Copper Dragon Brewery
{{short description|Brewery in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Copper Dragon Brewery
| logo = This is a logo owned by Copper Dragon Ltd for the Copper Dragon Brewery. Further details, Copper Dragon logo.png
| logo_caption = Copper Dragon Brewery Logo
| location = Skipton, North Yorkshire, England
| owner = Copper Dragon Brewery. (independent)
| founded = 2002
| production =
| website = {{url|copperdragon.co.uk}}
}}
Copper Dragon Brewery is a brewery originally established in Skipton, North Yorkshire, in 2002.{{cite web|last1=Holland|first1=Chris|title=New owners raise a glass as takeover helps Copper Dragon brewery prosper|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/business/13641479.New_owners_raise_a_glass_as_takeover_helps_Copper_Dragon_brewery_prosper/|website=Telegraph & Argus|access-date=25 January 2016|date=2 September 2015|archive-date=31 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131185820/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/business/13641479.New_owners_raise_a_glass_as_takeover_helps_Copper_Dragon_brewery_prosper/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Copper Dragon Brewery, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England |url=https://www.ratebeer.com/brewer/4194/sort/3/ |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=RateBeer }}
The brewery produces four permanent cask ales:{{cite web |title=Copper Dragon – Beer you can believe in |url=https://www.copperdragon.co.uk/ |access-date=7 January 2023 }} 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,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CxlKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22christopher+scott%22+skipton&pg=RA1-PA424|title=The London Gazette, Vol 1|date=1840|publisher=T. Neuman}}{{cite web|title=Keighley and Craven Breweries|url=http://keighleyandcraven.camra.org.uk/breweries/index.shtml#CopperDragon|website=Keighley and Craven CAMRA|access-date=25 January 2016}} and Silver Myst a 4.0% pilsner.
After a period in Keighley, Copper Dragon Brewery returned to Skipton in October 2020.{{cite web |last=Stead |first=Rory |date=6 October 2020 |title=Copper Dragon returns to Skipton |url=https://atkinsonassoc.co.uk/copper-dragon-returns-to-snaygill/ |access-date=22 August 2022 |website=Atkinson Associates }} in association with Recoil Brewing Co. of Clitheroe, Lancashire, and the original brewing team of Gordon Wilkinson, Dave Sanders and Matthew Taylor.{{cite web|url=http://recoilbrewing.co/TEAM.html|title=Recoil Brewing Team|website=recoilbrewing.co|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612150453/http://recoilbrewing.co/TEAM.html|archive-date=12 June 2018|access-date=11 June 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.copperdragon.co.uk/copper-dragon/|title=Copper Dragon – Brewery In Yorkshire {{!}} Copper Dragon Brewery {{!}} Beer Brewing|work=Brewery In Yorkshire {{!}} Copper Dragon Brewery {{!}} Beer Brewing|access-date=4 November 2018}}
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.{{cite web |title=Copper Dragon – Beer you can believe in |url=https://www.copperdragon.co.uk/ |access-date=7 January 2023 }}
| class="wikitable"
! Beer Name ! Style ! abv |
| Antidote
| Blonde | 3.8%(cask) |
| White Snake
| Pale ale | 3.9%(cask) , 4.2% (bottled) |
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.{{cite web |title=Skipton Beer Festival 2019 – Beers |url=https://skiptonbeerfestival.camra.org.uk/htm-beersetc.shtml |access-date=29 April 2019 |website=skiptonbeerfestival.camra.org.uk}} Only Sidewinder is now on the normal product list (see table above).
References
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External links
- [http://www.copperdragon.co.uk/ Official website]
Category:Food and drink companies established in 2002
Category:Companies based in Skipton
Category:2002 establishments in England
Category:British companies established in 2002
Category:Breweries in Yorkshire
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