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 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.
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 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.
Woodforde’s was established in 1981 by Ray Ashworth and Dr David Crease, both enthusiastic members of the Norwich Homebrewers’ Society. With many years of commercial experience . . .
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