PUBLICANS Rob
Martin and Paul Goldsack are raising their glasses to the
future after launching their own micro-brewery in Dorset.
Dorset Piddle Brewery has officially started production of
two beers – Yogi and Piddle – at Enterprise Park,
a former army camp at Piddlehinton on the outskirts of Dorchester.
The publicans have taken out a five-year lease on a refurbished
1,100 sq ft unit on an annual rent of £6,875.
The unit is the first to be refurbished since Conduit Mead,
a London-based property management company, purchased 19 industrial
units on an 11.3 acre site for £1.32 million.
Nettleship Sawyer, the Bournemouth-based chartered surveyors
and commercial property consultants, handled that sale and
also the letting of the refurbished unit to Dorset Piddle
Brewery.
The micro-brewery is a new venture for Rob and Paul who have
run the historic haunted pub Ye Olde George Inn in Christchurch
for the last eight years.
They now plan to carry out at least two brews a week at Piddlehinton,
producing up to 2,304 pints each time.
The beer will be sold to customers at Ye Olde George Inn
and also offered for sale to pubs in Dorset and surrounding
counties.
“We were looking for a
new challenge but something that fitted in with running the
pub and in a rural location. This is just perfect,”
said Rob.
The Yogi beer (named after Ye Olde George Inn) has a 4.9
per cent alcohol strength while Piddle is 4.1 per cent. The
brewing process, including fermentation, takes approximately
a week.
The new business has been warmly welcomed by Cllr Nicki Barker,
who represents Piddle Valley Ward, including Piddlehinton,
on West Dorset District Council.
She said: “This is exactly
the type of business we want to attract to Enterprise Park,
bringing life and jobs to this part of the country.”
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