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The barley for Dartmoor Brewery

I knew that Tim Cox, a local Drewsteignton farmer and a contractor for the National Trust grew the malting barley for the Dartmoor Brewery. Yesterday I was on my way to Fingle Bridge for a Fingle Woods meeting with the Woodland Trust I saw this sign

Dartmoor brewery 1
Good to make a connection between local farmer and a local business

Dartmoor brewery 2
 A healthy crop of barley – approaching harvest time

Dartmoor brewery 3The characteristic ‘ears’ of barley

So … Jail Ale contains Dartmoor water and Dartmoor malting barley – excellent

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