Star Wing Brewery | NORFOLK NIPS
STAR WING BREWERY, TAP ROOM, CAFÉ AND BAKERY We embarked on a mini tour of pubs and this brewery, Star Wing, was our first stop of the day. It ended up being our only stop… we were so impressed we stayed much longer than planned! Born from an old 19th Century sawmill and complete with tap room this building overlooks fields and fields of crops seemingly in the middle of nowhere. It is actually located near to the village of Redgrave and the nearest town is Diss. As we entered, we observed a lovely open tap room with all six of their beers on cask and about 30 different Key Keg and canned craft beers available on the board. We chose our beers and I had a bat of the first 3 beers in 1/3-pint measures; the dry hopped ‘Down on The Border’, the copper hued classic British bitter ‘Gospel Oak‘ and the straw coloured ‘Spire Light’ which were all very good.
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The tap room also boasts a bakery, though on this occasion Mick the Baker was not open, but preparing for the next day’s batch of bread and baked goods. Bar food was available, hot sausage rolls and a selection of simple dishes. The next bat of beers consisted of the red and fruity ‘Red at Night’, the 5.0% IPA ‘Four Acre Arcadia’ and best of all the beautiful porter ‘Stain Glass Blue’ at 5.4% this was a clear winner and a five out of five classic. This was my choice as a full pint for the next round! The tap room plays host to live music, food nights and beer festivals at various times throughout the year and is well worth a visit. For more information visit their website at www.starwingbrewery.com. Q Nige Nudds
