Chew Valley Brewery

{{Short description|English microbrewery}}

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| name = Chew Valley Brewery

| logo = Chew Valley Brewery Logo.jpg

| logo_caption = The logo depicting the Pensford Viaduct

| location_city = Pensford, Somerset

| location_country = England

| foundation = 2014

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| industry = Alcoholic beverage

| products = Beer

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| homepage = {{URL|http://chewvalleybrewery.co.uk}}

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The Chew Valley Brewery is a microbrewery based in Pensford, Somerset, England.

The brewery was opened in 2014 by Dom Lowe and Matt Stalker, after training at Masters Brewery in Wellington.{{cite news|last1=Bridle|first1=Pete|date=Summer 2014|title=More breweries opening in local area!|page=3|work=Pints West|publisher=CAMRA|issue=102|url=http://www.camrabristol.org.uk/PW102.pdf|accessdate=27 September 2014}}{{cite journal|title=New brewery launched|journal=Mendip Times|date=October 2014|volume=10|issue=8|page=18}} The company logo uses an illustration of the Pensford Viaduct.

First sales of their Pagan bitter were at the Stoke Inn in Chew Stoke,{{cite news|title=Chew Valley rolling out the barrel|url=http://www.camrabristol.org.uk/PW103.pdf|accessdate=27 September 2014|work=Pints West|issue=103|publisher=CAMRA|date=Autumn 2014|page=7}} and are now available at several pubs in the Chew Valley including The Stoke Inn Chew Stoke, Druids Arms Stanton Drew, Rising Sun and George & Dragon in Pensford and The Old Bank in Keynsham.

Currently two beers are brewed:

  • Pagan (3.9% abv) brewed with Maris Otter barley and hopped with Fuggles and Golding hops. The pump clips show a tree on Pagan's Hill, Chew Stoke close to the site of the Pagans Hill Roman Temple.
  • Druid (4.4% abv). The pump clips depict the Stanton Drew stone circles.{{cite web|title=Beers|url=http://chewvalleybrewery.co.uk/beers.php|publisher=Chew Valley Brewery|accessdate=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006183124/http://chewvalleybrewery.co.uk/beers.php|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}

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