Dorset Pubs and Beer
by AndyC on Jul.03, 2006, under Pubs and Beer
From our trip back at Easter:
- Stopped for a quick lunch at the Barley Mow, Colehill, Dorset. Good place for a decent lunch.
- Bankes Arms, Studland. Spend the weekend here. More notes on their beers below.
- Manor House Hotel, West Bexington. Limited food service hours, but a superb Ploughmans’ Lunch. Weymouth local brew and Bateman’s Gold.
The Bankes Arms at Studland is attached to the Isle of Purbeck brewery and made a great place to stay for a few days.
Tried a range of beers including:
- Fossil Fuel – good, strong flavoured, well balance beer
- Fruiterers’ Mild – classic mild style, very good.
- Studland Bay Wrecked – superb strong ale, a bit more bitter than Exmoor Beast, but very similar toffee notes.
- Solar Power – lighter style summery ale. Also very good.
- Purbeck IPA – not a traditional IPA style, but rather nice
- Thermal Cheer – dark red, with lots of flavour.
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