alcoholic beverage founded 1985 founder peter amor headquarters stoke lacy herefordshire uk products beer production output 80 bbl day 1 website http www.wyevalleybrewery.co.uk wye valley brewery is a brewery in the village of stoke lacy herefordshire england in the wye valley . founded in 1985 by peter amor it has become one of britain s leading independent breweries . 2 in 2002 peter amor s son vernon amor became managing director . 3 contents 1 history & location 2 brewery 3 beers 3.1 dorothy goodbody 4 awards 5 references 6 external links history & location edit wye valley brewery traces its ancestry to the abbey brewery which was founded in november 1981 and operated from the owner s garage in stainton rotherham ; this institution had no connection with abbey ales of bath somerset . in mid 1982 abbey brewery located to retford nottinghamshire with a capacity of at most 20bbl per week . 2 after being bought in 1983 by peter amor a former brewer for guinness who also worked for h. p. bulmer the brewery was closed and the brewplant relocated to canon pyon herefordshire . 3 4 5 6 7 another brewery the canon pyon brewery had been established in a stable block behind the nags head pub in canon pyon since early 1984 . upon the departure of the brewer and brewplant there to establish the tate brewery limited in bodenham herefordshire brewing was reestablished in canon pyon with the abbey brewery plant by peter amor in 1985 and trading began under the name wye valley brewery . it is from here that wye valley brewery counts the beginning of its corporate history . 3 8 by 1986 wye valley had again relocated this time to a pub called the lamb in hereford which was renamed the barrels . 9 10 after 18 years in hereford in 2002 the brewery was relocated to the village of stoke lacy in northern herefordshire and the original brewplant sold to teme valley brewery . brewery edit the facade of wye valley brewery the new brewery site was the former symonds cider plant ; in order to purchase the site the owners signed a covenant promising never to produce cider on the location . upon conversion into a brewery capacity was expanded to 80bbl per day and the former brewplant sold to teme valley brewery . 1 6 11 in 2006 brewing was being conducted four days a week for a total current production between 16000 and 17000bbl year . shortly after the relocation peter amor s son vernon amor became managing director with peter amor retaining the position of chairman vernon having trained as a brewer at young s brewery . by 2004 the company employed 15 individuals full time and as of 2007 the head brewer was jimmy swan . 12 water for brewing is drawn from an artesian well located on the brewery premises ; local water chemistry is sensitive to time of day so water is drawn only in the morning . hops are mostly purchased from local farms . wye valley brewery owns the barrels and the britannia in hereford the morgan in malvern and the rose and lion in bromyard ; peter amor is the publican of the barrels . 13 a further 400 outlets in wales and england are supplied regularly and beer is also sold in bottles . beers edit wye valley s beer line is based around three flagship beers hpa hereford pale ale a hoppy malty pale brewed to 4.0 % abv ; wye valley bitter a session bitter at 3.7 % abv ; and butty bach welsh little mate a golden ale at 4.5 % abv which the good beer guide describes as a burnished gold full bodied premium ale . 1 14 in addition to the core beer line a rotation of monthly ales is also produced . 15 a number of one off beers have also been made for special events . 16 17 wye valley brewery produces cask and bottle conditioned beer and is a member of the society of independent brewers . dorothy goodbody edit dorothy goodbody wye valley brewery also produces beers originally all seasonals under the brand name dorothy goodbody . dorothy goodbody is an invented persona supposedly a hop grower s daughter who developed an interest in brewing in the early 1950s in the village of dormington herefordshire . the original premise of the brand was that each beer had been developed using only locally grown fuggle and golding hops . 18 however some irish grown hops are used as well particularly northdown in the wholesome stout . 6 after a complaint concerning the brand s sex appeal was made by alcohol concern the portman group s independent complaints panel ruled that the brand s advertising did not breach its code of practice regarding alcohol advertising . 19 dorothy goodbody is depicted in promotional materials as a blonde female with a face and physique similar to marilyn monroe and usually wearing a low cut blouse or dress with a high hemline . the sex appeal of this depiction was combined with extensive use of double entendre in the original campaign . 20 the most notable of the beers in this line is dorothy goodbody s wholesome stout a dark traditional stout at 4.6 % abv which won the champion winter beer of britain in 2002 and which is now produced year round . 6 awards edit in addition to the winter ales overall championship in 2002 wholesome stout also won the stouts and porters category at that festival in 2000 and 2002 . dorothy goodbody s golden ale received the bronze medal in the brewing industry international awards in its category in 2005 ; butty bach was beer of the festival at the great welsh beer and cider festival in cardiff in 1998 1999 and 2000 ; and hpa was awarded the bronze medal for best bitters at the siba national beer competition in 2005 . the brewery and its beers have also received numerous regional and local awards . 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 references edit a b c protz roger september 2007 . good beer guide 2007 . camra books . isbn 1 85249 224 4 . a b the key for brewing success . retrieved 2007 02 12 . a b c about us . archived from the original on 2007 02 06 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . abbey brewery . retrieved 2007 02 12 . beermad s brewery detail abbey . retrieved 2007 02 12 . a b c d dorothy goodbody s the girl for me . beer hunter online . 2002 02 11 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . recent herefordshire breweries . herefordshire camra . retrieved 2007 02 12 . canon pyon brewery . retrieved 2007 02 12 . the barrels pub hereford s local pub real ales . retrieved 2007 02 12 . wye valley brewery . herefordshire camra . retrieved 2007 02 12 . teme valley brewery brewery history . retrieved 2007 02 12 . viner brian 2004 04 21 . a country life mine s a pint . london the independent online edition . retrieved 2007 02 12 . wye valley pubs . archived from the original on 2007 02 08 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . core beers . archived from the original on 2007 02 06 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . beer of the month . archived from the original on 2007 02 06 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . beermad s brewery detail wye valley . retrieved 2007 02 12 . beer me wye valley brewery stoke lacy hereford and worcester . archived from the original on 2006 12 06 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . dorothy goodbody stories found after 40 years pdf . archived from the original pdf on october 5 2007 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . wye goodbody s innocent what s brewing camra april 2008 dorothy goodbody stories . archived from the original on 2007 05 26 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . beer me wye valley brewery hereford and worcester . archived from the original on 2006 12 06 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . awards . archived from the original on 2007 02 08 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . small brewer takes top beer prize . siba . 8 january 2007 . retrieved 1 april 2012 . a hat trick of golds for wye valley . siba . 5 january 2007 . retrieved 1 april 2012 . top packaging award for wye valley brewery . siba . 10 november 2006 . retrieved 1 april 2012 . siba west beer competition . siba . 2006 08 30 . archived from the original on 2006 09 27 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . dead link results of the 2005 siba west beer competition . siba . 2005 08 31 . archived from the original on 2006 09 27 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . breweries medal successes . hereford times . 2007 01 03 . retrieved 2007 02 12 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wye valley brewery & oldid 738528049 categories beer in englandcompanies based in herefordshirecompanies established in 1985hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from april 2012articles containing welsh language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 september 2016 at 14 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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