Dockyard Brewing Company
Brewpub
in
Somerset,
Bermuda 🇧🇲
Associated Venue: The Frog and Onion Pub
Contact
4 Maritime Lane, The Cooperage, Royal Naval Dockyard, Somerset, MA 01, Bermuda
Description
Dockyard Brewing Company is Bermuda’s only microbrewery, and has the distinction of being the only producer of any type of adult beverage that can put the “Totally Made in Bermuda” stamp on all of its products. Currently featuring 8 different types of beers and ales, Dockyard Brewing is a favourite destination of locals and tourists alike who wish to sample artisanal beverages of exceptional quality.
We brew what we sell right behind the Frog and Onion in a 250 year old stone warehouse. Our facility is a true craft microbrewery, only producing 1000 kegs a year. We brew 8 varieties of beers and ales, and our style of brewing is decidedly British, using cask style kegging methods, so heavy over carbonation is replaced by smoothly creamy, perfectly balanced natural carbonation through fermenting yeasts. As well as only brewing in small intimate batches, we don’t pasteurize our beers, and cold store them for total freshness and authentic tastes. Some of our beers and ales are also unfiltered, so will have a slight natural cloudiness to them. Can’t choose which one to try? Why not a Sampler, and try 6 delicious tastings of our local brews. Sit back and relax in our Beer Garden and enjoy the expansive historic views of the Victualling yard, right at Frog and Onion.
We are proud to offer a variety of our beers in our Hamilton locations, including Barracuda Grill, Brew, Hog Penny and Pickled Onion.
We brew what we sell right behind the Frog and Onion in a 250 year old stone warehouse. Our facility is a true craft microbrewery, only producing 1000 kegs a year. We brew 8 varieties of beers and ales, and our style of brewing is decidedly British, using cask style kegging methods, so heavy over carbonation is replaced by smoothly creamy, perfectly balanced natural carbonation through fermenting yeasts. As well as only brewing in small intimate batches, we don’t pasteurize our beers, and cold store them for total freshness and authentic tastes. Some of our beers and ales are also unfiltered, so will have a slight natural cloudiness to them. Can’t choose which one to try? Why not a Sampler, and try 6 delicious tastings of our local brews. Sit back and relax in our Beer Garden and enjoy the expansive historic views of the Victualling yard, right at Frog and Onion.
We are proud to offer a variety of our beers in our Hamilton locations, including Barracuda Grill, Brew, Hog Penny and Pickled Onion.
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Taster at the source. Slightly hazy light golden in color with a thin white head. Bready earthy with a hint of malt sweetness. Somewhat thin and a bit bitter.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2018
at 16:00
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Taster at the source. Hazy dark yellow in color with a thin white head that quickly dissipates. Clove and faint banana in the aroma and flavor. Earthy lightly tart. middle of the road wheat beer.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2018
at 15:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
28/6/2018. Growler and sample courtesy of jtclockwork, cheers! Country #183. Pours very dark brown with a good sized bubbly beige head. Aroma of milk chocolate, roasted malt, dark fruits, hops, coffee, nut and molasses. Quite light sweetness, medium to heavy roasted nutty bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation. Aroma and look both good, bit less so other areas, not bad overall.
Tried
from Growler
on 29 Jun 2018
at 06:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample from jtclockwork... (thanks!) so not as fresh as it could be, but nothing seems too off other than the low carbonation and generally smaller head. Pours black to dark brown with light brown head. Aroma is dark chocolate and roasted malty. Taste is chocolatey and slightly roasty. Solid enough for what this is. Probably giving this an extra point because of less than ideal conditions.
Tried
on 22 May 2018
at 01:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Growler - Country tick #156. pours dark brown tan head - nose and taste of roasted chocolate, sweet water taffy and pinous hop finish - medium body
Tried
on 01 Apr 2018
at 01:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Pickled Onion. The best I have had from this shop. Slightly hazy orange with retained small white head. Orange and slight pint. Clean. Not too bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Oct 2017
at 21:57
2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1
Swing-top growler brought back by AdamChandler and shared on 10/15/16.
Thin, light-tan head rapidly fizzles atop a clear, magenta-tinged mahogany body.
Smells like DMS and a WHOLE lot of it. Beans, peanuts, earth, soil, light milk. Just a hint of light roast is about the extent of beer character here.
More DMS in the mouth and a completely pathetic, washed out, thin texture. They’ve got very little that you could call malt here and I’d be hard pressed to believe this is 6.2% abv. They obviously can’t mash to save their lives and the beer is grainy, utterly thin and astringent with light metal, sourness and plentiful DMS. Barely passable as beer and really, really sad stuff.
Thin, light-tan head rapidly fizzles atop a clear, magenta-tinged mahogany body.
Smells like DMS and a WHOLE lot of it. Beans, peanuts, earth, soil, light milk. Just a hint of light roast is about the extent of beer character here.
More DMS in the mouth and a completely pathetic, washed out, thin texture. They’ve got very little that you could call malt here and I’d be hard pressed to believe this is 6.2% abv. They obviously can’t mash to save their lives and the beer is grainy, utterly thin and astringent with light metal, sourness and plentiful DMS. Barely passable as beer and really, really sad stuff.
Tried
from Growler
on 01 Nov 2016
at 17:34
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
375 ml growler provided by AdamChandler, thanks man! He hand carried this crap back from Bermuda, what a guy. Black color, no head. Aroma is sickly sweet chocolate, chocolate syrup, and hot garbage. Extremely sweet. Honestly, like unsweetened chocolate mixed with sugar. Flat mouthfeel and thin watery texture. Maybe the worst Porter I’ve had in a long time. Pretty awful.
Tried
from Growler
on 15 Oct 2016
at 15:09
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Orang brown appearance. Very creamy. A little bit of melon, brown sugar, cream and lemon. Still, a terrible beer. Thank god for tourists.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2016
at 07:29
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
No aroma outside a little bit of hay. Taste. Later, hay, grass, more table sugar, just overal a meh beer
Tried
on 08 Sep 2016
at 07:29