Moor Brewery was the first brewery we visited on the trip and has to go down as one of our favourites despite the fact that we couldn't stay long.
Photos will be added soon as I don't have any right now. You will have to do with the logo above which will remain until I am summoned to court for copyright infringements.
The brewery itself is run by Justin Hawke, American by birth, but Anglicised by 10 years in Blighty, while the company itself (and the corresponding wholesale business) is the work of Arthur and Annette Frampton who started up in 1996 on their dairy farm. A 10 barrel plant was installed last winter and demand appears to be increasing.
Moor Beer have a surprising 8 regular beers, not exactly the norm for a small brewery, and have plenty of awards for a number of these. The 7.3% Old Freddy Walker is in Roger Protz's '300 beers to try before you die' (an extraordinarily apocalyptic title for a list of tasty beers). Milly's and Somerland Gold are both award winners as well, but the beer attracting attention right now appears to be Revival which is a helluva tasty beer for 3.8% and fuses 3 American hops for it's intense flavour.
We tried the Revival on our visit and were more than a little impressed. Instantly shortlisted for 'beer of the trip', I can't imagine a tastier beer at that alcohol content.
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