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Buffy's Brewery produced it's first beers for the pub trade in 1993 and gains its name from a well known and revered former resident of the 15th century Mardle Hall. Known to all locals in the 1950s as Buffy, everyone for miles around knew the hall as 'Buffy's place'.

Head Brewer and partner Roger Abrahams spent over twenty five years working in the insurance field, all the while dreaming of putting his home brewing techniques to better use. In 1990 he met Julie Savory, a piano tuner, landlords daughter and beer lover who happened to be working at Mardle Hall, she tried a pint of the homebrew and the rest just followed. They were married soon after, and the couple spent a year planning and setting up the brewery, Roger gave up his career in insurance and Julie gave up her own business to devote the time necessary.

The original brewhouse was set up in one of die out- buildings at the Hall using 5 barrel brewing vessels acquired from The Harviestoun Brewery at Dollar, Scotland and the first firkins rolled out in November '93.

Since those days the brewplant has been upgraded twice and the brewery has gone from strength to strength now employing an additional four staff members who all work hard to continuously evolve the range and styles of the beers to appeal to all tastes. Duncan Walker has been appointed as Brewery Manager and has brought with him many skills and new ideas. Curtis Read, Brewery Assistant, who is turning out to be quite a good brewer in his own right, carries out the many other aspects of producing good beer, including cask cleanliness and cask control, which is never forgotten here at Buffy's. Drayman Donny Adams ensures the smooth delivery of the casks to the publican at all times.

Sales Manager Peter Webb who is usually the first point of contact for customers and has spent all of his working life with breweries, is now a well known and respected face to many licensees throughout East Anglia.

Over the last few years Buffy's Brewery has established itself as one of the leading brewers in the micro sector. Our fine ales have won numerous awards at local and national level and we strive to pro- duce the highest levels with every single cask of beer produced. We will never compromise on quality.

Cheers.

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