When it comes to the West Country, we all know that you can get amazing cider and delicious gins but were you aware that you can also get some incredible locally brewed beer full of ingredients grown on site in Dorset.

In fact, one of the UK’s oldest breweries can be found along the Jurassic Coast and continues to make beer to the same original recipe. Another string to their bow is that it’s the only thatched brewery in the UK! Many of the newer breweries that have sprung up offering artisan beers and speciality brews have followed a similar plan, using the rich landscape and the unique patchwork of fields to create some truly tasty drinks while also fully embracing the rustic and historic atmosphere of this particular county.