private subsidiary of molson coors brewing company industry brewing founded 1994 founder william bill sharp headquarters rock cornwall england area served international key people stuart howe emma bebbington products beer cider production output 100 000 barrels revenue 16.1 m 2010 1 number of employees 80 1 parent molson coors brewing company website sharpsbrewery.co.uk sharp s brewery is a british regional brewery company founded in 1994 in st minver lowlands rock cornwall by bill sharp . since 2011 the brewery has been owned by molson coors . it is best known for its flagship ale doom bar named after the dangerous doom bar sandbank at the mouth of the camel estuary in north cornwall . contents 1 history 2 beers 2.1 doom bar bitter 2.2 other ales 2.3 chalky s 3 cider 4 references 5 external links history edit the brewery has been through three phases from a small micro brewery to a larger facility within the same building and finally to the current phase that has seen the brewery extend its premises to accommodate more vessels and increase its brewing capacity . unlike many breweries they do not own or operate any public houses hotels or restaurants . their focus is solely on brewing beer . on 2 february 2011 the brewery was bought by molson coors brewing company for 20 million . 1 beers edit sharp s produce regular cask ales seasonal ales and pasteurised bottled beers . doom bar bitter edit doom bar pump logo doom bar bitter 4.0 % abv the brewery s flagship ale accounts for nearly 90 % of sales . over 24 000 000 imperial pints 14 000 kl of doom bar was produced in 2010 . 2 in 2011 sales increased by 22 per cent making it the uk s fastest growing ale for three years in a row . 3 the beer is named after the dangerous doom bar sandbank at the mouth of the camel estuary in north cornwall . 4 cask doom bar is brewed at rock but bottled doom bar has been produced 267 miles 430 km away in burton upon trent staffordshire since 2013 . 5 this ale can now be found across the uk as well as in italy sweden and japan . doom bar bitter became the first official beer sponsor of the oxford and cambridge boat race between 2008 and 2012 . 6 securing the doom bar brand was cited as the reason that molson coors spent 20 million on their takeover of sharp s brewery in 2011 ; doom bar is now the largest cask ale brand in molson coors portfolio . 7 doom bar was awarded an international beer challenge world top 50 beer award in 2006 and a bronze award in 2011 and 2012 . in 2010 it won a bronze in the publican licensees choice awards . it received a taste of the west bronze award in 2013 along with a brussels beer challenge pale and amber ale bitter bronze and a pma publican s choice award for national cask ale brand . 8 doom bar yeast tank at sharp s brewery doom bar is the preferred drink of cormoran strike robert galbraith s private detective in the novel the cuckoo s calling . robert galbraith is a pseudonym of j. k. rowling author of the harry potter novels . other ales edit special 5.0 % abv was named beer of the festival at chelmsford . cornish coaster 3.6 % abv is named after a fishing vessel used by cornish fishermen in the last century . coaster is made from an all malt grist english hops and an open fermentation . sharp s own 4.4 % abv occasionally known as sharp s original was the first beer brewed commercially at sharp s brewery gyle no. 00001 in july 1994 . own contains the highest percentage of roasted malted barley of all sharp s beers and as a result is their darkest brew . the use of special malts gives own a rich brown colour . simpson s crystal and roasted malts are used to give caramel and roast notes to the beer . atlantic ipa 4.9 % abv a dry beer which has a lower alcohol content than is typical of an ipa . available in mini kegs from which a percentage of every sale goes to the rnli eden pure ale 4.4 % abv is a lighter ale with more hop flavour . it is only available in bottles . eden was named supreme champion ale in the camra cornish beer festival 2000 and awarded a silver award in the 2005 taste of the west awards . sharp s also produce four seasonal ales every year spring 6 hop ipa 3.8 % abv is an amber beer made with six varieties of hops including a variety grown at the eden project . summer honey spice gold 4.2 % abv is a pale straw coloured beer made with five varieties of hops combined with cornish honey and subtle spices including alecost which was used to flavour beer before hops in the middle ages . autumn red ale 4.1 % abv is brewed using amber malt for biscuit character and crystal rye for an intense red colour and a real depth of flavour . classic english northdown and us cluster hops are added and the beer is matured over cornish oak . winter winter berry ale 4.3 % abv is dark ruby in colour with ripe fruit notes and a sweet taste . five malts and four varieties of hops are used before the beer is matured for a month with a blend of sloes rosehips and hawthorn berries . chalky s edit sharp s collaborated with rick stein to create two beers after challenges set by stein . chalky s bark 4.5 % abv is triple fermented with ginger and continental hops . chalky s bite 6.8 % abv is created with three hop varieties and wild cornish fennel . 9 cider edit orchard cider 4.5 % alcohol by volume was made in collaboration with cornish orchards in duloe . 10 it is now made with sheppy s cider a family run farm in somerset using only west country cider apples and matured in traditional oak vats . 11 references edit a b c beer giant molson coors buys cornwall brewery sharp s . bbc news . 2 february 2011 . retrieved 3 february 2011 . doom bar doubles to reach 24 million pints . the publican . 9 december 2010 . retrieved 29 april 2012 . doom bar is the fastest growing beer 3 years consecutively by 2011 . the publican . 2 july 2012 . retrieved 7 august 2012 . tierney jones adrian 4 august 2009 . the rise and rise of sharp s doom bar . the publican . retrieved 2010 11 06 . best selling bottled ale doom bar not brewed in cornwall . bbc news . retrieved 6 june 2015 . doom bar bitter sponsors the boat race til 2012 . the publican s morning advertiser . 27 march 2009 . retrieved 7 august 2012 . mccann john 2 february 2011 . sharp practice by molson coors . camra press release . retrieved 29 april 2012 . dead link doom bar a natural wonder . wetherspoon news 58 . march 2014 . brewing up tribute to famous dog . bbc news . 21 june 2007 . retrieved 2010 11 06 . orchard cider is launched . sharps brewery . retrieved july 18 2011 . https www.sharpsbrewery.co.uk our beers sharp s orchard.html external links edit sharp s brewery website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sharp % 27s brewery & oldid 738742872 categories beer in englandcompanies based in cornwallcompanies established in 1994molson coors brewing companyhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2014 navigation menu personal tools not 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