Breakwater Brewery

Cow Juice

Stout - Milk / Sweet

Collaboration with friends from Capetown? Milk stout is still hugely popular in one of our most avourite places, CapeTown. SAB Miller as was, brewed Castle… Read More

Collaboration with friends from Capetown?

Milk stout is still hugely popular in one of our most avourite places, CapeTown. SAB Miller as was, brewed Castle Milk Stout, a 6% version of what orginiated in these parts. We have many friends in the CapeTown brewing scene; Woodstock, Aegir and many others, however through Phil's hop life, he works with the proprietor of Riot Beer, Marc Fourie - they conspired to make this beer.

Milk stout was believed to be nutritious, and was recommended to nursing mothers, such are old wives tales. We've followed a traditional recipe with up to date ingredients

This is vintage, drinking beer. Smooth, rich, chocolate heaven. Read Less

Dover Pale Ale (DPA)

Pale Ale - English

Pale and Hoppy. Our own spring water provides a base for English Malts, a selected blend of modern Kentish and classic American hops with our own heirloom… Read More

Pale and Hoppy. Our own spring water provides a base for English Malts, a selected blend of modern Kentish and classic American hops with our own heirloom yeast strain. Read Less

HellFire Corner

Blonde / Golden Ale - English

HellFire Corner is our "pale n' hoppy" number. There are a numerous classics that we love to drink in the pub, this beer is inspired by many of those… Read More

HellFire Corner is our "pale n' hoppy" number.

There are a numerous classics that we love to drink in the pub, this beer is inspired by many of those and somewhat a confluence of ideas. However, whilst the grist (the malt base, Simpsons' Golden Promise, Munich and Wheat) stays the same, likewise the yeast - the hops will change . Predominantly using Columbus for bittering, we'll be ringing the changes, seasonally and what we can get our hands on to play with, and unlike many in this category, we're using an estery English Ale strain, fermented cool to moderate but work with the hops.

Batch #1, Citra Kettle and Galaxy Dry hop. Read Less

Tropical Thunder

IPA - American

Double Dry Hopped IPA

Double Dry Hopped IPA Read Less

Blue Ensign

Bitter - Session / Ordinary

Our Trad Bitter. Simpsons Maris Otter, Heritage Crystal malts, English Hops and Classic English Yeast. Yeah, we can do this too.

Our Trad Bitter. Simpsons Maris Otter, Heritage Crystal malts, English Hops and Classic English Yeast.

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Samphire Gold

Blonde / Golden Ale - Other

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Docker's Porter

Porter - English

Dockers Porter. Dockers Porter is a modern take on an old-school porter, an early winter seasonal. Typically, albeit much debated, Porter is a dark style… Read More

Dockers Porter. Dockers Porter is a modern take on an old-school porter, an early winter seasonal. Typically, albeit much debated, Porter is a dark style of beer developed in London from well-hopped beers made from brown malt. The name was first recorded in the 18th century, and is thought to come from its popularity with street and river porters. The history and development of stout and porter are intertwined.

However, the inspiration for this beer started back when we were planning for Breakwater as it is now in early 2016. Rob, who built our “brewers patio”, over looking the River Dour, isn’t a hop head, he’s a dark-beer-head (?!), plus we’d seen labels for a Leney’s Oatmeal Stout. Asking more detailed questions of Rob, getting him to describe beers he liked and beers he didn’t we came to this. Blame Rob if you don’t like it.

The ingredients are: Simpsons Golden Promise, Double Roasted Crystal “DRC”, T50, Chocolate Malt, Roast barley and Golden Naked Oats. It’s hopped with a dash of US Columbus hops and a touch of the new UK hop Endeavour at the end of boil and fermented with our house yeast. It’s a full on liquorice, raisin, chocolate number keeping an easy 4.1% abv. Read Less

Breakwater Best

Bitter - Session / Ordinary

First Gold, Chinook and Chalk-filtered spring water.

First Gold, Chinook and Chalk-filtered spring water. Read Less

Zombie Maker

IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Ale

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Handpicked Green

Pale Ale - English

A green hopped pale ale.

