😐 Poor
Whim Ales
Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.
Score
3.42/ 5
Popularity
Lightly rated
Beers tracked
39
Whim Ales is a brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. We grade it Poor, with a score of 3.42 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #30 in Derbyshire. Of the 39 beers we track, 35% are Pale Ale and 25% IPA.
Ranked
- Derbyshire
- #30
- England
- #622
- Worldwide
- #13,563
About Whim Ales
We are a ten-barrel microbrewery specialising in producing top of the range cask ale using the finest Maris Otter malt, whole cone hops, Derbyshire hill water and our own freshly cropped yeast. Whim Ales started in 1993 in an outstanding location at The Whim Farm near Hartington in The Derbyshire Dales, Peak District; the brainchild of owner Giles Litchfield, who wanted to make use of redundant farm buildings and have more beer than even he could drink. The remit: to consistently make fantastic beer; and to consistently make fantastic beer that is not bland or tasteless. This seems to have done the trick. 27 years on and no compromise or short cuts on quality has earned our reputation as consistently producing exceptional beer.
What they brew
- Pale Ale35%
- IPA25%
- Amber Ale16%
- Other7%
- Brown Ale6%
- Stout / Porter6%
- Winter Ale5%
How their beers score
Every beer we track from Whim Ales, grouped by score.
- 5.0
- 4.5
- 4.0
- 3.525
- 3.02
- 2.5
- 2.0
- 1.5
- 1.0
- 0.5
Find them
- Address
- Buxton, Derbyshire
- Website
- whimales.co.uk
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- Thornbridge BreweryBakewell, Derbyshire3.488.4 mi
Rankings this brewery appears in
- Best breweries in EnglandCountry