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St. Peter's Brewery Co. Ltd.
	St. Peter's Cream Stout
Type	alcoholic beverage
Location	St Peter, South Elmham, Bungay, Suffolk, England
Opened	1996
Key people	John Murphy (founder) Derek Jones (CEO)
Website	Official website

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St. Peter's is an independent brewery founded in 1996 by John Murphy in former agricultural buildings adjacent to St. Peter's Hall in St Peter, South Elmham, near Bungay in the English county of Suffolk. In 2021, St Peter's was sold to independent investors, including the current CEO, Derek Jones, who has since expanded and modernised the brewery while still making the same beers.

The brewery produces cask ale but is best known for its cold-filtered bottled beers, the most popular of which are Pale Ale, Cream Stout, and 0.0% Without.

In September 2023, the business acquired Curious Brewery and its subsidiary Wild Beer. The expanded group now produces a range of craft ales, lagers, and unique brews.

The beers

The brewery produces around twelve regular beers plus another six seasonal. St Peter's is known for its organic beers. A gluten-free beer, G-Free TM was launched late in 2007 and is approved and licensed by Coeliac UK.

The oval shape of its signature 500 ml bottle is based on an 18th-century gin bottle from Gibbstown, by the Delaware River near Philadelphia, but a round version is also common.

Awards

World Beer Awards 2024: Cream Stout, Plum Porter and Without® Original all awarded Silver; Golden Ale and Old Style Porter awarded Bronze
World Alcohol Free Awards 2024: Without® Original won Silver, Without® Gold won Bronze. This competition attracted 450 entries from 21 countries
European Beer Challenge 2024: Cream Stout awarded Double Gold, Golden Ale and Old Style Porter both won Gold
Asia Beer Challenge 2023: Golden Ale awarded Double Gold, Plum Porter and Whisky Beer won Gold, Cream Stout won Silver
World Beer Awards 2023: Without® Original awarded Gold and Country Winner, Cream Stout won Silver, Cream Stout Gluten Free also won Silver
Global Beer Masters 2023: Cream Stout won Gold, Pale Ale won Silver
European Beer Challenge 2023: Golden Ale won Double Gold, Cream Stout, Old Style Porter and Plum Porter all won Gold

Notes

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-'''St. Peter's''' is an independent brewery founded in 1996 by [[John Murphy (branding consultant)|John Murphy]] in former agricultural buildings adjacent to St. Peter’s Hall in [[St Peter, South Elmham]], near [[Bungay]] in the [[English county]] of [[Suffolk]].
+'''St. Peter's''' is an independent brewery founded in 1996 by [[John Murphy (branding consultant)|John Murphy]] in former agricultural buildings adjacent to St. Peter's Hall in [[St Peter, South Elmham]], near [[Bungay]] in the [[English county]] of [[Suffolk]]. In 2021, St Peter's was sold to independent investors, including the current CEO, Derek Jones, who has since expanded and modernised the brewery while still making the same beers.
-The brewery produces [[cask ale]]s, but is best known for its cold filtered bottled beers. The oval shape of its signatory 500 ml bottle is based on an 18th-century gin bottle from Gibbstown, by the [[Delaware River]] near [[Philadelphia]] but a round version is also common.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/brewery|access-date=2014-08-17|title=Brewery|publisher=St. Peter’s Brewery Co. Ltd.}}</ref>
+The brewery produces [[cask ale]] but is best known for its cold-filtered bottled beers, the most popular of which are Pale Ale, Cream Stout, and 0.0% Without.
+In September 2023, the business acquired [https://curiousbrewery.com/ Curious Brewery] and its subsidiary [https://www.wildbeerco.com/ Wild Beer]. The expanded group now produces a range of craft ales, lagers, and unique brews.
-Owner John Murphy founded the marketing consultancy Interbrand and was admitted to an [[honorary degree]] of Doctor of Social Sciences at [[Brunel University]] in 2001.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-graduates/honorary-graduates-2001/john-murphy|access-date=2014-08-17|title=John Murphy - 2001|publisher=Brunel University London|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090126/http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-graduates/honorary-graduates-2001/john-murphy|archive-date=2014-08-19}}</ref> The brewery also owns ''The Jerusalem Tavern'', a pub in [[Clerkenwell]], London.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/london-pub|access-date=2014-08-17|title=London Pub|publisher=St. Peter’s Brewery Co. Ltd.}}</ref>
 == The beers ==
-The brewery produces around twelve regular beers plus another six seasonal. St Peter's is known for its organic beers. A gluten free beer, G-Free TM was launched late in 2007 and is approved and licensed by [[Coeliac UK]].
+The brewery produces around twelve regular beers plus another six seasonal. St Peter's is known for its organic beers. A gluten-free beer, G-Free TM was launched late in 2007 and is approved and licensed by [[Coeliac UK]].
+The oval shape of its signature 500 ml bottle is based on an 18th-century gin bottle from Gibbstown, by the [[Delaware River]] near [[Philadelphia]], but a round version is also common.
 == Awards ==
+* [https://www.worldbeerawards.com/winner-beer/silver-52949-world-beer-awards-2024 World Beer Awards] 2024: Cream Stout, Plum Porter and Without'''®''' Original all awarded Silver; Golden Ale and Old Style Porter awarded Bronze
-* St. Peter's Organic Ale was awarded the Soil Associations Silver Medal in the drinks category in their Organic Food Awards 2006.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/demo-award|access-date=2014-08-17|title=A selection of Awards for St. Peter's beer|publisher=St. Peter’s Brewery Co. Ltd.}}</ref>
+* [https://www.worldafawards.com/ World Alcohol Free Awards] 2024: Without'''®''' Original won Silver, Without'''®''' Gold won Bronze. This competition attracted 450 entries from 21 countries
-* In November 2007, the Independent newspaper conducted a blind tasting by a panel of judges of bottled beers and lagers to create a 'Top 50 beers' list and St. Peter's India Pale Ale was voted overall winner.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/products/classics/india-pale-ale|access-date=2014-08-17|title=India Pale Ale|publisher=St. Peter’s Brewery Co. Ltd.}}</ref>
+* [https://europeanbeerchallenge.org/ European Beer Challenge] 2024: Cream Stout awarded Double Gold, Golden Ale and Old Style Porter both won Gold
-* Cream Stout was voted one of the Top 50 beers in the world in 2006 and has won the International Beer Competition, Porters and Stouts category, in 2006, 2004 and 2003.
+* [https://asiabeerchallenge.org/ Asia Beer Challenge] 2023: Golden Ale awarded Double Gold, Plum Porter and Whisky Beer won Gold, Cream Stout won Silver
-* The cask version of Old Style Porter won the [[Campaign for Real Ale]] (CAMRA) Champion Beer of Suffolk in 2005 and took bronze in the CAMRA Winter Beer Festival held in Manchester in January 2007.
+* World Beer Awards 2023: Without'''®''' Original awarded Gold and Country Winner, Cream Stout won  Silver, Cream Stout Gluten Free also won Silver
-* St. Peter's Grapefruit Fruit Beer won a bronze medal in Speciality Beer Category at the Great British Beer Festival in August 2007.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.beer-pages.com/protz/news/festival-2007-results.htm|access-date=2014-08-17|title=Great British Beer Festival 2007|publisher=beer-pages.com (Roger Protz)}}</ref>
+* Global Beer Masters 2023: Cream Stout won Gold, Pale Ale won Silver
+* European Beer Challenge 2023: Golden Ale won Double Gold, Cream Stout, Old Style Porter and Plum Porter all won Gold
 == Notes ==