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Whitewater Brewery

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Whitewater Brewing Company
Company typeIndependent craft brewery
IndustryAlcoholic beverages
Founded1996
Headquarters,
ProductsBeer
OwnerBernard Sloan and family
Websitewhitewaterbrewing.co.uk

Whitewater Brewery is a craft brewery in Castlewellan, County Down. It is the largest microbrewery in Northern Ireland. The brewery produces a number of cask beers, a key lager, and three bottled beers. The brewery was founded by Bernard Sloan with his wife Kerry in 1996 on the family farm.

Beers

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Several beers are produced at Whitewater Brewery and the production changes over time. Frequently recurring bottled beers include:

  • Bee's Endeavour, 4.8% alcohol by volume (ABV)
  • Belfast Ale, 4.5% ABV
  • Belfast Lager, 4.5% ABV
  • Belfast Black, 4.5% ABV
  • Clotworthy Dobbin, 5.0% ABV
  • Copperhead, 3.7% ABV
  • Ewe Rebel 7.0% ABV
  • Hallion 4.2% ABV
  • Hen, Cock and Pigeon Rock 4.8% ABV
  • Hoppel Hammer, 6.0% ABV
  • Maggies Leap 4.7% ABV

Awards

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The Whitewater Brewery has won numerous awards for its beers. Among them are:

  • 2011 - Great Taste Award, Single Star, for Clotworthy Dobbin bottled beer.[1]
  • 2007 - International Beer Challenge, included in the World's Top 50 beers.[2][3]

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