St. Peter's Brewery
St. Peter's is an independent brewery founded in 1996 by John Murphy in former agricultural buildings adjacent to St. Peter’s Hall in Bungay, Suffolk, England.
Brief details
The brewery produces cask ales, though are better known for their brewery conditioned bottled beers. The distinctive oval shape of the bottle is based on an 18th century gin bottle, which had been originally made for an innkeeper on the Delaware River. John Murphy, the owner, founded Interbrand - the marketing consultants, and is a professor of marketing at a British university. He has said, "I know about international branding and marketing. That is the vision behind St Peter's."
Availability
The cask ales are available from pubs in Suffolk, beer festivals and the brewery's pub in London, the Jerusalem Tavern. The bottled beers are widely available from various farm shops, beers shops, mail order shops and the brewery's online shop.
The beers
The brewery produces around twelve regular beers plus another six seasonal. St Peter's is known for its fruit beers which are created by adding a fresh-fruit infusion to their wheat beer at the end of fermentation. While the pasteurised bottled beers have not earned wide-spread respect among beer enthusiasts, the Cream Stout and Old Style Porter are popular in America. The cask version of Old Style Porter won CAMRA Champion Beer of Suffolk in 2005.