East Anglia
Humber Doucy Brewing Co
East Anglia
They’re meandering, relaxing, and a little bit shady - like an afternoon under oak beams. Or like Humber Doucy Lane, from which we take our name: modern Ipswich houses on one side, the countryside on the other. It's named for the 'refreshing shade' ('ombre douce') found there by Napoleonic War prisoners relaxing after their labours.
Or is it? Like a lot of the mardles you’ll hear in a Suffolk pub, that one is … debatable. Some say it’s named for The Humber Doucy, a dance beloved by peasants and gentlemen alike between the wars. Or The Humble Deuce, a gambler's pub that stood on the Martlesham road - until it was burned to the ground by a cheated card shark. Or even that it comes from the legendary 'Amber Dais', an Anglo-Saxon treasure worth untold riches, said to be buried somewhere north of Ipswich.