Pete Brown, The Sunday Times resident beer expert has picked out the UK’s top 8 brewery taprooms – we’re pleased as punch  to say that we made the list!

With more than a third of the UK’s 2000 off breweries now having their own tap room, he says where better is there to drink a beer a few yards from where it was brewed, and where you may even spot the brewers at work too.

Honoured to be up there with friends Wiper & True, The Kernel, Balance Brewing & Blending, St Mars of the Dessert, Wylam, Kirkstall and -a new one for us- Lakedown. How many have you been to?

Here’s what Pete had to say about Duration…

Duration, Norfolk

At this farmhouse brewery near West Acre, the taproom sits in an old barn. The beers are a product of the landscape, from the world-class Norfolk barley to an in-house yeast strain (used in the funkier farmhouse specials) that’s cultivated from local microflora. So it makes sense that Duration is hot on sustainability. With a large courtyard, grassed areas and nothing but fields and trees nearby, it’s the perfect taproom for summer — though the location is beautiful in winter too. If it feels a little out of the way, there’s camping and holiday accommodation nearby. Food comes from a range of visiting trucks — seafood and tapas add variety to the standard taproom pizza. Turn up on the first Saturday of each month and you can have a tour of the brewery followed by a tutored tasting of four beers (£25; one hour).

You can read the article and plan your next few trips around the full list HERE  (Avoid the paywall oby dropping the link into 12ft.io)

Pete Brown was also kind enough to put us in his Financial Times piece the The Unlikely Chic Saviour of Real Ale and included some of our beers in his book on Beer By Design | The Art of Good Beer Branding

Curious to check out our taproom for yourself?

Our Tap Days with fresh beers and local food trucks runs every weekend from March-December with a bar in our barrel store and lots of seating inside and in our huge sun trap of a courtyard. We are dog and family friendly – lawn games and high chairs available and we’re fully wheelchair accessible.

We offer monthly tours and other activities – everything from Yoga + Beer Sessions, Winter Banquets + a Christmas Market and this summer we have Crafty-Crafty Sunday Sessions to drink together and make together!

See the beer and food line up HERE

Our very popular brewery tours are on the first Saturday of each month with a brewer or founder-led guided tour of our state of the art brewhouse followed by a tutored tasting session of 4 beers. Read more about what else is included and make a booking HERE

Or why not make a trip for our legendary 3-day Oktoberfest Beer Festival  with 15 unique beers, bands and DJs. Games, prizes and more in a big marquee . Tickets on sale now HERE

We hope to see you in Norfolk soon! Be sure to look on our FAQs for lots of local tips too!