Monday 27th – noon to 6pm
Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th – Closed All Day to enable us to reset after the festival.
Thursday 30th onwards, open from noon as normal
Month: May 2024
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CAMRA Norfolk Pub Of The Year 2024
🎉 Exciting news! We have been judged by CAMRA independent judges as the Best Pub for Real Ale in the whole of Norfolk, which builds on our being judged as the Best Pub for Real Ale and Cider in the East Norfolk Area.
Visit us to discover why. Enjoy some of the many ciders and perries in our multi award winning pub and celebrate this prestigious honour with us. Cheers to exceptional cider and great company! 🍻
30 Real Ales including many one off, unique and unusual beers, 60 Real Ciders including some unusual items not normally found in Norfolk!
Live Music in the evenings, Food and Activities
Blackfriars Tavern (Norfolk Cider Pub Of The Year, East Norfolk Pub Of The Year
Amy Reeve, The Ballard Bootleggers, Retro Firefly and Mat and Phil
Music
Saturday 5-7pm Amy Reeve – Amy Reeve is an incredibly entertaining pop/rock artist from Norwich. She is known for supporting popular local artists such as Lee Vasey. Solo she brings a fun acoustic sound.
Saturday 8-10pm The Ballard Bootleggers – ‘The Ballard Bootleggers are a folk trio from Suffolk, performing foot stomping, fast paced, traditional ‘old time’ music from America and Europe’
Sunday 4:15pm to 5pm – Retro Firefly – Retro Firefly is the music project of Lowestoft-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Samantha Penman. She began writing music in her early teens, frequently finding inspiration in nature and her upbringing along the Suffolk Coast. Her music has an indie-folk vibe, taking inspiration from artists such as James Blunt and Aurora
Sunday 6-8-ish pm Matt & Phil – They take songs from lots of genres and play them with a twist.
The Real Ale List is available here
The music performers details are available here
The current list is here – this may change a little – maybe a few more proper dry ciders….
The music performers details are available here
The cider list is available here
The beer list will be populated of the next few days as the tasting notes are written. Check back for updates!
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| A | Mr Winters Special Citrus Kiss Cask | 6% | IPA | Cask Dry Hopped with HBC-472 to give oak, bourbon barrels, coconut, vanilla, citrus, and sweet fruit in addition to the usual flavours |
| B | Tindalls Whiskey Cask Conditioned Caramel Stout | 5.2% | Stout | Whisky barrel aged special take on Tindall’s sweet caramel stout. Stronger ABV., Roasted malts and coffee flavours, rich and full bodied with sweet caramel leaving you wanting more. |
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Celtic Marches Cloudy
Celtic Marches 4.5% Medium Cloudy Cider is available on draught now. It is blended from a variety of cider apples, all grown on our Herefordshire farm. This delicious drop has a good depth of flavour with a crisp, slightly sweet apple finish.
#RealCider #NorfolkCider #NotFromConcentrate
Blackfriars Tavern is the Norfolk CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year 2024, and has over 30 real ciders on draught, direct from the cellar available every day to drink in. See you soon!
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Glastonbury Gold
6.5% Medium Sweet from Hecks Cider. Available on draught now while stocks last.
Made with apples gathered from beneath Glastonbury Tor, this cider is golden in colour, medium sweet with soft tannins.
#RealCider #NorfolkCider #NotFromConcentrate
Blackfriars Tavern is the Norfolk CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year 2024, and has over 30 real ciders on draught, direct from the cellar available every day to drink in. See you soon!
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Slack-Ma-Girdle
Single Variety Medium Dry Cider: 6.5% from Hecks Cider
As good a cider as its name is unusual, this is one you won’t forget. A wine like cider which is fruity on the nose with an intriguing walnut aftertaste. We leave the origins of its name to the drinker’s imagination.
#RealCider #NorfolkCider #NotFromConcentrate
Blackfriars Tavern is the Norfolk CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year 2024, and has over 30 real ciders on draught, direct from the cellar available every day to drink in. See you soon!
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Deep Space Truckin
2022 Deep Space Truckin’ Harry Masters Jersey/Ellis Bitter/Sweet Coppin – 7.0%
Available on Draught now, this is a light, smooth cider, which belies its ABV. Pale straw in appearance, the flavour is gentle, with hay notes, soft tannins, slatey minerality, and a satisfying finish. Made from Harry Masters Jersey and Ellis Bitter which were pressed in combination, with Sweet Coppin blended later on, to elongate the flavour and offer delightful drinkability. Perfect for deep space truckin’.
Acidity: low. Tannins: soft/medium.
#RealCider #NorfolkCider #NotFromConcentrate
Blackfriars Tavern is the Norfolk CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year 2024, and has over 30 real ciders on draught, direct from the cellar available every day to drink in. See you soon!