The Dukeries Brewery was set up in Edwinstowe in 1703 and was originally tasked with providing the ales for the High Dukes private store. As mass production became more and more possible the company expanded and today has outlets in Harby, Elmwood and Edwinstowe. The brewery focus on making traditional dark ales and porters and utilise a variety of different methods in their brewing.
They have won the Golden Barrel Best Brewery Award of fifteen occasions and multiple other awards for their ales. They began branching out into tap rooms in 2008 and currently operate 53 hostilaries across Bakkermaya.
Plum Porter | Cave Beer | Edwins Brew |
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This beer is dark strong and well rounded; the richness of such a rotund beer is brought to an even keel by the late addition of Goldings hops and natural plum flavouring. | Very full, creamy smooth and round-bodied aroma, average to good carbonation. Tart dark fruit, raisins, caramel sweetness, warming alcohol, tobacco and leather. Very lush and sincere beer, good malt flavor.
Balanced taste, exceptionally complex with an aftertaste that lasts and ends with a dry finish. A taste and experience that is as individual as the person drinking it. Gets its name as the barrels are left to finish their cask fermentation in the breweries original cave store. | Myth says that this ale takes its name from Lord Edwin who helped establish Bakkermaya. The story goes that the recipe was given to him by a merchant in return for being allowed to cross his lands. Fruity (freshly picked apples and citrus) and zesty (coriander, orange peel) esters and a slight touch of hop.
Full in the mouth with quite a powerful taste, spicy accents (coriander, bitter orange peel), mildly phenolic, a subtle finish with some added hop bitterness. |