Presentation Day Out To Norfolk

With most of us having just about recovered from the Beer Festival, we set about presenting various breweries with their Harry Cragg Beer Of The Festival awards.

On Thursday 18^th May, a team of 6 of us set off by train to Acle in Norfolk. We were heading for Tipples Brewery on a small industrial unit in Acle. We left Leicester at 9.15am, changing at Ely and Norwich. We had an just over an hour to wait in Norwich, so we gave The Coach & Horses a visit for lunch and a couple of pints of Chalk Hill beers.

We arrived at Acle about 2.00pm. This village is half way between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. The brewery was a 15 minute walk from the railway station, but we did find it eventually.  We were greeted by Jason Tipples who runs the brewery single handed. He brews 9 regular beers and 3 seasonals and bottles his complete range as well as in cask. He started brewing in September 2004 on a 6 barrel plant and supplies to about 40 local outlets. We presented Jason with the Harry Cragg Beer Of The Festival certificate for winning the Speciality beer category with Ginger. Jason was really pleased as he takes great pride in his beers.

Jason kindly gave us a lift back to the railway station in plenty of time for our train. We stopped for 3 hours in Norwich on the return journey and visited the current national Pub Of The Year, The Fat Cat which we all thought was a well deserved accolade. To finish, we visited The Alexandra Tavern. 

K Williams.

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