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Ruddles Brewery formerly G. Ruddle & Co is a former English brewery. The brand is now owned by Greene King who still brews beers under the Ruddles name in Suffolk though the current recipes are not those used at the original brewery. The brewery was established in 1858 in Langham, Rutland but it was not bought by George Ruddle until 1912.〔(History of Langham Brewery )〕 Langham remained the home of the brewery until its closure in 1999. The company lost its independence in 1986 and passed through the ownership of Watneys and was then bought by Grolsch in 1992. The value of the brewery and brands had dropped to £4.8m when it was sold to Morland & Co in 1997.〔("Morland comes to the rescue of Ruddles" ) ''The Independent'' 13 September 1997〕 Morlands moved production to Abingdon only for that site to be closed by Greene King which took over Morlands in 2000. The local Langham well water was said to give the beer a unique character and quality which enhanced the brewery's reputation. The difficulty in reproducing elsewhere the taste of the beers has led to the premier beer being jocularly referred to as Ruddles Counterfeit. Rutland bitter was the third of British beers to have achieved Protected Geographical Indication status; this followed an application by Ruddles. Since Greene King closed the Langham brewery, they can not take advantage of the registration. However, in 2010 former Ruddles head brewer Tony Davis revived Rutland Bitter, brewed in Oakham, Rutland, at his Grainstore Brewery.〔("Rutland Bitter resurrected" ''Leicester Mercury'' 1 Oct 2010 )〕 A television commercial for Ruddles in 1993 featured the last appearance of Vivian Stanshall narrating as Hubert, brother of Sir Henry Rawlinson of Rawlinson End played by Mel Smith and a cross-dressing Dawn French.〔http://www.vivarchive.org.uk/articles/articleruddles.htm〕 In 1996 Ruddles Best won the gold medal in the ordinary bitter category at the first World Beer Cup. Beers include: *''Ruddles County'' *''Ruddles Best'' *''Ruddles Organic'' *''Ruddles Rhubarb'' ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ruddles Brewery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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