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Copper Dragon Brewery is a
brewery A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of b ...
originally established in
Skipton Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Aire and the Leeds ...
,
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...
, in 2002. The brewery produces four permanent cask ales: Golden Pippin, a blonde beer at 3.9% abv, also available in 500ml bottles, Best Bitter a traditional Northern-style ale at 3.8% abv, also available in 500ml bottles, Scott's 1816, created to commemorate the original Skipton brewery, and Silver Myst a 4.0% pilsner. After a period in
Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford, n ...
, Copper Dragon Brewery returned to Skipton in October 2020. in association with Recoil Brewing Co. of Clitheroe, Lancashire, and the original brewing team of Gordon Wilkinson, Dave Sanders and Matthew Taylor.


Beers


Recoil Craft Brewery

Although the Copper Dragon team relocated back to Skipton from their Recoil base, Recoil is now being used by Copper Dragon to build a sub-brand of craft beers.


2019 Festival Beers

In 2019 Copper Dragon made some new pale ales available, these were: Penny Pale (3.5%), described as a pale ale made with Cascade and Dana hops. Sidewinder (4.2%), an American pale ale, using Cascade, Simco and Magnum hops. 13 Steps (4.1%), another pale ale, this being produced in a limited edition though its not clear how limited. They were all readily available at the 2019 Skipton Beer Festival, the festival nearest to the brewery's home. Only Sidewinder is now on the normal product list (see table above).


References


External links


Official website
Food and drink companies established in 2002 Companies based in Skipton Skipton 2002 establishments in England British companies established in 2002 Breweries in Yorkshire Breweries in England Keighley {{beer-stub