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

Cask at Ealing beer festival 2010. Golden coloured pour with a medium white head. Nice fruity/hoppy aroma. Tastes hoppy, fruity, malty, sweet. A quality session beer.

Tried from Cask on 10 Jul 2010 at 03:09


6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Southampton Arms on 1st July 2010. Hazy amber with cream-white head. Bitter hoppiness and citrus notes harmonise together but are up against an underlying "ashiness" that seems to detract rather than add o the experience of the beer. As with all my lower ratings I am quite happy to be proved wrong!

Tried from Cask on 01 Jul 2010 at 16:54


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

Cask handpull at Market Porter. Chestnut colour. lasting off white head. Bit cold. Fruity malty bitter, lots of malt. Lots of fruit. Pretty good beer from a very good brewery.

Tried from Cask on 29 Mar 2010 at 09:08


5.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

[Cask at the Bootleggers, High Wycombe] Rather anaemic golden colour, negligible head. Grassy hops, some light floral notes and a bit of wee-wee (well, like I imagine wee-wee would taste, I have no plans of actually trying it to find out...). A disappointment after their excellent Maximus.

Tried from Cask on 27 Jan 2010 at 15:14


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

[Cask at the Bootlegger, High Wycombe] Russet with a moderate off-white head. Big, rich fruit and toffee flavour, little bitterness, slips down as smooth as you like. Loved it. Is this the perfect after-work pint?

Tried from Cask on 27 Jan 2010 at 15:09


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours a clear brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty nutty aroma. Roasted malty caramel flavor with some nutty hints and some hints of smoke. Has a roasted malty caramel finish.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2010 at 01:48


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask at GBBF 09 ... golden ... bright lemon hop nose ... zezty sherbert hop ... fresh bright and clean lemon.

Tried from Cask on 20 Sep 2009 at 07:43


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

(Cask at GBBF, London Earl’s Court, 6 Aug 2009) Pale yellow colour with frothy, white head. Fruity nose with citrus, pineapple and grass. Fruity taste with notes of grass, tropical fruit, pineapple and citrus. A rahter mild but aromatic citrussy bitterness in the finish. Rather light body, fairly sweet. Nice and tasty.

Tried from Cask on 05 Sep 2009 at 13:38


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

(Cask at Swann, Liverpool, 18 July 2009) Amber colour with brief, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with orange peel and marmalade. Fruity, malty taste with notes of caramel, orange peel and a bittersweet, earthy bitterness. Nice beer with a good balance between malt and hops.

Tried from Cask on 13 Aug 2009 at 15:08


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap at Biter Virtue ... copper ... sweet toffee malts nose ... bright zingy hop ... light fruits ... soft toffee balance.

Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2009 at 04:20