Donnington Brewery

Microbrewery in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 5 Venues

Established in 1865

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Stow-on-the-Wold, GL54 1EP, England
Description
Donnington still produces its beers by much the same recipe that has always been used. Spring water (or in brewing terms 'liquor') is drawn from the spring beside the mill pond and used as the main ingredient along with barley, malt and hops.

Until the mid 1960s, the barley was grown on the local estate but today it's brought as malt from Norfolk. The hops are from Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

The original mill is still used in the brewing process and the mill wheel drives some of the machinery used by the brewery.

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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Snowshill Arms, Gloucestershire 1/9/2013. Slightly hazy gold with a tight white head. Stone fruits, some lemon sharpness and balancing cereal mlats, before a moderately bitter finish. Good.
Tried from Cask on 05 Sep 2013 at 16:50

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at the Prince of Wales, Farnborough BF (at the bar - may have been part of the BF range?) - 12/10/12. Clear golden/amber with a decent off white head. It’s appearance was the highlight of this beer! Pale malt nose and a touch of the vinegars. Taste is pale malt a little fruit and hops. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, bitter finish. Dull.
Tried from Cask on 14 Oct 2012 at 04:56

6/10
14/7/2012. Cask at the Crossways Inn Beer Festival 2012.
Tried from Cask at Crossways Inn on 13 Jul 2012 at 23:00

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle from Favourite Beers, Cheltenham. Copper coloured with a contrasting white head and slight carbonation. Nutty aroma with toffee and a trace of orange fruit. Sweetish, chewy, cereal malt flavour with an earthy edge and decent bitter finish. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2011 at 00:44

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Favourite Beers, Cheltenham. Amber in colour with a decent, off-white head and lively carbonation. Aroma was sweetish, with cocoa powder and some caramel, with a touch of grassy hop. Light, easy drinking character, with more caramel, earthy malts and a lingering bitter finish. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2011 at 00:33

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 7 Texture 2 Overall 6
15th July 2010. Chelmsford Beer Festival. Hazy amber beer. Little cream head. Sulphur on the nose - sigh! Dry palate - almost chalky. Fresh tangy fruit - tart orange with an unusual and pleasant dash of cherry. Nice flavour but the palate is too bloody dry!
Tried on 15 Aug 2010 at 07:22

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle@The Mount Inn, Stanton (Cotswolds). Golden brown beer with little head. The aroma is gently malty, and the flavour is mildly malty and roasted. Overall a weak malty effort of a beer.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2009 at 19:21

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@The Mount Inn, Stanton (Cotswolds). Amber beer with a strong white head. The aroma is lightly fruity and hopped, and the flavour is vinous, hopped and mildly sour. Overall an average premium bitter
Tried from Cask on 01 Aug 2009 at 19:19

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 50cl. at home.[ Thx. Fin ]. Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, toffee. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [150908]
Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2008 at 03:10

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Small yellowish head, over paler chestnut beer with a light olive shine. Outspoken toffee nose, bit of parsley. Dry, soft-bitter taste, leafy & greenery. Very much like a top-fermenting interpretation of a German Dunkel. Pretty good, actually, growing on me. Finish has a hint of arachide. Light bodied, light slickness, pretty dry. Better than most bottled light British ales. From the brewery that I love, without ever having experienced it. VERY big thanks to Darren!
Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2008 at 16:23