Chimera I.P.A.
Downton Brewery in Downton, Wiltshire, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.21
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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.
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daniele (14510) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
ambrata buna schima abbondante grossolana ma persistente sentori erbacei di lupplo che prevale bilanciando bene il malto
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home.... golden amber ... little spicy hop ... good fruity body .... with a deep hop charcater thats a little bitter in front but mellows offf... juicy with sweet hop resins ... works well with my Leffe chilli.
Downender (11275) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. Slightly hazy, pale yellow with citrussy hops in the aroma. More hops in the mouth providing a taste of grapefruit and elderflowersl, accompanied by sweet malt. An enjoyable pale ale.
omhper (44752) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. Clear golden. Citric nose. Sweet malt mixes with sugar and multi-fruit juice blend. Near full bodied with softm, rounded mouthfeel. Long salty finish. Interesting beer, but well sweet.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Casked (as Chimera IPA, 6.7%). Honeyish golden colour with foamy white, longlasting head. Aroma is honey, nectar, hops and slight earthyness. Flavour is enormously flowery hops balanced up with some honey and spices. Spices and grass mainly dominate the aftertaste. A very pleasant one.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
500ml bottle from Bacchanalia, Cambridge. I was looking forward to this. Some people had bad bottles, so I was in two minds, but I had a good one. Gold colour with lasting white head. Strong citrus astringent hop aroma. Really very leafy floral hop, like De Ranke XX Bitter. Just gorgeous. Enough malt to give it a bit of body. Sour astringent aroma. Sherberty hop finish. Wonderful.
Finn (18112) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Cask at The Duke of Wellington Norwich 26 Sep 2006. Dark brown golden coloured. A tiny head. Unpleasant metallic aroma. Strange fruity flavour. Abrubt ending. An uninteresting IPA.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Half pint on gravity at The Duke of Wellington, Norwich. Golden coloued body with a low level of foam. Sweet hoppy to the nose in a rather weak aroma. Malty and lightly honeyed sweetness in flavour. Missing bitterness (26.09.2006).
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Clear golden colour with a white head. Malty hoppy aroma. Sweet malty hoppy flavor. Long malty hoppy bitter finish.
Fin (18365) reviewed Chimera I.P.A. from Downton Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle Picked this up in Langton Matravers Dorset, June 2006. I was so impressed with this beer that I had to stop at the brewery on the way home. I met with the young chap who runs it and picked up half a dozen bottles of this stuff.. Warm golden colour, small white head, hoppy aroma and a great hoppy taste. This beer has the most incredible bitter finish that lingers forever and a day. Had a bottle of this sat outside my tent drifted off for forty winks and could still taste the beer an hour or so later. Really loved this beer! (Bottled version states 7%ABV) A7 A4 F8 P4 OV18 4.1 Had this beer again 17-02-09 came in a mixed box from Beers of Europe. Pours warm gold, I love the bitterness of this beer, its not harsh or brash but its there and in abundance, I see it as a very British bitterness. This is every bit as good as I remember, and has to be one of my all time fave UK IPA’s. Great stuff and still a worthy 4+ scoring UK beer, no change to my original score.