Thornbridge Brewery
The Thornbridge Brewery is an independent brewery[2] founded in the grounds of Thornbridge Hall in Ashford-in-the-Water near Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.
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/ |
History
The first Thornbridge craft beers were produced in February 2005 in a 10-barrel brewery,[3] housed in the grounds of Thornbridge Hall.[4]
A new state of the art 30-barrel brewery[5] at Bakewell was opened in September 2009[6] with an aim to continue to brew high quality cask, keg and bottled beers and develop new ones through innovation in process[7] and usage of the finest natural ingredients.[8] The original Hall Brewery continues to operate in developing new, seasonal and speciality beers.
Thornbridge has won more than 350 awards since its opening,[9] including the Gold Medal (Best Black IPA in the World) at the World Beer Awards 2012[10] and 2013[11] for Wild Raven, Gold Medal (Best Kölsch in the World) at the World Beer Awards 2013[12] and 2015[13] for Tzara, Silver Medal (strong ales) at the Great British Beer Festival in August 2006[14]) for Jaipur IPA - named also as one of The Top 50 Food and Drinks in Britain.[15] In May 2014, Thornbridge was recognised as the Best Drinks Producer in the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards 2014.[16] It has also won awards at the World Beer Cup: 2010 Silver Bracia, 2012 Bronze Raven and 2014 Silver Wild Swan.[17] It also won the 2015 Beer Marketing Awards[18] for Best Use of Competitions.
The brewery has been called the first UK craft brewery[19] and its beers are now distributed in over 30 countries.[20]
The brewery celebrated 10 years of brewing in 2015 with the launch of Jaipur X[21] – a 10% version of its multi-award winning Jaipur IPA (5.9%)[22] (Britain Best Beer 2013,[23] National SIBA Awards 2012,[24] GBBF Champion Keg Ale Award 2011 and Great Taste Awards[25] - are a few examples).
Core cask beers
- Brother Rabbit (4% ABV) - golden ale
- Jaipur (5.9% ABV) - India pale ale
- Kipling (5.2% ABV) - South Pacific pale ale
- Lord Marples (4% ABV) - best bitter
- Wild Swan (3.5% ABV) - white gold pale ale
Core keg beers
- AM.PM (4.5% ABV) - all day IPA
- Chiron (5% ABV) - American pale ale
- Colorado Red (5.9% ABV) - English hopped red ale
- Halcyon (7.4% ABV) - Imperial IPA
- Jaipur (5.9% ABV) - IPA
- Wild Raven (6.6% ABV) - black IPA
Core bottled beers
- AM.PM (4.5% ABV) - all day IPA
- Bracia (10% ABV) - rich dark ale
- Chiron (5% ABV) - American pale ale
- Cocoa Wonderland (6.8% ABV) - chocolate porter
- Colorado Red (5.9% ABV) - English hopped red ale
- Jaipur (5.9% ABV) - IPA
- Halcyon (7.4% ABV) - Imperial IPA
- Twin Peaks (5% ABV) - Anglo American pale ale
- Tzara (4.8% ABV) - Kölsch
- Wild Raven (6.6% ABV) - black IPA
- Wild Swan (3.5% ABV) - white gold pale ale
External links
References
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- "Cocoa Wonderland Thornbridge brewery chocolate porter". Cocoa Wonderland. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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- "Thornbridge's Jaipur Included in Great Taste Top 50 Foods and Drinks in Britain". Society of Independent Brewers. 27 July 2012.
- Roger Protz (27 July 2012). "Jaipur IPA wins major Top 50 billing and Butcombe reaches finals of industry awards". Protz on Beer. Retrieved 27 November 2019. - Noli Dinkovski (11 May 2014). "Pub suppliers recognised in BBC Food & Farming Awards". The Morning Advertiser. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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- "BBC Food Awards 2014: Best Drinks Producer Thornbridge Brewery". The British Guild of Beer Writers. Retrieved 15 September 2015. - "World Beer Cup 2014 Winners List" (PDF). World Beer Cup. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- Sophie Atherton (15 April 2015). "Beer Marketing Awards". A FemAle View on Beer and Drink. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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- "SIBA Beer Competitions » 2012". Society of Independent Brewers. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- "The Top 50 winners of Great Taste 2015". Great Taste Awards. Retrieved 27 November 2015.