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Wharfedale Brewery is a brewery situated in Ilkley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Two, now defunct, breweries in Yorkshire have previously used the Wharfedale name; first in Wetherby in the 1756 and again in Grassington in 2003. The name was resurrected for a third time, further down the River Wharfe, in 2012 by a group of 16 real ale enthusiasts, many of whom are former chairmen of Ilkley & District Round Table. == History == According to The Journal of The Brewery History Society,〔(Brewery History Number 84 Summer 1996 ), The Journal of The Brewery History Society, The Wharfedale Brewery. Retrieved 23 June 2014〕 Wharfedale Brewery began life as Wetherby Brewery in 1756 when it was established by brewer, malster and farmer John Rhodes. When John Rhodes died in 1780 he was succeeded in the brewery by his eldest son Gregory and his second son Quentin and the two of them guided the fortunes of the brewery well into the nineteenth century.〔(Wetherby Brewery in the 1840s ), Leodis Photographic Archive Of Leeds. Retrieved 3 July 2013〕 Quentin Rhodes,〔(A man of great importance in our town ), Ripon Gazette. 25 April 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2013〕 an important local businessman, made his fortune selling beer to many of the town's 15 pubs. His portrait still hangs in Wetherby Town Hall. In 1892 the brewery was sold by Rhodes' nephew Mr. Coates, solicitor and clerk to the Board of Guardians, and became known as Braime's Brewery before a further name change to Wharfedale Brewery. The brewery closed during the First World War and later became Oxley's Mineral Water factory in the inter-war years. In the 1950s the building, located in the town's market square, was demolished and replaced by a new bus station and depot. In 2003 the Wharfedale Brewery name was brought back to life in Hetton near Grassington and opened by the Duke of Kent.〔(Duke of Kent opens Wharfedale Brewery ), Morning Advertiser. 15 December 2003. Retrieved 3 July 2013〕 Owners Steve Blizzard and David Aynesworth (star of Yorkshire Television's "Yorkshire's Perfect Pint"),〔(On the trail of Yorkshire's Perfect Pint ), Craven Herald. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2013〕 produced a number of award winning beers 〔(Folly Ale is best beer at festival ), Telegraph & Argus. 20 October 2003. Retrieved 3 July 2013〕 under the "Folly Ales" brand name and their most famous customer was Madonna 〔(Folly and Madonna lead way to brewing success ), Daily Telegraph. 4 March 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2013〕 who bought quantities of the beer for a Weekend Of Folly event. In 2007 the company was dissolved for personal reasons as Blizzard returned to his native U.S.A. Aynesworth continues to own and run the Craven Arms public house in Appletreewick in North Yorkshire. 2012 saw the third incarnation of Wharfedale Brewery as an integral part of Ilkley's first brew pub. 〔(Ambitious plans for Ilkley's first ‘brew pub ), Ilkley Gazette. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013〕 A consortium of local businessmen set up a company called Wharfedale Brewery Limited and invested a six figure sum 〔(Let’s hope that the town is big enough for two breweries ), Yorkshire Post. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013〕 in redeveloping the former Albert Inn on Church Street, a Grade II listed property built in 1709. The pub, which is one of Ilkley's oldest buildings and is mentioned in Sir Nikolaus Pevsner’s “Buildings of England” chronicles for its architectural importance, was renamed the Flying Duck and a microbrewery was incorporated into a barn at the back. In December 2012 award winning brewer Stewart Ross resigned as a director of Ilkley Brewery,〔(Ilkley director quits to launch Flying Duck ), Yorkshire Post. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013〕 a company he founded in 2008, to become a brewing consultant to Wharfedale Brewery and advisor to head brewer Michael Allan. 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「Wharfedale Brewery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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