Head Brewer

Jem Ham is Cheddar Ales' Head Brewer and Managing Director. Jem has lived in Somerset all of his life and after a brief career in banking and a year in Australia spent the next 15 years working as a brewer for another local brewery. Another year working as a stand in Head Brewer for a Wiltshire brewery gave Jem the confidence to go it alone and in September 2006 he started Cheddar Ales with the intention of making the best real ales in the local area. Our customers say he is succeeding. When he's not working, Jem enjoys playing golf and spending time with his family, but it's never long before he's back, hard at work in his local pub, keeping up our strict quality control procedures.