About St. Peter’s Brewery
St. Peter’s Brewery is one of England’s original craft breweries, founded in 1996 in former traditional agricultural buildings alongside the moated St. Peter’s Hall, deep in the picturesque Suffolk countryside.
The location, in the village of St. Peter South Elmham, near Bungay, is ideal for the excellent water quality used in the brewing process – all beers brewed at St. Peter’s Brewery use water filtered through chalk deep beneath the brewery, obtained from our own deep bore-hole.
Alongside the brewery, St. Peter’s Hall is a historic venue with a bar and restaurant, and is available for functions, weddings, events, meetings and conferences.
Our Name and Logo
The name St. Peter’s Brewery
was an obvious choice as the brewery is situated in the Suffolk village of St Peter South Elmham, in former agricultural buildings adjacent to St. Peter’s Hall.
The logo
was designed to depict a barrel
traditionally used for brewing beer and the raven
is a symbol of the Vikings – the moat at St Peter’s Hall most likely dates from the tenth century when moats were thought to have been dug as a defence against the Vikings who raided the Suffolk area well into the 11th Century.
The key
represents the keys of Saint Peter – the keys of heaven. Saint Peter is often depicted in artwork as holding a key or a set of keys.
The iconic oval shape
of our signature 500ml bottle is based on an eighteenth century gin bottle from Gibbstown, by the Delaware River near Philadelphia.
Award-winning Beers
The unique balance of East Anglian malt, carefully selected hops and the time honoured skill of our master brewer create a range of truly distinct classic English cask-conditioned ales, also available in our iconic 500ml oval bottle and 30 litre kegs.
Alongside our range of ‘traditional’ ales, such as Best Bitter
and Golden Ale, we also produce some more unusual beers, such as Honey Porter, Plum Porter
and Citrus Beer
that replicate traditional pre-nineteenth century practice of adding honey and fruit to create special seasonal brews. Our most recent developments are contemporary session ales such as Pale Ale, a 4.2%, hoppy and aromatic ale with bright citrus flavours. With our
Without®
brand we have created a range of
true 0.0% alcohol free beers. Malty, full-bodied and bursting with flavour, St Peter’s Without® is brewed to the exact same standards as our traditional craft ale, just without the alcohol.
Our Founder
St. Peter’s Brewery was founded by entrepreneur and branding expert John Murphy, who was amongst the first to spot the potential for craft beer in the UK, and in St. Peter’s Brewery created one of the UK’s first modern-day craft artisanal breweries.
In John’s previous experience as founder and Chairman of renowned global brand consultancy Interbrand, he is credited with creating the concept of branding in the 1980s. John also played a pivotal role in the premium gin revival in England in the 2000’s through his ownership of Plymouth Gin.
St Peter's Brewery beers are now loved and respected globally and we now export to more than 20 countries around the world.
