Cheddar Ales
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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.
- Gorge 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.
- Hardrock – 4.4% abv Pale Ale.
- Bitter Bully – 3.8% abv Pale Ale.
- Crown and Glory – 4.6% abv.
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]
