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Somerset Brewing Co.
Real ale, real villages, real good company — brewed in Somerset to bring back the feeling of a good pint, shared in good company.
The Range
Each Villager beer is named for a village close to home — brewed to be poured slowly and shared widely.
Our Story
How a missing pint and a good idea became a Somerset brewery.
Douglas Davis, Jack Cozens and Sam Carney grew up a few lanes apart in the villages of Somerset — afternoons that ran into evenings, a pint passed across the table, the easy company of family, friends and the village local.
When those locals started quietly closing their doors, a little of that feeling went with them. So the three of them set out to brew it back: proper beer, named for the places that raised them, made to be shared in communities up and down the UK.
Good beer was never really about the beer. It was about who you were drinking it with. — Douglas, Jack & Sam, founders
What we stand for
Beer is best shared. Everything we make is built for the table, the bar and the long evening with the people you like most.
Every beer is named for a Somerset village close to our hearts, brewed with the character of the county in mind.
No shortcuts and no gimmicks — just honest, well-made ale that's worth coming back to.
Twin hamstone villages in the hills above Yeovil, all honey-coloured cottages and old orchards. East Coker even lends its name to one of T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets — fitting, for a place that reads like a line of poetry.
The Chinnocks sit folded into South Somerset farmland — hamstone, hedgerow and church towers as far as the eye can see. A bright, open corner of the county — and a crisp, clean lager to match.
Quiet lanes and wildflower meadows — Hardington Moor is a little pocket of protected Somerset countryside. The kind of still, sheltered ground that asks for a smooth, full-bodied dark at the end of a long walk.
Twin villages on the edge of the Somerset Levels, North and South Petherton are old market and church towns of hamstone, water meadows and long market days. A warming, ruby-red ale — malt-rich and easy-going, made for unhurried evenings by the fire.
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Stock our beerThe Villager Journal
Brew days, village stories and what we're up to across the county.
The local that closed, the pint we missed, and the slightly daft idea that turned into a brewery. Douglas, Jack and Sam tell the story of how it all began — and why the village table is still at the heart of everything we brew.
Read more →From grain to glass — how our flagship ale gets its malty, smooth and balanced character.
Read more →Ten minutes, three founders, one shared table — and a few opinions on a proper round.
Read more →The festivals, fairs and free houses pouring The Villager across Somerset and beyond.
Read more →Get in touch
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