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Cheddar Ales 
Location Cheddar, Somerset, England Owner(s) Independent Year opened 2006 Website cheddarales.co.uk Active beers Name Type Gorge Best Bitter Potholer Bitter Totty Pot Porter Porter Seasonal beers Name Type Goat's Leap IPA Festive Totty Porter Mild Cheddar Mild 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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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.
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]
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
Categories:- Companies based in Somerset
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- Companies established in 2006
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