Cheddar Ales

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Cheddar Ales
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Cheddar Ales
Location Cheddar, Somerset, England
Opened2006
Owned byIndependent
Website cheddarales.co.uk
Active beers
NameType
Gorge Best Bitter
Potholer Pale Ale
Totty Pot Porter Porter
Goat's Leap IPA
Bitter Bully Pale Ale
Hardrock Pale Ale
Crown and Glory Amber Ale
Seasonal beers
NameType
Festive Totty Porter
Wild Thing Pale Ale
Seismic Shift Pale Ale
Isolator 7 IPA
Bedstraw Kolsch
Karst Rye Beer
Yakima Pils Pilsner

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]

Contents

Products

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

Awards

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

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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References

  1. "Discovering Cheddar Ales" (PDF). Pints West No. 72 Winter 2006/2007 edition. CAMRA Bristol. p. 7. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
  2. "Magificent Seven #6: Totty Pot Potter". Good Beer. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. "SIBA Beer Competitions". Society of Independent Brewers. 12 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  4. "2009 Winners". SIBA Beer Competitions. SIBA. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  5. "Totty Pot is top tipple". Cheddar Valley Gazette. 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  6. "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.

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