Chimera I.P.A.
Downton Brewery in Downton, Wiltshire, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.24
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A traditional India Pale Ale, brewed with a hugely increased hop rate for a strong, floral aroma, and a powerful, bitter taste. East Kent Goldings, Challenger, Fuggles, Pacific Gem and Pioneer hops
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.
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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4.9/10
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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).
Tried
on 21 Oct 2006
at 13:18
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2006
at 16:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pale golden beer with a strong smooth head. The aroma is strongly dry and fruity and the flavour is deeply dry and bitter with a vinous malty quality. Overall a good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2006
at 17:16
8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2006
at 02:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask @Pullman
Pale orange color, not much head. Aroma is strong sweet honeyish with flowery hops, even some molasses. Medium-bodied. Sweet with honey and cookies. In the finish good hopping which carries long in the aftertaste. 7/2/7/3/12 3.1
Re-rated, cask. 6/3/7/4/14 3.4
Pale orange color, not much head. Aroma is strong sweet honeyish with flowery hops, even some molasses. Medium-bodied. Sweet with honey and cookies. In the finish good hopping which carries long in the aftertaste. 7/2/7/3/12 3.1
Re-rated, cask. 6/3/7/4/14 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2006
at 05:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[Cask at GBBF 2005 - listed as Chimera IPA with the same ABV] A hazy orange beer with a small white head. The aroma is sweet hoppy - a bit too light for my liking. The flavor is sweet and rather hoppy with a dry grassy end.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jan 2006
at 13:36