Hambleton Ales
Encyclopedia
Hambleton Ales is a brewery that was established in 1991 in the tiny hamlet of Holme on Swale, in Hambleton
, North Yorkshire
, England
. Initially based in a converted outbuilding, the brewery achieved the target production of 800 gallons a week, within the first six months, and an award winning beer within the first year.
Hambleton Ales have won a number of awards. Nightmare won Champion Beer at the Society of Independent Brewers
(SIBA) northern competition in January 2006 and a gold in the Campaign for Real Ale
Champion Winter Beer of Britain in January 1997; and Gluten Free Ale won ‘Best Beer Innovation’ in the coveted Tesco Beer Challenge in 2005.
Today, Hambleton Ales produces 100 barrels a week, employs a staff of fifteen and regularly exports to Europe and the USA.
In 2007, Hambleton Ales moved to a larger Brewery on Barker Business Park, Melmerby
.
Hambleton
Hambleton is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. The main town and administrative centre is Northallerton, and includes the market towns and major villages of Bedale, Thirsk, Great Ayton, Stokesley and Easingwold....
, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Initially based in a converted outbuilding, the brewery achieved the target production of 800 gallons a week, within the first six months, and an award winning beer within the first year.
Hambleton Ales have won a number of awards. Nightmare won Champion Beer at the Society of Independent Brewers
Society of Independent Brewers
The Society of Independent Brewers was founded in 1980 under the title The Small Independent Brewers Association to represent the interests of the growing numbers of independent brewing companies in the United Kingdom...
(SIBA) northern competition in January 2006 and a gold in the Campaign for Real Ale
Campaign for Real Ale
The Campaign for Real Ale is an independent voluntary consumer organisation based in St Albans, England, whose main aims are promoting real ale, real cider and the traditional British pub...
Champion Winter Beer of Britain in January 1997; and Gluten Free Ale won ‘Best Beer Innovation’ in the coveted Tesco Beer Challenge in 2005.
Today, Hambleton Ales produces 100 barrels a week, employs a staff of fifteen and regularly exports to Europe and the USA.
In 2007, Hambleton Ales moved to a larger Brewery on Barker Business Park, Melmerby
Melmerby, Harrogate
Melmerby is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. Whilst the name is of viking origin, many of the fields in the area have saxon names eg Halikeld....
.