Cheddar Ales
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| Location | Cheddar, Somerset, England | ||||||||
| Owner(s) | Independent | ||||||||
| Year opened | 2006 | ||||||||
| Website | cheddarales.co.uk | ||||||||
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Cheddar Ales is a small independent 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 Butcombe Brewery in nearby Wrington.[1]
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[edit] Products
The brewery produces two regular beers and the occasional seasonal brew.
- Gorge Best (formerly 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.
[edit] 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]
[edit] References
- ^ "Discovering Cheddar Ales" (PDF). Pints West No. 72 Winter 2006/2007 edition. CAMRA Bristol. pp. 7. http://www.camrabristol.org.uk/pw72s.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
- ^ "Totty pot". 97 bottles. http://97bottles.com/breweries/uk/somerset/cheddar/cheddar-ales/totty-pot/. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ "Cheddar Ales Potholer Golden Ale". Real Ale Pub uk. 3 May 2007. http://www.realalepub.co.uk/beers.php?beerId=24. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^ "2009 Winners". SIBA Beer Competitions. SIBA. http://www.siba.co.uk/competitions/?National_Competitions:National_2009:Winners. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- ^ "Totty Pot is top tipple". Cheddar Valley Gazette. 10 March 2009. http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/cheddarvalley/news/Totty-Pot-tipple/article-760796-detail/article.html. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- ^ "Cheddar has some of the best totty in the world". Cheddar Valley Gazette. 30 October 2009. http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/Cheddar-best-totty-world/article-1466463-detail/article.html. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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Coordinates: 51°16′02″N 2°46′08″W / 51.267131°N 2.768909°W
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