Dorset Brewing Co. (DBC Ales)
Microbrewery
in
Dorchester,
Dorset,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Tom Browns (Dorset)
Established in 1996
Contact
The Jurassic Brewhouse, Unit 7 Hybris Business Park, Crossways, Dorchester, DT2 8BF, England
Description
Dorset Brewing Company was founded in 1996, when Giles Smeath restored an 800-year-old brewing tradition to the Dorset port of Weymouth in the heart of the World Heritage Coastline (the Jurassic Coast).
Set in the beautiful, historic county of Dorset, this well-loved and respected family brewery has grown in size and stature. From its humble beginnings at the historic Devenish & Groves site in Weymouth, Dorset Brewing Company (aka DBC) relocated in 2011 to Crossways and upgraded to a state-of-the-art spring water-fed brewhouse (The Jurassic Brewhouse), capable of crafting 1.5 million pints a year.
DBC strives to produce an individual product representing the very best of Dorset, leading the way with our popular Jurassic Coast brands. The involvement and support of the family ensures the emphasis is always on quality ales and excellent personal customer care.
Set in the beautiful, historic county of Dorset, this well-loved and respected family brewery has grown in size and stature. From its humble beginnings at the historic Devenish & Groves site in Weymouth, Dorset Brewing Company (aka DBC) relocated in 2011 to Crossways and upgraded to a state-of-the-art spring water-fed brewhouse (The Jurassic Brewhouse), capable of crafting 1.5 million pints a year.
DBC strives to produce an individual product representing the very best of Dorset, leading the way with our popular Jurassic Coast brands. The involvement and support of the family ensures the emphasis is always on quality ales and excellent personal customer care.
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Brewer’s Droop, Bristol. Pale gold with a slight white head. Sweet malty aroma with a hint of grapefruit. Easy drinking with doughy malts, some leafy hops and a soft finish. A bit bland.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2009
at 15:47
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask gravity at The Hop Pole, Easter Beer Festival, Aylesbury, Bucks in the company of Loz, Chris O and Ruth 10-04-09 Pours clear light amber with next to no head and just a light film of white bubbles on top. This is easy drinking if a little sweet at times, some thin toffee flavours with a tingly bitterness. A6 A3 F6 P3 OV11 2.9
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2009
at 03:23
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester, England.Clear medium to dark amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity - berry sweet. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat to soft. [20090122]
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Apr 2009
at 02:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Brewer’s Droop, Bristol. Bronze coloured with a decent, but short-lived, off-white head. Aroma of toffee, burnt malts and a touch of banana. Full mouth feel with alcohol fairly prominent. Flavour of weetabix, molasses and a touch of spice, with a short, bitter finish and a chocolate coating left behind in the mouth. Unusual and drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2009
at 12:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
cask at Bow bar edinburgh ... Amber ... nice white foam head ... sweet toffee and sweet sprit nose ... fruity malts ligth toffeee and somthing reminicent from the sweet spirit nose ... low carbonation and very nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2009
at 07:58
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
bottle, from Darts Farm. Hazy deep golden yellow, small beige head. Hoppy nose. Medium- to full-bodied, intensively malty with some very spicy hoppy flavours. Well-balanced Premium Bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2009
at 12:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle from Darts Farm. Clear dark amber-brown colour, small beige head. Aroma of fruit and malt. Full-bodied with an intensive wheaty character. Malty-sweet with some spicy hops, yeast and wheat flavours. Strongly reminds me of a good German Weizenbock. A very nice English wheat ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2009
at 12:02
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle 0,5l. Golden apricot colored. An OK fluffy head. Spicy & fruity aroma. Flavor is a bit fruity. Some oranges. Fruity aftertaste. Good - but not great. KI=7
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2009
at 14:52
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Centra Colosseum in Oslo. Shared with Finn. The foamy head is white as chalk and lasts for a while. Cloudy, orange-amber body. Smell of biscuit malts. Slightly roasted grain in flavour with caramel hints coming through. Dry bitter endnotes. Medium bodied. Nothing to get too excited about (Tromsø, 18.02.2009).
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2009
at 02:03
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. A real gusher, but when it settles with a hazy, orange-golden body and a small, white head. Biscuity, malty aroma with hoppy fruityness and pinecone notes. Biscuity malts in the mouth too, with some hops giving a nice bitterness, especially in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Easy to drink and quite decent, but there’s some strange bitterness in it that I’m not too fond of. (081202)
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2009
at 15:17