Founded in 1996 by an off-beat retired lawyer, Giles Smeath, DBC restored an 800 year old brewing tradition to the Dorset port of Weymouth, situated in the heart of the World Heritage Coastline. The Brewery is based in historic Brewers Quay, the classic Victorian brewery building that was the site of the former Devenish and Groves Breweries.At the heart of DBC stands our commitment to the Warranty of Origin scheme which ensures that our customers get both a product whose origins are provably rooted in Dorset and whose quality is by our choice of malt.
From the summer of 2006, in conjunction with our maltsters, Warminster Maltings, DBC took the opportunity to have domain over its barley/malt supply. Starting with Chesil, our summer special, we used only Dorset grown barley malted by Warminster Maltings. This appellation is categorised by the variety of barley, geographical domain, soil type, husbandry best practice, farm assurance, and harvest quality criteria; as well as the malting protocols for floor made malt. All of our malt carries a Certificate of Compliance from Warminster and a Warranty of Origin.