Archive record · Brewery
Flying Dodo Brewing Company
Bagatelle, Moka, Mauritius
- Founded
- 2011
- Archive ID
- TB-317K0RG6
- Last checked
- 2026-08-20
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Africa pass, 2026-08-20. Verified before creation.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Mauritius' first craft brewery, and it began as a bar. Oscar Olsen opened Lambic in Port Louis in 2009 to bring good beer to the island, and Flying Dodo followed in 2011 at Bagatelle, fifteen kilometres south of the capital. It brews around twenty beers a year and puts out something new every month, which on an island of this size means the brewery is effectively the country's entire experimental range. Named, inevitably, for a bird that could not fly and no longer exists — which is a joke about Mauritius that Mauritians get to make.
The Museum
Timeline
- 2009Lambic opens in Port Louis
A beer bar, two years before the brewery.
- 2011Flying Dodo opens at Bagatelle
Mauritius' first craft brewery.
The People
Behind the beer
Opened the Port Louis beer bar Lambic in 2009 before founding Mauritius' first craft brewery two years later.
The Beer Library
Beers
Touni Minuit
Year-RoundBelgian Quadrupel
An abbey-style quadrupel, and among the strongest beers made in Mauritius.
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Blonde Ale
12 IBU; 12.2° Plato. [Mauritius Pass 01]
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Lager
20 IBU; gluten-reduced, not claimed gluten-free. [Mauritius Pass 01]
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Lager with local ingredients
Cassava malt replacement and kaffir lime peel hop replacement. [Mauritius Pass 01]
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Top Fermented Ale
17 IBU. [Mauritius Pass 01]
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New England IPA
25 IBU. [Mauritius Pass 01]
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India Pale Ale
50 IBU; recipe varies by batch. [Mauritius Pass 01]
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Belgian Witbier
18 IBU; orange peel when locally available. [Mauritius Pass 01]
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Abbey-Style Quadrupel
First-party says first >9% beer after 2024 law change; excise schedule now distinguishes >9° beer, but exact legal change instrument still to verify. [Mauritius Pass 01]
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Sources
- recordConfirmed
Mauritius' first craft brewery, opened 2011 at Bagatelle by Oscar Olsen, who had opened the Port Louis beer bar Lambic in 2009. Brews around twenty beers a year with a new release each month.
African breweries — verified 2026-08-20 · Brewery and reference sources, cross-checked · 2026
ReferenceMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-20Claim last checked 2026-08-20
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Flying Dodo Brewing Company
- Who owns Flying Dodo Brewing Company?
- Flying Dodo Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Bagatelle, Moka, Mauritius.
- Is Flying Dodo Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Flying Dodo Brewing Company is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Flying Dodo Brewing Company founded?
- Flying Dodo Brewing Company was founded in 2011 in Bagatelle, Moka, Mauritius.
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