Dartmoor Brewery

Microbrewery in Princetown, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Dartmoor Brewery

Established in 1994

Contact
Station Road, Princetown, PL20 6QX, England
Description
Six ingredients. Four traditional, two unique.

There are four traditional ingredients in our brewing - English malt, the finest hops, our own strain of yeast, and pure Dartmoor water. Then we add great people and an awesome location, to create some real magic in our craft ales.

Dartmoor Brewery was established in Princetown in 1994 by award-winning brewer Simon Loveless and local businessman in humble premises behind the Prince of Wales pub. Today we have a state-of-the-art purpose-built brewery complex, but still based very firmly in Princetown, our birthplace.

Our great beers come from a passion for the brewer's craft, and a passion for our birthplace and home, Dartmoor National Park. We use only the finest ingredients in our traditiional craft ales. The finest English malts, carefully selected hops, our own strain of yeast, and clear, pure Dartmoor Water.

As England's highest brewery, at 1465ft above sea level, we are also well placed to enjoy the benefits of clean, fresh Dartmoor, and stunning Dartmoor views in every direction - both of which, we think, add a certain touch of magic to our brews.

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6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours hazy yellow with a thin white head. Aromas of apple, hay, white sugar. Taste is floral bitter, sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2016 at 10:07

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours hazy brown with a thin white head. Aromas of light malt, toffee. Taste is light sweet, faint metallic bitter tingle on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2016 at 10:07

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Appearance - deep amber/brown with a thin head. Nose - toffee, caramel, light spice. Taste - fudge/tablet, cream. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a creamy finish that could be cleaner. Overall - on the positive, it does grow a bit.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2016 at 07:53

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Appearance - murky amber brown with a head which disappears quite quickly. Nose - toffee/almond/marzipan. Taste - green apple booze thing, which I’m not sure I’m totally enjoying. Something acid aldehyde. Palate - medium bodied with a tangy/boozy middle section and the finish is similar. Overall - bottled or released too early perhaps. Has issues.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2016 at 07:46

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Appearance - hazy golden with a nice lacy head. Nose - floral and slightly green. A bit of grapefruit. Taste - more grapefruit and zesty/yeasty at the back. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry tangy finish. Overall - best so far from those guys.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2016 at 06:40

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Appearance - cloudy golden amber with a nice lacy head. Nose - creamy and elusive. Taste - fudge and biscuits. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a tangy finish. Overall - it could be cleaner on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2016 at 06:26

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Appearance - golden with a thin but attractive head. Nose - hay mostly. Taste - hay again but lemon and lemon zest. Palate - light bodied with a creamy and slightly tangy texture and a dry balanced finish. Overall - it tastes better than it smells.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2016 at 06:11

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Appearance - cloudy amber with a thin but decent head. Nose - sweet malt, a hint of orange. Taste - more sweet malt, then light biscuit and a metallic note on the finish. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a dry metallic finish. Overall - was solid but the metallic finish was unexpected and unwelcome.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2016 at 05:59

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle split at LKS Heights, thanks to Danny, 03/08/15. Rich copper with a decent beige covering that soon collapses. Nose is caramel, toffee, vanilla, bread pudding. Taste comprises rich fruit cake, raisens, dates, spice, toffee. Medium + body, fine carbonation, sweetish licks in the close. Decent strong, masks the ABV well.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2015 at 14:13

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
16th October 2015
Bottle on holiday in Lyme Regis. Lightly hazy amber beer, small cream colour head. Palate is light and fairly dry. Reasonable fine carbonation. Sweetish toffee - caramel malts. Mild banana esters. Little spice. Back end brings plenty of ripe and bruised fruits. Light semi dry finish. It hangs together well and is pretty tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2015 at 05:07