Humpty Dumpty Brewery

Latest Information for Reedham Beer Festival

We have just finalised the beer list (download pdf)  for this year's Reedham Beer Festival.  We've got a great line-up of beers from East Anglia and beyond, with some old favourites, some new arrivals and a full range of beers from Humpty Dumpty Brewery.  We will also have ciders from three local producers:  Norfolk Apple Company, Whin Hill and Crones.

The festival will take place at the Village Hall and Playing Fields, Pottles Lane, Reedham, NR13 3HL (google map). The hall is a very short walk from Reedham railway station and the route will be signposted.

The Beer Festival will operate the following hours:

Friday, July 10th:  6PM - 11PM

Featuring toe-tapping jazz from the Dixie Jazz Bandits with Mary Lou Lambert from 8PM - 10PM.

Late train departures from Reedham

To Norwich:  2204, 2307, 2346 and 2351
To Lowestoft: 2216, 2259
To Great Yarmouth: 2204 (via Norwich), arrives 2330

Saturday, July 11th:  12 Noon - 11PM

Music this afternoon will feature Acle's 9 Out Of 10 Cats performing rock 'n' roll from 4PM - 7PM and in the evening local folkie Jon Collorick will play from 8 - 11PM.

The Golden Star Morris from Norwich will once again be dancing out on Saturday afternoon from around 12:30 - 2:30PM, and if that's not enough Morris we'll also be welcoming the Norfolk and Suffolk branches of the Morris Minor Owners Club on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. 

Late train departures from Reedham

To Norwich:  2204, 2307, 2346 and 2351
To Lowestoft: 2216, 2259
To Great Yarmouth: 2204 (via Norwich), arrives 2330

Sunday, July 12th:  12 Noon - 6 PM

Jazz and folk-rock from 1 to 4 PM this afternoon from duo John and Mario, who kept us all laughing last summer by changing their set to keep pace with the changing weather.  We hope this year will be all bright, bright sunshiny days!

Post-festival trains from Reedham (some later services available)

To Norwich: 1812, 1834, 2012 and 2034
To Lowestoft: 1717, 1916
To Great Yarmouth:  1755 (direct), 1955 (direct)

Don't forget there is camping (tent and caravan) at The Archers / Reedham Ferry complex (booking advised).  Please respect our neighbours by leaving the festival quietly. 

Well done, Team Humpty!

 

More than 300 runners took part in yesterday's Humpty Dumpty 10k on the country lanes around Reedham.  Despite the muggy weather, more than 270 runners completed the circuit, including all 17 running members of Team Humpty.  In addition to running the race, Team Humpty was raising funds for Freethorpe First Responders, our local rapid response team who come out to provide first aid before ambulance teams can arrive.  In all we raised £280 for a good cause and had a fantastic day out, followed by a great gathering at the brewery. 

Update: Thanks to a couple of late contributions, the total raised for Freethorpe First Responders now stands at £300.  Thank you everyone for your generous support.

Give it some Humpty!

If you've been out and about in the past few weeks, you may have come across our newly rebranded Humpty Dumpty Ale pumpclip.  Our idea here was to associate our flagship bitter with this summer's flurry of cricketing activity, including the Ashes.

The phrase "Give it some humpty" appears to have originated with Ian Botham in the 1981 Ashes series, where he delivered a stellar performance, scoring 149 and leading a turnaround that saw England claim the Ashes that year, 3-1.

For this pumpclip, we've worked once again with James "Doodling Jim" Browne, who earlier this year designed our Bad Egg pumpclip.  On his blog, Jim tells the story of the Humpty Dumpty pumpclip design through all of its iterations. Once again you can see how we've worked through from some rough ideas to a winner of a final clip that captures the whimsy of the brewery mascot. 

The beer itself remains our classic light best bitter at 4.1%abv.  For that real thirst this summer, give it some Humpty!