Well, this one is the business! It is a golden beer, made in the pilsener style, with a really refreshing citrus and floral aroma and taste. For the technically minded among you, it is brewed from lager malt and Caragold barley malt, Sovereign and Lubelski hops, Sutton Poyntz spring water and the Dorset Brewing Company's own special strain of yeast. It is 4.1% ABV. A real winner!
The Dorset Brewing Company, who I had not come across before, are based in Weymouth, in the heart of the Jurassic coast. It is an independent family owned brewery that was founded in 1996. It was established by an off-beat retired lawyer, Giles Smeath, restoring an 800 year old brewing tradition to the Dorset port of Weymouth. The Brewery is based in historic Brewers Quay, the classic Victorian brewery building that was the site of the former Devenish (remember them?) and Groves Breweries. DBC is committed to a Warranty of Origin scheme which ensures that customers get both a product whose origins are provably rooted in Dorset and whose quality is by the choice of malt. From the summer of 2006, in conjunction with their maltsters, Warminster Maltings, DBC took the opportunity to have domain over its barley/malt supply. Starting with Chesil, which is their summer special ale, they used only Dorset grown barley malted by Warminster Maltings. This appellation is categorised by the variety of barley, geographical domain, soil type, husbandry best practice, farm assurance, and harvest quality criteria; as well as the malting protocols for floor made malt. All of their malt carries a Certificate of Compliance from Warminster and a Warranty of Origin.
If you want to find out more about them, go to their web site at http://www.dbcales.com/.
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