Nethergate brewery
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| Nethergate Brewery | |
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| Location | Sudbury, Essex United Kingdom |
| Owner | Independent |
| Year opened | 1986 |
| Active Beers | |
| Suffolk County Best | English Bitter |
| Old Growler | English Porter |
| IPA | IPA |
| Umbel Ale | Coriander Beer |
| Umbel Magna | Coriander Beer |
Nethergate Brewery was established in 1986 in Clare, Suffolk by Head Brewer Ian Hornsey and his business partner Dick Burge. In 2004 the brewery site was moved across the county border to Pentlow in Essex. Interestingly, even the Suffolk location had a Colchester ( and therefore, Essex) postcode.
[edit] Brewing History
The brewery originally concentrated on cask ale and the for a while only brewed the Best Bitter, based on traditional recipes for the Yorkshire bitter style. Over the next four years this beer was joined by two other brews; firstly the Old Growler Porter, and then the IPA (in this case, IPA is also claimed to stand for "Ian's Personal Brew", in honour of the Head Brewer). Nethergate's interest in traditional ingredients also saw the creation of two of their most distinctive beers - Umbel Ale, and the stronger Umbel Magna - through the use of a traditional ingredient which had been ignored by brewers for many years: coriander. Nethergate has since ventured in the bottled beer market, with Old Growler being sepecially prevalent in the more specialist South Eastern off licences of the UK.
[edit] Notable Beers
Suffolk County Best Bitter - 4.0% English bitter
Old Growler - 5.0% English porter
IPA - 3.5% English IPA
Umbel Ale - 3.8% Coriander beer
Umbel Magna - 5.0% Coriander beer
