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Matchmakers Anybody?

🎄✨ A Sweet Nostalgia Awaits at The Blackfriars Tavern! ✨🎄

Remember the joy of crunching into Matchmakers at Christmastime? 🍫 Those after-dinner delights of orange, mint, and coffee flavors have inspired our next series of real ales from the brilliant Mr. Winters Brewery! 🎉

Over the next week, we’ll be tapping into these indulgent brews, one at a time:
🍊 Chocolate Orange Porter – Rich, velvety, and bitter.
🌱 Mint Chocolate Porter – Cool, refreshing, and oh-so-smooth.
☕ Vanilla Latte Milk Stout – A creamy coffee and vanilla dream.

Celebrate the festive season at East Anglia’s CAMRA Pub of the Year, The Blackfriars Tavern in Great Yarmouth. 🏆 Come and taste these nostalgic flavors brought to life in pint form!

📅 Don’t miss out – the first two are available for a limited time only.

Cheers to Christmas memories and new traditions! 🍻

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Beers On 3rd August 2024

Allday’s Sleepy Water Imperial Stout and Opa Hay Cask Pilsner. What’s not to like?

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Spring Holiday 2024 Beer Festival 25th and 26th May

Post author By Blackfriars Tavern
Post date 17 May 2024
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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

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Real Ale List – Spring 2024 Cider and Beer Festival

Post author By Blackfriars Tavern
Post date 16 May 2024
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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!

Identifier	Brewer & Beer Name	ABV	Style	Notes
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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East Norfolk CAMRA Awards 2024 – Pub of the Year and Cider Pub of the Year

Post author By Blackfriars Tavern
Post date 7 March 2024
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We are pleased to inform you that the Blackfriars Tavern (in Great Yarmouth) has been voted the East Norfolk CAMRA Pub Of The Year 2024 and also the East Norfolk CAMRA Cider Pub Of The Year 2024.

We are obviously thrilled and over the moon with this double good news and are thankfull:

to our customers who have created a welcoming atmosphere 🙏🏻,

to our suppliers who have provided the high quality products that we stock 🙏🏻,

and to the local East Norfolk CAMRA branch which arranges for the yearly independent competition and to the volunteers that judge the shortlisted pubs on atmosphere, decor, welcome, service, value for money, customer mix and most importantly – quality of beer 🍺 and real cider 🍺🙏🏻

….see East Norfolk CAMRA’s news releases here and here

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The Blackfriars Tavern Brews Commemorative Ale for Herring Bridge Opening

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Post date 31 January 2024
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Celebrating Great Yarmouth’s Heritage with Exclusive ‘Herring Bridge Pale Ale’

SUMMARY The Blackfriars Tavern, an award-winning pub known for its dedication to Real Ales and Still Ciders, is proud to announce the brewing of a special English Pale Ale – the Herring Bridge Pale Ale. This exclusive brew celebrates the opening of the Herring Bridge in Great Yarmouth on February 1, 2024. This celebration beer not only highlights the Tavern’s unique brewing capabilities but also pays homage to the town’s rich herring industry heritage.

[GREAT YARMOUTH, 1/Feb/2024]: In recognition of the opening of the Herring Bridge, The Blackfriars Tavern, an esteemed establishment holding titles like “CAMRA runner up pub of the year 2022 and 2023” and “CAMRA runner up cider pub of the year 2023” introduces the Herring Bridge Pale Ale. Crafted by Pharez Smith, the owner and brewer at The Blackfriars Tavern, this session pale ale boasts a 3.9% ABV, making it an ideal choice for those wanting a session pale ale.

Brewed with local Norfolk grain, the Herring Bridge Pale Ale not only embodies the region’s brewing tradition but also captures the essence of Great Yarmouth’s historical connection to the herring industry. During the early 20th century, Great Yarmouth’s quaysides were bustling with drifters returning from the North Sea, laden with herring. This new bridge, aptly named after the industry that once thrived in the area, is a testament to the town’s enduring spirit.

Pharez Smith comments, “At The Blackfriars Tavern, we’re not just brewing beer; we’re weaving the story and heritage of Great Yarmouth into every pint. The Herring Bridge Pale Ale is a tribute to the hardworking men and women who shaped our town’s history, and we’re proud to be part of this new chapter with the opening of the Herring Bridge.”

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Bull Of The Woods – Golden Road

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Post date 3 April 2022
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ABV 4% – A Golden Session Ale from Bull of the Woods

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Old Chimneys Cask Imperial Stout On Gravity

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Post date 29 December 2021
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Hi, just letting you know that The Blackfriars Tavern have a cask of Old Chimneys Stout ABV 10% available on gravity now!

If you have never tried Good King Henry, then you should have at least heard of its reputation. Good King Henry is a multi-award winning imperial stout, usually in the 9% range and the bottled version, Good King Henry Special Reserve, has been England’s highest rated beer on rating website ratebeer.com for eight years. That is impressive.

Alan Thomson ‘officially’ retired from brewing and closed down Old Chimneys Brewery back in March, but has continued with brewing at Grain. Alan turned the volume up a bit to hit double figures, and the new Good King Henry is now at 10% alcohol by volume.

Volunteers serving at the Norwich Beer Festival were enthusiastically recommending that we try it.

Good King Henry lives on

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Cask Imperial Stout On Gravity

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Post date 15 December 2021
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Hi, just letting you know that The Blackfriars Tavern have a cask of Mr Winter’s Implosion available on gravity now!

“Try as you may you wouldn’t be able to resist this intensely flavoured, strong dark ale. Take in this powerfully rich and warm collision of chocolate, liquorice and sweet raisin goodness.”

Alc 10% vol

We couldn’t find the pump clip, so we used a picture from Mr Winters website 🙂

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Wolf Whiskers on Now

ABV 4.5 – A Dark Rich Ale with Fruity Notes – seasonal beer from Wolf

Wolf Whiskers on at The Blackfriars Tavern in Great Yarmouth

Wolf Brewery donate 10p for each pint to Prostate Cancer, and we will donate 20p/pint ourselves, which means that for every pint of this that you drink in the Blackfriars Tavern, 30p goes to Prostate Cancer in one way or another.

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For more information about prostate cancer go to this local Norfolk Resource: https://www.prostatesupport.org.uk/

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