“…you won’t want any udder bitter.”

THE OLD DAIRY BREWERY

We are a traditional microbrewer based in the heart of Kent.
Our passion for beer, along with hours of relentless research and testing,
has shown us how great beers should really taste.

The vision of the perfect pint was realised through our superb brewers,
who using local water, malt, hops, and yeast, produce our tasty beers.

Using our unique recipes, great ingredients, a custom designed brew house and a little bit of old fashioned brewing know how; we aim to provide the people of the UK (and perhaps further afield) a small range of superb, bitters, ales and stouts. Think traditional English beers but with a more retro-rustic bent.

If you would like to know more about us and our beers please call us on 01580 243 185 or drop us an email at fineale@olddairybrewery.com

Brewery News


ODB Lobbies number 10

“Old Dairy Brewery shareholder Darren Penny has met with the Prime Minister. When “Darren met Dave” he was able to stress the importance of microbrewing in the UK and suggest that number [...]

Toilet Humour

Guy managed to lock himself in the Lavatory this week and was stuck there for some time – he said he was shouting but with the buzz of the brew house nobody [...]

Pull your own ODB pint – 36 in fact

We’ve now have available to all, 36 pint polypins. You can buy these for only £60 inc VAT + £10 p&p which works out a cracking £1.66 per pint. All our beers [...]

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A Brewer's Life


…so Ed, you think you can brew!

How did I get the job
Through an ad in the trade press I got in touch with Mick the founding brewer who was soon to return to Australia to his family. Luckily for me the day arranged for me to come down to the brewery to be interviewed was also the day that the first trial brew was taking place.

I joined in with the brewing and ended up spending six hours there, which certainly makes it the longest and the most interesting job interview I’ve ever had and I even got to drink some of the beer we made!
I must have made a good impression as it wasn’t long before I was offered the job and I had no hesitation in accepting.

I was able to overlap with Mick for a week before he left so I could check the details of how the equipment worked and since then I’ve been in charge. There’s plenty of work to do but as far as jobs go being in charge of a brewery takes some beating.