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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]
The brewery produces seven regular beers and the occasional seasonal brew.
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]
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.
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