Piddle Brewery

Microbrewery in Dorchester, Dorset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2007

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Unit 7 Enterprise Park Piddlehinton, Dorchester, DT2 7UA, England
Description
NOTE:-

The brewery originally traded as 'Dorset Piddle' then dropped the 'Dorset' in 2014.

Beers produced since 2017 do not carry 'Dorset' in the name, with one exception, the Rogue but this follows Piddle instead of preceding it.

As such beers in the Brewver database carry the name 'Dorset Piddle - ' on the beers that went out of production after the 2014 rebranding.

This wasn't the cleanest or quickest transition and there were still beers being produced in 2015/16 with Dorset on the label.

With a name like Piddle, you’d think we don’t take anything seriously. Dictionary definitions of piddle vary. Some list it only as a verb; a synonym for wasting time, as in ‘piddling about’. British dictionaries also list it as a noun, as in “I need a piddle”. It’s lucky that we don’t take anything too seriously.

But, we do – just one thing – and that’s the beer that we make and love. Our passion is blending hops, barley and malts in to create ales that bring serious pleasure, from delicate thirst-quenchers to thick, velvety stouts. A mix made in heaven – or in as in our case Piddlehinton in deepest Dorset.

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6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at Brewdown. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of dried citrus and light bread. Some orange zest. Lighter medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2013 at 14:00


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask gravity at Six Bells Woodchurch. Hazy golden orange. It’s a decent fruity English wheat beer good orange fruit. Decent and interesting.

Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2013 at 11:39


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, 9 Stoney Street, Southwark, London, Greater London, England SE1 9AA.Clear dark red brown colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to lgiht light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, light caramel, spicy notes. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration, roasted, dark roasted, chocolate, sweet dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20121203]

Tried from Cask on 07 Jul 2013 at 11:22


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml of ’Piddle in a bottle’ as it is called in bottle form. Poured into a UK pint sleeve on 5 Apr 2013. Clear, light amber body with a thin off-white covering that turned into a wisp and collar fair to swiftly. Malty and semi-sweet in the nose and taste: caramel ruling those malt flavours, some hop bitterness arrives midway through each sip with a mild citrus finish. Mid body depth, would have liked a bit more richness, but the 4.1% ABV is fine for beer I suppose.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2013 at 12:11


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

50cl bottle from the Naked Grape, Alresford. hazy amber with a thin ring of white head; aroma of damp hay with a trace of honey; soft and citrusy taste with soem plesant sweetish honey and a grassy bitterness. A clean and refreshing pint.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2013 at 15:35


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

50cl bottle from Naked Grape, Alresford. Amber with a ring of white head; floral aroma; cidery flavour, as if made from some sweetly perfumed dessert apples; then some meadow hay giving a gentle bitterness and a dry finish with a touch of rasping alcohol. Rather unbalanced.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Feb 2013 at 11:32


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

50cl bottle from The Naked Grape, Alresford.A headless, murky chestnut pour, looking rather liveless; aroma of chocolate malts; the taste is mainly of tart apples, then a sweet, grainy, body develops with a touch of milk chocolate; but the tart fruit dominates and carries through to the end. Not a very pleasant pint - drunk well inside it’s Best Before date (07/13), but seemingly way past its best.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2013 at 13:01


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Dorset & Wiltshire beeriodical, the Seven Stars, Bristol 7/1/2013. Amber with a slight, off-white head. Malty bitter with a touch of citrus fruit, bready edge and decent, bitter finish. Fine.

Tried from Cask on 13 Jan 2013 at 03:38


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Fles 50cl thuis. Licht waterig. Bittere hoppige smaak. Beetje citrus. Drogige nasmaak. (1-2013).

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2013 at 20:00


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at the Half Moon, Windlesham - 03/09/12. Slightly hazy orange/yellow. Citrus hops on the nose with a little grass and spice. Tastes of citrus, pale malt, honey and a little fruity tones. Medium bodied leading to a bittery dry finish. Fairly refreshing.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2012 at 23:58