OLD CHIMNEYS is a craft brewery started in 1995 by Alan Thomson, a Master Brewer with over 30 years experience. All our products are made from highest quality raw materials, most locally sourced.
In addition to our 14 regular beers, we brew occasional special ales and make two bottle conditioned ciders.
Most of our beers are named after rare species found nearby.
Our brewery shop stocks all of our bottled products, which are all suitable for vegetarians, and we give a 10% discount per case of 12. Draught beer is available in 9 gallon firkins and 8, 17 or 34 pint polypins, and should be ordered in advance.
WINNER of numerous awards - including Overall Champion at the
Norwich Beer Festival and (twice) at the Cambridge Winter Festival.
AWARDED a rosette for consistent high quality in the Good Bottled Beer Guide, with star ratings given to three individual beers.
Featured in Rick Stein’s book the “GUIDE TO THE FOOD HEROES
OF BRITAIN”
News and Links
TWO NEW BOTTLED BEERS FOR 2010
BARBASTELLE is a rye and oatmeal porter weighing in at 6.4% ABV and now available in 500ml bottles.
XV is a strong golden ale at 8.4% ABV in 275ml bottles, brewed to mark the 15th year of Old Chimneys.
For the third year running, GOOD KING HENRY SPECIAL RESERVE is the highest rated British Beer on www.ratebeer.com, and the only UK Beer in the World’s top 100.
Top Beer writer and author of the Good Bottled Beer Guide, Jeff Evans, gave a personal NEW YEARS HONOUR to our brewer, Alan Thomson. Unfortunately this does not involve a trip to Buckingham Palace, but you can find “Jeff’s New Year’s Honours” on www.insidebeer.com
And for a customer’s view of what we are about, see “A Bloody Good Little Brewery” (19th Dec 2009) on www.thebeerbear.blogspot.com
