Copper Dragon Brewery is a brewery originally established in Skipton, North Yorkshire, in 2002.[1][2]

Copper Dragon Brewery
Founded2002
HeadquartersSkipton, North Yorkshire, England
OwnerCopper Dragon Brewery. (independent)
Websitecopperdragon.co.uk

The brewery produces four permanent cask ales:[3] 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,[4][1][5] and Silver Myst a 4.0% pilsner.

After a period in Keighley, Copper Dragon Brewery returned to Skipton in October 2020.[6] in association with Recoil Brewing Co. of Clitheroe, Lancashire, and the original brewing team of Gordon Wilkinson, Dave Sanders and Matthew Taylor.[7][8]

Beers

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Beer Name Style abv
Best Bitter Bitter 3.8%(cask) , 4.0% (bottled)
Golden Pippin Blonde 3.9%(cask) , 4.2% (bottled)
Scott's 1816 Bitter 4.4% (bottled)
Silver Myst Pilsner 4.0% (cask)
Sidewinder Pale ale 4.2% (cask)
Black Gold Bitter 4.0% (cask)

Recoil Craft Brewery

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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.[9]

Beer Name Style abv
Antidote Blonde 3.8%(cask)
White Snake Pale ale 3.9%(cask) , 4.2% (bottled)

2019 Festival Beers

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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.[10] Only Sidewinder is now on the normal product list (see table above).

References

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  1. ^ a b Holland, Chris (2 September 2015). "New owners raise a glass as takeover helps Copper Dragon brewery prosper". Telegraph & Argus. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Copper Dragon Brewery, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England". RateBeer. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Copper Dragon – Beer you can believe in". Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ The London Gazette, Vol 1. T. Neuman. 1840.
  5. ^ "Keighley and Craven Breweries". Keighley and Craven CAMRA. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. ^ Stead, Rory (6 October 2020). "Copper Dragon returns to Skipton". Atkinson Associates. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Recoil Brewing Team". recoilbrewing.co. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Copper Dragon – Brewery In Yorkshire | Copper Dragon Brewery | Beer Brewing". Brewery In Yorkshire | Copper Dragon Brewery | Beer Brewing. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Copper Dragon – Beer you can believe in". Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Skipton Beer Festival 2019 – Beers". skiptonbeerfestival.camra.org.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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