A green hopped pale ale. Read Less

Castle on the Hill

Red Ale - American Amber / Red

Our "American Amber", with Columbus, Cascade. Base of Simpsons Golden Promise, Imperial, Aromatic and Crystal T50. Chewy, complex and a hat load of hops.… Read More

Our "American Amber", with Columbus, Cascade. Base of Simpsons Golden Promise, Imperial, Aromatic and Crystal T50. Chewy, complex and a hat load of hops. Read Less

East Kent Gold

Blonde / Golden Ale - Other

Light gold, slight bitter taste

Light gold, slight bitter taste Read Less

DayBreaker OPA

Pale Ale - American

Dover is a sunrise coastal town, DayBreaker is an Oatmeal Pale Ale (OPA). Oatmeal the breakfast meal, a significant percentage of the base malts. Aside,… Read More

Dover is a sunrise coastal town, DayBreaker is an Oatmeal Pale Ale (OPA). Oatmeal the breakfast meal, a significant percentage of the base malts. Aside, our special spring water, selected malts from Simpsons' and kettle hopped with Citra, a huge dry hop of Ahtanum, Mosaic and others with a fruity English Ale strain for a soft citrus, pine bomb. Read Less

The Mogul

IPA - American

The Mogul The Mogul is a strong, golden, well hopped IPA. There are a numerous classics that we love to drink in the pub, this beer is inspired by many… Read More

The Mogul

The Mogul is a strong, golden, well hopped IPA.

There are a numerous classics that we love to drink in the pub, this beer is inspired by many of those and somewhat a confluence of ideas, the love of west coast brewing traditions, a pub in Dover and much much more that came together to form Breakwater. The Mogul was a much loved and missed Real Ale house that was the foundation of Dover's burgeoning real ale scene.

What is different about this "core" beer However, whilst the grist (the malt base, Simpsons' Golden Promise, Munich and Wheat) stays the same, likewise the yeast - the hops will change . Predominantly using Columbus for bittering, we'll be ringing the changes, seasonally and what we can get our hands on to play with, and unlike many in this category, we're using an estery English Ale strain, fermented cool to moderate but work with the hops.

Batch #1, Mosaic & Citra Kettle and Amarillo and Simcoe Dry hop. Read Less

Boardwalk

Kellerbier / Zwickelbier

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Cherry Bomb

Wheat Beer - Witbier / Blanche

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Chocolatier

Rye Beer

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Peanut Butter Stout

Stout - Other

A rich dark stout infused with peanut butter for a wonderful nutty beer

A rich dark stout infused with peanut butter for a wonderful nutty beer Read Less

Calico Jack

Dark Ale

Dark ale infused with spiced rum.

Dark ale infused with spiced rum. Read Less

Spring Tide

Pale Ale - English

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Passionfruit IPA

IPA - English

Hazy Fruity IPA

Hazy Fruity IPA Read Less

Melahani

Red Ale - Other

Kiwi hops. Strong winter warmer.

Kiwi hops. Strong winter warmer. Read Less

Calico Jack

Stout - Other

A lower % version of the chunkier one, aged for 10 months

A lower % version of the chunkier one, aged for 10 months Read Less

Kicks

Pale Ale - English

Munich Malt, Galaxy and Amarillo hops

Munich Malt, Galaxy and Amarillo hops Read Less

Sunburn

Lager - Pale

Lager is unfortunately a pejorative term to some. So as is our way we've gone and made a lager and this is anything but your normal "lager", which are… Read More

Lager is unfortunately a pejorative term to some. So as is our way we've gone and made a lager and this is anything but your normal "lager", which are mostly industrial "macro" are far from the roots of what lager was and can be today.

Yes, you can read it again we've made a lager. Not your everyday, cooking lager, but something amped up and a little twisted. And certainly not something most brewers of our scale would even consider.

Ours is inspired by our friend Andreas Gaenstaller, who makes the most amazing soft aromatic lagers in the heart of Franconia, a hub of amazing brewing just north of Munich. There, typically the high quality lagers in this area are made with their local malts, their hops from the Hallertau, Spalt and Tettnang (areas that the beating heart of German hop production), their water and lager yeast that has been handed down generation to generation.

However Andreas switches it up using American and new wave German hop varieties to accentuate aroma and flavour much like the modern IPA and pale ales we've come to know and love, whilst staying true to lager brewing traditions at home in Franconia.

We, like all true Lager brewers have held our beer near freezing for 8 weeks, all the way through the recent heat wave. A long slow resting fermentation profile has left a soft rounded, dry lager, we're super proud of. Made with lager malts from Simpsons Malt Limited, the soft fruity, under appreciated "Ella" hop from Hop Products Australia via Simply Hops, r Read Less