Winter Solstice
Downton Brewery in Downton, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Winter|
Score
6.57
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Grumbo (24387) reviewed Winter Solstice from Downton Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
10/10/2020. Bottle at the Boojum&Snark Craft Beer Festival, Sandown. Simply named Solstice. Pours dark amber with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is malty, caramel, brown sugar, fruit cake. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body, bit watery, average carbonation.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Winter Solstice from Downton Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Poured a reddish brown with a white whisper head. Aroma is malty light bitter to the nose. Taste is malty, dusty, light hops, full flavor.
MusingAnorak (11819) ticked Winter Solstice from Downton Brewery 11 years ago
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Winter Solstice from Downton Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (backlog). Reddish brown colour, small white head. Aroma is nuts, raisins, muscovado, zest and some mild toasted notes. Flavour is quite similar in a good balance. Surprisingly bodied for being 4.6 %.
Downender (11275) reviewed Winter Solstice from Downton Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Dorset & Wiltshire beeriodical, the Seven Stars, Bristol 9/1/2013. Medium brown in colour with a slight, off-white head. Orange peel, raisins, brown sugar and some roastiness, with a decent bitter finish. Good.
Svesse (15730) reviewed Winter Solstice from Downton Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 26 Nov 2011) Reddish amber colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with red fruit and citrus. Malty, fruity taste with notes of citrus, orange marmalade and a generous citrussy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a balanced sweetness. Quite fruity and citric for an old ale, but nice and tasty.
Convair880 (6926) reviewed Winter Solstice from Downton Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Pigs Ear fest 2010. Dark brown pour with medium off white head. Aroma of fruit and malt. Tastes fruity, malty, sweet, slight bitterness. Reasonable.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Winter Solstice from Downton Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
cask at cloisters ... copper brown ... thin tan head ... soft fruity malt nose ... soft light roast malt ... sweet malt fruits ... light bitter linger
Leighton (34941) reviewed Winter Solstice from Downton Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask at the Old Fountain Beer Festival. Pours clear, amber-brown with a creamy, off-white cap. Malts and dark fruits in the nose. Nice flavor but doesn’t blow me away. Malty, lightly roasty, with hard bread and mild bitterness. Light to medum in body with soft carbonation. Mild sweet finish, more malts and faint roast, some light dryness. Good.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Winter Solstice from Downton Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ The York, 82 Islington High St, Islington, London, Greater London England N1 8EQ.Clear medium brown color with a average, creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark roasted, light coffee, light yeasty, sewer, keller. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100102]