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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Brewing |
Founded | 2005 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Jim Harrison & Simon Webster |
Products | Beer |
Production output | 30,000 hectolitre capacity [1] |
Website | http://www.thornbridgebrewery.co.uk/ |
The Thornbridge Brewery is an independent brewery [2] founded in the grounds of Thornbridge Hall in Ashford-in-the-Water near Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.
Jaipur, an American IPA style beer, accounts for the majority of sales. [3]
The first Thornbridge craft beers were produced in February 2005 in a 10-barrel brewery, [4] housed in the grounds of Thornbridge Hall. [5]
A new state of the art 30-barrel brewery [6] at Bakewell was opened in September 2009 [7] with an aim to continue to brew high quality cask, keg and bottled beers and develop new ones through innovation in process [8] and usage of the finest natural ingredients. [9] The original Hall Brewery continues to operate in developing new, seasonal and speciality beers.
Thornbridge has won more than 350 awards since its opening, [10] including the Gold Medal (Best Black IPA in the World) at the World Beer Awards 2012 [11] and 2013 [12] for Wild Raven, Gold Medal (Best Kölsch in the World) at the World Beer Awards 2013 [13] and 2015 [14] for Tzara, Silver Medal (strong ales) at the Great British Beer Festival in August 2006 [15] ) for Jaipur IPA - named also as one of The Top 50 Food and Drinks in Britain. [16] In May 2014, Thornbridge was recognised as the Best Drinks Producer in the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards 2014. [17] It has also won awards at the World Beer Cup: 2010 Silver Bracia, 2012 Bronze Raven and 2014 Silver Wild Swan. [18] It also won the 2015 Beer Marketing Awards [19] for Best Use of Competitions.
The brewery has been called the first UK craft brewery [20] and its beers are now distributed in over 30 countries. [21]
The brewery celebrated 10 years of brewing in 2015 with the launch of Jaipur X [22] – a 10% version of its multi-award winning Jaipur IPA (5.9%) [23] (Britain Best Beer 2013, [24] National SIBA Awards 2012, [25] GBBF Champion Keg Ale Award 2011 and Great Taste Awards [26] - are a few examples).
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