Celebrating Brewing

BREW Dorch, Dorchester’s Festival of Drinks, is taking place in February when venues across the town will celebrate the town’s prestigious brewing and distilling history.

The festival kicks off on Wednesday 15 February with a special beer and brewing themed pub quiz at Dorchester’s Brewhouse and Kitchen. The next day, Thursday 16th, will be jam packed with different beer tasting, gin tasting and wine tasting events across the town. Favourite local tipples will include Fordington Gin, Furleigh Estate wine and the launch of a special edition Brew Dorch Beer, brewed by Brewhouse and Kitchen. On Friday 17th there is a brewing heritage tour of Dorchester with Joy Wallis and a special DJ and cocktail tasting evening at The Kings Arms.

Saturday 18th kicks off with another Brewing Heritage tour, this time with local historian Derek Pride followed by a “Make your own pottery beer tankard!” event with PotsNPints! at Tom Browns in the afternoon. Then an evening of Comedy in the Courthouse at Shire Hall Museum where visitors will have a special welcome drink included in the ticket price.

On Sunday, the last day of the Festival, there is an Open Brewery Day at Brewhouse and Kitchen where you can pop in and see brewing in action.

The final event of the festival is the Dorchester Pub Race! A fun filled fancy dress race across Dorchester raising money for Dorchester Foodbank.

The event is coordinated by Dorchester Tourism Partnership, led by Dorchester Town Council to celebrate Dorchester’s amazing Brewing Heritage.

Follow the Brew Dorch Facebook page at: https://www.facebook. com/BrewDorch and book tickets at: www.DiscoverDorchester.co.uk/ BrewDorch.