Drink
If you love real ale then you are in for a treat for we brew beer on site. The Good Beer Guide describes us as THE place to go for real ale in Bury St Edmunds. As well as our own, we have a constant rotation of guest ales from around the country as well as Adnams, our regular guest beer from the Suffolk coast.
The Old Cannon Brewery is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Head Brewer: James Mauldon has joined the Old Cannon crew and is looking forward to the challenge of replicating our famous house ales , Old Cannon Best Bitter, Blonde Bombshell and Gunner’s Daughter, as well as creating some new ones of his own.
James comes with a name synonymous with real ale, having grown up in his family brewery, Mauldons of Sudbury. Good beer is in his blood since, prior to re-establishing the Mauldon brewery in Sudbury, his father Peter was head brewer of Watney’s Mortlake Brewery in London. For the last ten years James has worked as assistant brewer at Mauldons helping to develop their fine range including the famous Black Adder, Silver Adder and an extensive range of seasonal ales.
Our unique, state-of-the-art, stainless steel brewing vessels are a stunning feature of the bar itself. Our beers are made from East Anglian grown and malted barley, choice English hops and a special house yeast and James can be found brewing once or twice a week, usually on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday lunchtime when you can sit sipping the results whilst watching the next brew in the making!
We have three or four of our own beers on the go at any one time: (* = on tap now)
| Black Pig ABV 4.2% (winter seasonal) Bronze Award winner, East Anglian Beer Festival 2009 | |
| * | Blonde Bombshell ABV 4.2% (summer seasonal) |
| * | Bow Chaser ABV 4.0% (alternate summer seasonal) |
| Brass Monkey ABV 4.6% | |
| * | Gunner's Daughter ABV 5.5% Silver Award winner, East Anglian Beer Festival 2010 |
| * | Old Cannon Best Bitter ABV 3.8% |
| Rusty Gun ABV 4% | |
| St Edmund's Head ABV 5% (annual brew for St Edmund's Day - November 20th) |
All our beers can be sold (bright) in 4, 18 and 36 pint take-away containers.
We also sell an 8 pint mini-cask which will keep, unopened, for up to 6 weeks. These are sold off our regular stall at the Alder Carr Farmers' Market, Needham Market on the third Saturday of each month and other local outside events.
To order any of the above please call 01284 768769.
Free traders should speak to James Mauldon for trade prices or email him on james@oldcannonbrewery.co.uk
If beer is not your tipple, we have a full range of spirits, local Aspall cyder, Suffolk-grown apple juice and a carefully selected range of wines, many of which are available by the glass, including our 'wines of the moment' English wines produced by Shawsgate near Framlingham. Unique to our bar is draught Calvors, a premium Suffolk lager brewed on a farm in nearby Coddenham.