Woodforde's Brewery

Woodforde's Brewery is a Norfolk beer producer founded in Drayton in April 1981 by Ray Ashworth and Dr David Crease and named in honour of Parson James Woodforde. From that original Drayton site the business moved to Erpingham in 1983, then transferred to its current home on Slad Lane in the village of Woodbastwick in 1989. The brewery opened a pub at the Woodbastwick site in May 1992 and a shop and visitor centre in 1995, followed by a sixty-barrel capacity brewhouse in 2007. By the end of 2017 Woodforde's was producing over 20,000 barrels every year, at which point it had become the largest brewery in Norfolk.

In 2016 the brewery was sold to a group of investors. It has an American head brewer and a New World Brewing range. Neil Bain returned as head brewer at the beginning of 2018, the same year Woodforde's began a five-year sponsorship of Norwich City Football Club. The FIFTYTWO° NORTH craft range followed in 2020, and in 2021 the brewery celebrated its fortieth anniversary and launched its first stout. Woodforde's uses locally sourced ingredients, including malted barley, rye, wheat, oats and hops.

Its alcohol-free offering is a 0.5% IPA brewed with American hops, suited to sober-curious drinkers. The brewery ships within the UK mainland.

The Collection

VOLT 0.5 IPA