Hambleton Ales is a brewery that was established in 1991 in the tiny hamlet of Holme on Swale, in Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. Initially based in a converted outbuilding,^[1] the brewery achieved the target production of 800 gallons a week within the first six months and an award winning beer within the first year.

Hambleton Ales have won a number of awards. For example Nightmare won Champion Beer at the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) northern competition in January 2006^[2] and a gold in the Campaign for Real Ale Champion Winter Beer of Britain in January 1997;^[3] and Gluten Free Ale won ‘Best Beer Innovation’ in the coveted Tesco Beer Challenge in 2005.^[4]

Today, Hambleton Ales produces 100 barrels a week, employs a staff of fifteen and regularly exports to Europe and the USA.

Hambleton Ales moved in 2007 to a larger Brewery on Barker Business Park, Melmerby.

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