Eldridge Pope
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Eldridge Pope was a traditional brewery
situated in Dorchester, Dorset
in England
. The brewery opened in 1881. Royal Oak and Hardy's were amongst the beers brewed there. Following a series of calamitous business decisions, the brewery closed in July 2003. The company's best-known brands are now brewed under licence by Dorset and Devon-based micro-breweries.
'Royal Oak' and 'Hardy's Ale' were two of the real ales brewed by Denis Edwin Holliday, Head Brewer of Eldridge Pope throughout the 1960s and 70s. He also has an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for brewing the strongest commercially brewed beer, 1978.
Eldridge Pope, now known as EP Ltd, has since 2003 been a pub, bar and hotel business, running bars such as the "Que Pasa" chain of tapas bars, "Room At the Inn" hotels and "H.J. Wellfeds" pubs. In January/February of 2007 EP Ltd was sold to Marstons Plc as an entire entity and the original 4 "Que Pasa" properties sold off.
Brewery
A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
situated in Dorchester, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The brewery opened in 1881. Royal Oak and Hardy's were amongst the beers brewed there. Following a series of calamitous business decisions, the brewery closed in July 2003. The company's best-known brands are now brewed under licence by Dorset and Devon-based micro-breweries.
'Royal Oak' and 'Hardy's Ale' were two of the real ales brewed by Denis Edwin Holliday, Head Brewer of Eldridge Pope throughout the 1960s and 70s. He also has an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for brewing the strongest commercially brewed beer, 1978.
Eldridge Pope, now known as EP Ltd, has since 2003 been a pub, bar and hotel business, running bars such as the "Que Pasa" chain of tapas bars, "Room At the Inn" hotels and "H.J. Wellfeds" pubs. In January/February of 2007 EP Ltd was sold to Marstons Plc as an entire entity and the original 4 "Que Pasa" properties sold off.