Head Brewer

Jem Ham is Cheddar Ales' Head Brewer and Managing Director. Jem has lived in Somerset all of his life and has spent the past 17 years working in local breweries. In 2006, Jem decided that he had learnt more than enough to go it alone and opened 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 fishing and playing cricket, but it's never long before he's back, hard at work in his local pub, keeping up our strict quality control procedures.