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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7.2
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
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
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
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
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
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


6.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Tuckers Maltings. Deep Amber colour with no head. Sweet malty caramel aroma. Taste mainly sweet with an alcohol kick.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2015 at 14:24


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Tried on 13 Sep 2015 at 06:51


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

3rd August 2015
Bottleshare at Leighton’s Stratoflat. Thanks to Dan or this English rarity. Almost clear amber beer, small cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry with modest fine carbonation. Malts are surprisingly thin and bring modest caramel. Tangy dried fruits - fairly intense. Little alcohol warmth. Some esters, Light finish. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2015 at 05:14


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

Bottle shared at Leightons place. Thanks to Daniel Osprey for this one. Nice reddy amber coloured pour with a halo of off white head. Aroma is solvent, toffee apple, orange rind, cakey. Flavour is composed of jammy fruits, jammy dodgers, nutty, caramel,, nutty. Palate is medium sweet, moderate low carbonation, sticky on the tongue. Bit of booze. Lingers.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2015 at 17:00