CRAFT CASK BEERS BREWED IN NORWICH

PUB INFORMATION and HISTORY
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known as the Pig & Whistle once more. Douro Potter was
the first recorded licensee in 1973 when the pub was tied
to Norwich Brewery.
Opening times
Monday – ursday 11.00 – 23.00
Friday – Saturday 11.00 – midnight
Plasterers Arms
43 Cowgate, Norwich, NR3 1SZ
01603 387525
www.theplasterersarms.co.uk
e Plasterers opened for trade in
1822, one of the many pubs in
Norwich named after local tradesmen
who would meet regularly there. By the twentieth
century the pub no longer had the close association with
plasterers, and became known locally as the Knackers
Arms. Over the years it has been owned by many of the
large local breweries including Morgans and Bullards. For
a period in the 1970s when the pub was a Free House it
was one of the very few pubs in Norwich serving real ale,
and became renowned for being an ‘ale Nirvana’ (as
described by another local licensee).
Opening times
Sunday – ursday 12.00 – midnight
Friday – Saturday 12.00 – 01.00
Plough
58 St Benedicts Street, Norwich,
NR2 4AR
01603 661384
www.theploughnorwich.co.uk
info@theploughnorwich.co.uk
A merchant’s house prior to the 1800s, the main building
dates back to the 16th century and the back yard dates to
the 14th century. e first licensee in 1822 was John Gray.
e pub was damaged by enemy action on 27 April 1942.
It closed in 2009 and re-opened in 2010 under ownership
of the Grain Brewery, Alburgh.
Opening times
Monday - ursday 12.00 – 23.00
Friday - Saturday 12.00 – midnight, Sunday 12.00 – 22.30
Reindeer
10 Dereham Road, Norwich, NR2 4AY
01603 762223
www.thereindeerpub.co.uk
e first listing was by John
Kerridge, in 1854 and by 1858 the pub was listed as the
Rainbow. It re-opened in May 1987 with the Wolf brewery
installed at the back. In July 1996, both pub and brewery
were sold on to the Firkin chain and it was renamed the
Finnesko and Firkin. In May 2003 after the collapse of the
Firkin chain it became the Finnesko. Elgood’s purchased
the pub in January 2004 restoring it to its former name.
Opening times
Monday – ursday 12.00 – 23.00
Friday – Saturday 12.00 – midnight, Sunday 12.00 – 22.00
Ribs of Beef
24 Wensum Street, Norwich, NR3 1HY
01603 619517
www.ribsofbeef.co.uk
enquiries@ribsofbeef.co.uk
Te original building, dating back to
the 14th century, was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1507
and rebuilt. e first licensee was recorded in 1743. It was
bought by Young & Crawshay’s in 1818 and in 1928 the
name changed to Fye Bridge Tavern. Bullard’s took over
Young & Crawshay’s in 1958 and closed the pub in 1959.
It stayed closed until August 1985 when it re-opened as the
Ribs of Beef with Roger and Anthea Cawdron as licensees.
Opening times
Sunday – ursday 11.00 – 23.00
Friday 11.00 – 00.30, Saturday 10.30 – 00.30
Rumsey Wells
4 St Andrews Street, Norwich, NR2 4AF
01603 614858
www.rumseywells.co.uk/
Listed from 1845, the pub, originally
named the Shrub House, occupied the
corner of St Andrews and Exchange
Street. In 1974 it was extended to take
in Rumsey Wells, gents outfitters, from whence it takes its
current name. It closed in 1979, and re-opened in 1985 as
Blueberries, with the corner bar becoming a newsagents. It
became St Andrew’s Tavern in 1989 when it was taken over
by Colin Keatley of the Fat Cat. Adnams bought the pub
in 1998 and the tie continues to the present day. It was renamed
Rumsey Wells in 2008.
Opening times
Monday – Sunday 12.00 – midnight
Sir Garnet
36 Market Place, Norwich, NR2 1RD
01603 615892
www.thesirgarnet.co.uk
info@thesirgarnet.co.uk
e ‘Sir Garnet’ has overlooked
Norwich Market for many centuries. It is thought that
original parts of the building acted as a market hall for
traders in medieval times. It began trading as a public
house in 1861, named after Field Marshal Garnet Joseph
Wolseley who in the same year had received tremendous
respect for his campaigns abroad. is led to the phrase
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