Abbey Ales is an English brewery located in city of Bath, England

England

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. It was founded in 1997 by Alan Morgan.

Beers

Bellringer is a cask beer with an alcohol by volume

Alcohol by volume

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 of 4.2%, launched at the Bath Beer Festival

Bath Beer Festival

Bath Beer Festival is an annual beer festival held in the city of Bath, England.The festival offers opportunities to taste over 85 real ales, along with a range of traditional cider and Belgian beers....

in 1997. It was awarded 'Beer of the Festival' at the Cotswolds CAMRA Festival in July 1998, the Devizes CAMRA Festival in May 1999, the Bath Beer Festival in October 2000, and was a finalist in the Champion Beer of Britain competition in 2001.

Other beers which are brewed on a seasonal basis, or for special occasions, include:

• Mild 4.0% abv
• Chorister 4.5% abv
• Bath Star 4.6% abv
• Resurrection 4.6% abv
• Steeple Jack 4.7% abv
• Salvation 4.8% abv
• Twelfth Night 5.0% abv, a dark bitter produced at Christmas.
• White Friar 5.0% abv
• Black Friar 5.3% abv
• Bellringer Maximus 5.0% abv, a new version of the Bellringer bitter, launched at the Bath Beer Festival in October 2007, to celebrate the brewery's 10th anniversary.

The brewery also owns the Star Inn and Coeur de Lion pubs in Bath.