Brancaster Brewery takes its name from Brancaster Staithe, a north Norfolk village steeped in brewing history. Located in the heart of prime barley growing terroir, records show brewing here dates back to Roman times. So great was the demand for barley from this area that reputedly the country's largest malt house was built in Brancaster in 1797, yards from The Jolly Sailors pub. Ironically the malt house was built using bricks salvaged from the nearby Roman fort!
While the malt house no longer stands, Brancaster Brewery is continuing the brewing tradition, producing quality ales from the finest regional produce.
Since taking over the leasehold of The Jolly
Sailors pub in February 2009, which inherited a brewery, the Nye
family have concentrated on returning the pub to its former glory with
sympathetic restoration and reinstating the brewery.
Brancaster Brewery is a 5 barrel brewery with its tap at The Jolly
Sailors in Brancaster Staithe. Currently brewing Brancaster Best, Oystercatcher, Malthouse
Bitter and The Wreck.
