Bowman Ales

Microbrewery in Droxford, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2006

Contact
Wallops Wood, Sheardley Lane, Droxford, SO32 3QY, England
Description
At present there are five of us working at the brewery – Luke and Stuart who assist with deliveries and the cleaning and filling of casks. In the office, there’s Julia AKA Fuzzy, who doubles as Droxford’s famous lollipop lady. She keeps all the paperwork in good order which is a good thing because this was a weakness of ours. The Bowman family is of course completed by Ray and myself.

Our beers have evolved over the years into three really popular regular brews and each month we have a 4.5% special on too.

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Land of Liberty Peace and Plenty, Chorleywood, Herts. A golden/amber coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Malty, fruity, caramel aroma. Tastes similar, fruity, malty, caramel, slightly hoppy. OK stuff.

Tried from Cask on 28 Jan 2014 at 12:20


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Honey-coloured ale. Aroma of pine, paper and earth. Intriguing! The taste is surprising: very, very dry. Bitterness slyly invades the palette and takes over through the finish and aftertaste. Moreish. All in all this is a standard bitter that delivers more than most. A little bow to history and understatement.

Tried on 14 Nov 2013 at 06:50


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask, 1/3 pint at GBBF 13, day 1. Clear golden body. Shiny naked surface. Aromas of grassy hops joined by malty sweetness. Leafy hops and caramel flavours leading to a dry, bittersweet ending. Decent, well blended Brit bitter (London Olympia 13.08.2013).

Tried from Cask on 17 Sep 2013 at 11:47


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (Bitter Virtue, Southampton) - Golden in colour. Malty aroma with grain, lemon and tea. Malty and moderately hoppy taste with lemon, tea and grain detected.

Tried from Cask on 04 Sep 2013 at 08:41


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Almost clear copper/brown liquid with small to medium light brown head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, toast, earth, bread and dried fruit. Taste is light sweet and light bitter with notes of toast, caramel, bread and dried fruit. Light to medium bodied with high carbonation. Quite nice, but the carbonation is quite disturbing.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2013 at 13:12


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Clear amber liquid with medium white head. Aroma of flowers, earth, bread, biscuit, toast and cardboard. Tired. Taste is dry and medium bitter with notes of bread, earth and biscuit. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Nice but too old.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2013 at 06:27


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 23rd July 2013. Amber with thin ring-and-film and almost no lacing. Floral hop and elderflower aromas. Fruity and floral in-mouth, with sweet elderflower, and lemon tang which extends into fruity finish. The eventual finish is somewhat grainy and bittersweet, and the mouthfeel is slightly zingy. Rated as a novelty beer.

Tried from Cask on 28 Jul 2013 at 09:07


6.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask gravity at SIBA BF SE 2013 Tonbridge Rugby Club. Hazy mid brown no head. Ok nutty best bitter. Its ok bit sweetish. toffee. Ok esb

Tried from Cask on 13 Jul 2013 at 06:29


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Bottle. Thanks to SaintMatty) Golden amber colour with frothy, off-white head, leaving traces of lacing. Malty, fruity nose with peaches, apricots, mandarin and a touch of toast, Malty, slightly fruity taste with notes of toast, grainy malt, citrus, apricots, hints of chestnut and a dry finish with a balanced bitterness. Medium body, fairly dry. Quite nice.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2013 at 13:29


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask-conditioned at the Old Drum, Petersfield 8/6/2013. Amber with a slight,off-white head. Sweetish, cereal malts, with some hedgerow fruits and decent, bitter finish. Fine.

Tried from Cask on 10 Jun 2013 at 09:25