Cheddar Ales
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| Location | Cheddar, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Independent | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | cheddarales | ||||||||||||||||
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Cheddar Ales is an independent, artisanal brewery located in the village of Cheddar in Somerset, England, which produces a range of regular and seasonal beers. Its owner and head brewer, Jem Ham, previously worked 15 years at another local brewery before going out on his own.[1]
Products
[edit]The brewery produces seven regular beers and the occasional seasonal brew.
- Gorge Best Bitter – 4.0% abv.
- Potholer – 4.3% abv golden bitter. The name is derived from the sport of potholing (cave exploration), which is popular in the Caves of the Mendip Hills.
- Totty Pot Porter – 4.5% abv porter, first produced in December 2007. Named after a small cave at the top of Cheddar Gorge.[2]
- Goat's Leap – 5.5% abv India Pale Ale (IPA). Named after a point on the Kaveri River near Bangalore in India.
- Hardrock – 4.4% abv Pale Ale.
- Bitter Bully – 3.8% abv Pale Ale.
- Crown and Glory – 4.6% abv.
Awards
[edit]In 2007, Potholer won a silver medal at the Society of Independent Brewers annual Maltings Beer Festival.[3] In 2009, Totty Pot Porter won Bronze Medal in the Champion Bottled Beers at the SIBA National Beer Competition,[4][5] and a gold award at the International Beer Challenge, where it won best bottled beer.[6]
Community
[edit]The brewery holds occasional beer festivals featuring both its own and guest beers, plus live music and in 2020 opened a full time tap room and pizza oven.
References
[edit]- ^ "Discovering Cheddar Ales" (PDF). Pints West No. 72 Winter 2006/2007 edition. CAMRA Bristol. p. 7. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
- ^ "Magificent Seven #6: Totty Pot Potter". Good Beer. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "SIBA Beer Competitions". Society of Independent Brewers. 12 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ "2009 Winners". SIBA Beer Competitions. SIBA. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- ^ "Totty Pot is top tipple". Cheddar Valley Gazette. 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- ^ "Cheddar has some of the best totty in the world". Cheddar Valley Gazette. 30 October 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
External links
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