Copper Dragon Brewery is a

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originally established in

Skipton Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Ai ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, in 2002. The brewery produces four permanent cask ales: 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, and Silver Myst a 4.0% pilsner. After a period in

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of ...

, Copper Dragon Brewery returned to Skipton in October 2020. in association with Recoil Brewing Co. of Clitheroe, Lancashire, and the original brewing team of Gordon Wilkinson, Dave Sanders and Matthew Taylor.

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.

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

References

External links

Official website
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