JANINE RALPH