Beer Safari

Beer Safari is a new way to discover what goes into producing great beer. Join a guided exploration to learn about the key ingredients of beer and how it is brewed. With an expert guide, we will visit a hop farm, a malting barley farm and breweries. Along the way we will meet the farmers and brewers, hear their stories and taste their wares.

The Safari will culminate, appropriately, in one of Suffolk’s leading gastropubs - The Anchor at Walberswick. Owners, Mark and Sophie Dorber will present a tasting dinner at which a variety of local specialities will be served and accompanied by pairs of beers designed to show precisely how beer and food matching works at its best.

Food Safari’s founders are Polly and Tim Robinson, who share a passion for sourcing, cooking and eating food made from fresh local produce. We have put down roots in the Suffolk countryside after many years in London.

Like many people, we were shopping more and more at farmers' markets to get our hands on fresh, local food and we really enjoyed meeting the producers who are so full of infectious enthusiasm for their produce.

Part of Polly’s family have been farming organically in North Wales since the 1970s, so we both knew there was incredible hard work and dedication behind the finished product. We wanted to find a way to get to meet these food heroes, to hear the unique stories, fascinating insights, and to experience the beautiful landscapes of the Suffolk countryside.

Suffolk is firmly on the food map and its outstanding natural countryside and coastal beauty combined with an abundance of local producers, restaurants, specialist food shops and the acclaimed annual Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival make it a perfect destination for foodie holidays. We hope Food Safari will become a new way to explore Suffolk and get to know the people and landscapes that make it special.