Bakkermayan Brewing Network

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Brewing is a major industry in Bakkermaya. The wide variety of different landscapes means a wide variety of different produce is available and therefore regional differences in signature drinks. In 1933 a group of six breweries joined informally together to make the Brewing Network which was designed to promote drinks outside their traditional area as well as help Bakkermayan companies expand overseas. They achieve this by sharing export costs, hosting events, employing ambassadors in other markets and working with the nations tourism industry to incorporate the regional breweries into many tourists schedule. The culmination of the Networks work is Golden Barrel Award which is given out each year in a variety of different categories.

The Network is currently also helping manage large overseas orders of exports.

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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
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.

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Neon Raptor was set up in Wellow in 2015 and is one of the newest breweries to join the Brewing Network. It prides itself on its creativity in terms of its produce having seasonal beers rather than one constant speciality. The company also prefer to set up their own ale houses rather than provide it wholesale however have in 2019 began selling in supermarkets in cans and bottles making them more accessible. They currently own 33 "Pop Up" Ale houses where they have taken advantage of industrial units being rented cheaply rather than focusing on purpose built real-estate. The company directors estimate that within 48 hours of securing a venue they can be serving beer.

Trash Talk Panda IPA	Total Eclipse	Instant Street Sour
A yellowy gold beer with the aroma of Cedar, Caramel, Orange, Citrus. Flavours start off Biscuity fading to Fruity, Herbal and Piney before finishing with a Medium Bitterness	It looks like chocolate sauce and that’s about the texture it achieves too. The orange and chocolate here are both bitter, and intense but fade to taste like crystallised ginger and candied peels.	A really good Sour brewed with lactose and apricot. Not too sour on the palate but dry in the right measure. Medium and carbonation. Creamy texture and dry finish