Thornbridge Brewery

Thornbridge Brewery

Type	Private
Industry	Brewing
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Key people	Jim Harrison & Simon Webster
Products	Beer
Production output	30,000 hectolitre capacity[1]
Website	http://www.thornbridgebrewery.co.uk/

The Thornbridge Brewery is an independent brewery^[2][3][4] founded in the grounds of Thornbridge Hall, Ashford-in-the-Water near Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.

History

The first Thornbridge craft beers were produced in February 2005 in a 10 barrel brewery,^[5][6][7] housed in the grounds of Thornbridge Hall.^[8][9][10]

A new state of the art 30 barrel brewery^[11][12] at Bakewell was opened in September 2009^[13][14][15] with an aim to continue to brew high quality cask, keg and bottled beers and develop new ones through innovation in process^[16][17][18] and usage of the finest natural ingredients.^{[19][20][21][22]} The original Hall Brewery continues to operate in developing new, seasonal and speciality beers.

Thornbridge has won more than 350 awards since its opening,^[23][24][25] including the Gold Medal (Best Black IPA in the World) at the World Beer Awards 2012^[26] and 2013^[27] for Wild Raven, Gold Medal (Best Kölsch in the World) at the World Beer Awards 2013^[28] and 2015^[29][30] for Tzara, Silver Medal (Strong Ales) at the Great British Beer Festival (August 2006^[31][32]) for Jaipur IPA - named also as one of The Top 50 Food and Drinks in Britain.^[33][34][35] In May 2014, Thornbridge was recognised as the Best Drinks Producer in the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards 2014.^[36][37][38] It has also won awards at the World Beer Cup: 2010 Silver Bracia, 2012 Bronze Raven and 2014 Silver Wild Swan.^[39] It has also won the 2015 Beer Marketing Awards^[40][41][42] for Best Use of Competitions.

The brewery has been called the first UK craft brewery^[43][44][45] and its beers are now distributed worldwide in over 30 countries.^[46][47][48]

The brewery celebrated 10 years of brewing in 2015 with the launch of Jaipur X^[49][50][51] – a 10% version of their multi award winning Jaipur IPA (5.9%)^[52][53][54] (Britain Best Beer 2013,^[55] National SIBA Awards 2012,^[56] GBBF Champion Keg Ale Award 2011 and Great Taste Awards^[57] - 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

• Thornbridge Brewery website
• RateBeer.com

References