We list 31 breweries in the Local Government Authority area of Dorset Council. Of these, 19 are open breweries, 12 are closed breweries and 0 are otherwise categorised (see footnote).
The Brew Shack Microbrewery
(Wimborne, Dorset 2015-Still Brewing)
Brewers Folly Brewery Ltd
(Stanbridge, Dorset 2017-Still Brewing)
Brewhouse & Kitchen (Dorchester) Brewpub
(Dorchester, Dorset 2014-Still Brewing)
Cerne Abbas Brewery Ltd
(Cerne Abbas, Dorset 2014-Still Brewing)
Copper Street Brewery Tap Room
(Dorchester, Dorset 2018-Still Brewing)
Darkplace Brewery
(Colyton, Devon 2018-Still Brewing)
Dorset Brewing Company Ltd Tap Room
(Crossways, Dorset 1996-Still Brewing)
Eight Arch Brewing Co
(Wimborne, Dorset 2015-Still Brewing)
Gyle 59
(Thorncombe, Dorset 2013-Still Brewing)
Hall & Woodhouse Ltd Tap Room Photo
(Blandford Forum, Dorset 1777-Still Brewing)
Hattie Brown's Brewery Ltd
(Swanage, Dorset 2014-Still Brewing)
Imaginary Friends Brewing Brewpub
(Sherborne, Dorset 2018-Still Brewing)
Isle of Purbeck Brewery Brewpub Photo
(Studland, Dorset 2002-Still Brewing)
JC & RH Palmer Ltd Photo
(Bridport, Dorset 1794-Still Brewing)
Piddle Brewery
(Piddlehinton, Dorset 2007-Still Brewing)
Sixpenny Brewery Tap Room
(Cranborne, Dorset 2007-Still Brewing)
Small Paul's Brewery
(Gillingham, Dorset 2006-Still Brewing)
Stripey Cat Craft Brewery Brewpub
(Bridport, Dorset 2017-Still Brewing)
Wriggle Valley Brewery
(Stalbridge, Dorset 2014-Still Brewing)
Blackmore Brewery Closed Brewpub
(Stourton Caundle, Dorset 2011-2016)
Corfe Castle Brewery Ltd Closed
(Bucknowle, Dorset 2011-2016)
The Cranbourne Brewery Closed Brewpub
(Cranbourne, Dorset 1996-1998)
DT Ales Closed Brewpub Photo
(Weymouth, Dorset 2010-2017)
Eldridge Pope & Co. PLC Closed Photo
(Dorchester, Dorset 1837-1997)
Goldfinch Brewery Closed Photo
(Dorchester, Dorset 1987-2008)
Thomas Hardy Burtonwood Brewery Closed
(Dorchester, Dorset 1837-2003)
King Alfred Ales Closed
(Gillingham, Dorset 2012-2018)
Mighty Hop Brewery Ltd Closed
(Lyme Regis, Dorset 2010-2014)
Sherborne Brewery Ltd Closed Brewpub
(Sherbourne, Dorset 2005-2014)
Sunny Republic Brewing Company Closed
(Winterborne Kingston, Dorset 2012-2016)
Two Drifters Brewery Closed
(Clyst Honiton, Devon 2019-2019)
Other categories of "brewery" include, amongst others, brewers whose status is uncertain and probably not brewing, closed breweries whose brands are produced elsewhere and brewery groups non-brewing headquarters. Contract, cuckoo and gypsy brewers, who are free to move premisses, and not allocated to a county.
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Last Updated : 5th March 2021