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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6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Half at the Selborne Arms. Recommended by the barlady and a good pour with a great colour. Reasonable beer, but maybe a bit sour.

Tried from Cask on 12 Apr 2025 at 17:23


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

Cask @ Gatwick Airport, Wetherspoons. 23/03/2025.
Poured amber and clear in color.
Caramel, biscuity malts some light sweetness that turns drier towards finish.

Tried on 24 Mar 2025 at 13:14


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the Alexander graham bell. Pours clear golden, nose is toffee, floral, grass, taste is bready, hay, light bitterness. 6/5/6/6/5.5

Tried on 17 Mar 2025 at 07:37


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the AG Bell. Pours clear pale gold with a thin white head. Standard lemon and biscuit jobby. Thin finish.

Tried on 11 Mar 2025 at 14:50


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

Old rating from 2018 - 500ml bottle, pours hazy golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, herbs, biscuit & hops. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2025 at 23:29


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Pint from the cask at Sandrock, Wrecclesham. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of flora, citrus & light hops. Moderate body. Soft mild bitter finish. Enjoyable

Tried from Cask on 20 Jan 2025 at 14:09


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Pint from the cask at The Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Portsmouth. Pours a very dark brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of dark berries, coffee, nuts & dark roasted malt. Medium body. Sweet finish. Very enjoyable

Tried from Cask on 14 Jan 2025 at 08:34


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

First beer of the bus replacement beer crawl. Buttery, caramel, melty and bready. Watery, grainy bitter finish

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 09:34


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Cornfield Garage, Eastbourne. Poured a crystal clear yellow golden colour with a thin white head. The aroma is yeasty, floral hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a fresh, smooth, light yeasty, floral hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Liked this!

Tried from Cask at Cornfield Garage (JDW) on 03 Jan 2025 at 15:15


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from lowcostbeer.com consumed 3 months past BBE. Pours a cloudy gold, some sediment, big foamy head. Aroma has a lemon pith, grass and dusty grain aroma. Low carbonation, semi drying, light to mid bodied and slick. Quite a subdued flavour with pleasant enough malts and a grassy and citric note.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:04