Why beer, why Norfolk?

Duration is a modern farmhouse brewery in Norfolk, established in 2019 by husband-and-wife Derek Bates and Miranda Hudson. They have rapidly established a reputation for award-winning fresh beers and blended farm-style ales brewed, as far as possible, from local ingredients.

Hudson and Bates refer constantly to the inspiration provided by their agricultural setting, Duration brew seasonal and perfectly balanced IPAs, Pales, Stouts & Lagers full of balance and consistency alongside slower, more complex mixed fermentation releases. They pride themselves on sustainability, producing beer through precision small batch brewing.

Hudson says: ‘We pour nature into every glass to celebrate Norfolk’s rich bounty, cultivating time, terroir and purpose in an estate approach to beer making. Duration has accumulated 18 awards for both our beers and our approach to business. reared by a father and son duo in the creeks at Brancaster. Local honey, flowers and botanicals have all found their way into the beers.

They have also worked closely with local nursery Nurtured in Norfolk and winemakers Burn Valley.

Bates adds: ‘Doing more with less and utilising spent ingredients such as the leaf from plants grown for the flower or grape pomace pressed for wine making feels like a more sustainable way to look at beer making. We even host an annual forage brew inviting drinkers at our brewery tap room to spend a day looking again to nature and foraging in the hedgerows and forests surrounding the brewery for ingredients with us.