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.

Thornbridge Brewery
TypePrivate
IndustryBrewing
Founded2005
Headquarters
Derbyshire
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Jim Harrison & Simon Webster
ProductsBeer
Production output
30,000 hectolitre capacity[1]
Websitehttp://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
  • Jamestown (5.9% ABV) - New England India pale ale
  • 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

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