Chimera I.P.A.
Downton Brewery in Downton, Wiltshire, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.21
|
|
Downton Brewery Chimera IPA is a truly classic IPA bursting with resinous hoppy flavours that packs quite a punch - justas a traditional IPA should. Refreshing for the summer, yet strong enough to be warming in the winter;brewed with a hugely increased hop rate for a strong, floral aroma, and a powerful, bitter taste.
Sign up to add a tick or review
PivoMan (6512) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Pours a clear golden color, topped with a decent and semi-lasting white head. Aroma has some fruity notes, but herbal aroma prevails with some soury feel to it. Taste followes the nose. Mild fruitiness, slight sweetness but mostly herbal bitterness. Not the best IPA I had. Drinkable, yes, but not that enjoyable to be fair.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 1.5
500 ml bottle. Almost clear golden body with a white head. Not much aroma at all, just some malt. Flavor is just harsh and malty, like a IPA or another hop driven beer way behind best before date, but I’m still one year ahead for this date. Almost no bitterness either, more metallic and harsh. Not a pleasant one at all. Five sips and down the drain.
Palme (4406) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
0.5l bottle. The first impression here is that it's quite pale for an IPA. When it settles in the glass this is a slightly cloudy golden one and it has a big really fluffy white super-lacing head. On the nose it's more like a dull lager almost. It is actually slightly metallic with traces of both corn and pale malts. Hops detected on the nose? Nope, but wet grape skin is. It doesn't really taste and good either. Why brew something like this and marked it as an IPA, cause it's clearly not. Metallic burn in the throat. High on the bubbles and oily in the mouth. Something slightly different sour like green apples also over this. Not a very pleasant one at all. 02.08.2014
danlo (13133) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle 7% from Tuckers Maltings. Clear golden colour, frothy white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of caramel, orange, hoppy & floral with a metallic twang. Taste is sweetish pale malt, grain, caramel, citrus, floral woody hop with some lingering metallic bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Inbreak (10170) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 0.5
18.07.2014, 0,5l bottle @ home:
Small slightly bubbly mediumlasting head. Aroma is light malts, weeds, hay, caramel, flowers, cereal. Taste is harsh and horribly metallic, feels like licking on a metal plate, harsh grass, weeds, alcohol, almond essence, hay, harsh grain. Longlasting harsh bitterness, dry metallic mouthfeel. Can’t get much worse than this crap....!
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe, shared at home. Pours a hazy golden with a lacklustre head. Some orange on the nose, but mostly grassy and soapy hops. Light resin on the taste, good bitterness though. Doesn’t quite have the oomph I’d expect from the strength. OK.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Cask at the gothique 29/03/13. Golden colour loose white head. Tea aroma neutral. Watery thin palete. Very low hops for an ipa. Some yeast bite.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Gravity dispense at the 23rd Battersea Beer Festival - 06/02/13. Clear pale golden with a bubbly white head. Nose carries pale malts, spice, hops, orange. Taste follows, caramel malts, sugars, orange, citrus, hops. Medium body with bite, moderate carbonation, dry finish. Average OK fayre.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Bernie's, Solihull. Cloudy yellow pour with a thin white head. A very bitter ale but not a very pleasant taste. The bitterness is quite refreshing but not something that you want to hang around for too long. Not the best combination of hops for me. Will probably avoid in future. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Deanso (15673) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
50cl bottle, shared with friends. Thick white head. Hazy blond beer. Interesting. Peppery bitterness.