Wharfedale Brewery is a

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situated in

Ilkley Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, in Northern England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Ilkley civil parish includes the adjacent village of Ben Rhydding and is a ward within ...

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, on the edge of the

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National Park. Two, now defunct, breweries in Yorkshire have previously used the Wharfedale name; first in

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in the 1756 and again in

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in 2003. The name was resurrected for a third time, further down the

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, in 2012 by a group of 16

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enthusiasts, many of whom are former chairmen of Ilkley & District

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History

According to The Journal of The Brewery History Society,Brewery History Number 84 Summer 1996
The Journal of The Brewery History Society, The Wharfedale Brewery. Retrieved 23 June 2014 Wharfedale Brewery began life as Wetherby Brewery in 1756 when it was established by brewer, maltster, and farmer John Rhodes. When John Rhodes died in 1780 he was succeeded in the brewery by his eldest son Gregory and his second son Quentin and the two of them guided the fortunes of the brewery well into the nineteenth century.Wetherby Brewery in the 1840s
Leodis Photographic Archive Of Leeds. Retrieved 3 July 2013 Quentin Rhodes,A man of great importance in our town
Ripon Gazette. 25 April 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2013 an important local businessman, made his fortune selling beer to many of the town's 15 pubs. His portrait still hangs in Wetherby Town Hall. In 1892 the brewery was sold by Rhodes' nephew Mr. Coates, solicitor and clerk to the Board of Guardians, and became known as Braime's Brewery before a further name change to Wharfedale Brewery. The brewery closed during the First World War and later became Oxley's Mineral Water factory in the inter-war years. In the 1950s the building, located in the town's market square, was demolished and replaced by a new bus station and depot. In 2003 the Wharfedale Brewery name was brought back to life in Hetton near Grassington and opened by the

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.Duke of Kent opens Wharfedale Brewery
Morning Advertiser. 15 December 2003. Retrieved 3 July 2013 Owners Steve Blizzard and David Aynesworth (star of

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's "Yorkshire's Perfect Pint"),On the trail of Yorkshire's Perfect Pint
Craven Herald. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2013 produced a number of award winning beers Folly Ale is best beer at festival
Telegraph & Argus. 20 October 2003. Retrieved 3 July 2013 under the "Folly Ales" brand name and their most famous customer was

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Folly and Madonna lead way to brewing success
Daily Telegraph. 4 March 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2013 who bought quantities of the beer for a Weekend Of Folly event. In 2007 the company was dissolved for personal reasons as Blizzard returned to his native

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Aynesworth continues to own and run the Craven Arms public house in

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. 2012 saw the third incarnation of Wharfedale Brewery as an integral part of Ilkley's first brew pub. Ambitious plans for Ilkley's first ‘brew pub
Ilkley Gazette. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013 A consortium of local businessmen set up a company called Wharfedale Brewery Limited and invested a six figure sum Let’s hope that the town is big enough for two breweries
Yorkshire Post. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013 in redeveloping the former Albert Inn on Church Street, a

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listed property built in 1709. The pub, which is one of Ilkley's oldest buildings and is mentioned in

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’s “ Buildings of England” chronicles for its architectural importance, was renamed the Flying Duck and a

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was incorporated into a barn at the back. In December 2012 award-winning brewer Stewart Ross resigned as a director of Ilkley Brewery,Ilkley director quits to launch Flying Duck
Yorkshire Post. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013 a company he founded in 2008, to become a brewing consultant to Wharfedale Brewery and advisor to head brewer Michael Allan.

Real Ale Trail

In May 2014 Wharfedale Brewery launched "The Ales Way" - Wharfedale's Ale Trail Now beer lovers can travel the Ales Way
Telegraph & Argus. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014 which takes in 15 pubs throughout Wharfedale between Ilkley and Hubberholme. The Ales Way is publicised by a free information leaflet which is available from all participating pubs, the brewery, local tourist information centres an
www.thealesway.com
website. Each time a pub is visited and a pint of Wharfedale Brewery beer is purchased, a souvenir card is stamped. Once sufficient stamps have been collected, the souvenir card can be exchanged for a t-shirt and brewery presentation pack. Participants can also choose to be entered into a "Hall of Fame".Real ale trail across Yorkshire Dales to rubber stamp visitors into Hall of Fame
Yorkshire Evening Post. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014

Beers

The new brewery, currently produces three cask ales and pasteurised bottled ales, Wharfedale cask ales are sold predominantly in the Flying Duck, the brewery's brewery tap and in local hostelries throughout Wharfedale. The bottled beers are available for purchase via the brewery's website, direct from the brewery and in shops and restaurants throughout Yorkshire. * Wharfedale Blonde (3.9%

ABV Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as alc/vol or ABV) is a common measure of the amount of alcohol contained in a given alcoholic beverage. It is defined as the volume the ethanol in the liquid would take if separated from the rest of the solution, ...

) * Wharfedale Best (4.0% ABV). Launched as a "festival ale" for the Wheatley

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in Ben Rhydding in May 2013.Wharfedale brewery taps into the appeal of beer festival
Ilkley Gazette. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013 * Wharfedale Black (3.7% ABV)

References

External links

Official website

Ale Trail website

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