Cheddar Ales

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]

Cheddar Ales

Location	Cheddar, Somerset, England
Opened	2006
Owned by	Independent
Website	cheddarales.co.uk
Active beers
Name Type 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
Name Type Festive Totty Porter Wild Thing Pale Ale Seismic Shift Pale Ale Isolator 7 IPA Bedstraw Kolsch Karst Rye Beer Yakima Pils Pilsner

Products

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

• Gorge Best Bitter – 4.0% abv (Nothing to do with any footballer past or present but a good pun nonetheless) Best Bitter just got better.
• 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 (Simply Rock Hard)
• Bitter Bully – 3.8% abv Pale Ale (You can`t beat a Bitter Bully)
• Crown and Glory – 4.6% abv (Helping to put the "Great" back into Great Britain)

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. See website for details of opening.

References

1. "Discovering Cheddar Ales" (PDF). Pints West No. 72 Winter 2006/2007 edition. CAMRA Bristol. p. 7. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
2. "Magificent Seven #6: Totty Pot Potter". Good Beer. 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.

External links

• Official Website