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Downton Industrial Estate, Unit 11, Batten Road, Downton, SP5 3HU, England
Description
We at Downton Brewery dare to be different!; Brewing an eclectic range to excite the senses is our goal, and has been ever since we began brewing in 2003. With a passionate team, using the best ingredients, we hope you enjoy the beers as much as we do!
Our philosophy is to utilise the best ingredients creating a variety of styles to delight every drinker. English malts and exciting hop varieties from around the world are blended and experimented with in a range of regulars and one-off specials alike. As well as award-winning session bitters, our hop forward APAs, Imperial Stout and IPA and speciality ales ensure there is plenty of choice all year round.
Our philosophy is to utilise the best ingredients creating a variety of styles to delight every drinker. English malts and exciting hop varieties from around the world are blended and experimented with in a range of regulars and one-off specials alike. As well as award-winning session bitters, our hop forward APAs, Imperial Stout and IPA and speciality ales ensure there is plenty of choice all year round.
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Queens Hea, Stourbridge. Pours pale gold with a small head. Aroma is grainy vanilla and straw. Taste is sweet with grainy lemon.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2019
at 19:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Bree Louise. Very clear amber colour with small white bubbly head Aroma is very grainy and a bit stinky. Quite thin. Taste is grainy, malty. Finish is a more sweet and less skunky. --- Beer merged from original tick of Rye Smile on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:06 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6. Original review text: Cask at Bree Louise. Very clear amber colour with small white bubbly head Aroma is very grainy and a bit stinky. Quite thin. Taste is grainy, malty. Finish is a more sweet and less skunky.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Lych Gate, Wolverhampton Agricultural nose – grass and leaves. Pours a clear golden yellow with persistent white head. In the mouth there is a lemony sweetness, with also grapefruit. But with biscuity undertones as well. Some hoppiness comes through at the finish. Quite quaffable.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Sep 2019
at 22:19
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jun 2019
at 14:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity cask. Pours lightly hazed pale golden with a loose white head. Aroma: biscuit malts, floral, elderflower, light citrus. Taste: light sweet & bitter, dry, lemon, grapefruit, elderflower. Dry finish with some hop bite. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation
Tried
from Cask
on 27 May 2019
at 11:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity poured half-pint at the 23rd Codsall Station beer festival on 3rd May 2019 (as Mad Hare). Slight haze to the copper body, white crown on top. Piney hop nose, the taste also hop forward with a trace of heat from ginger. Decent.
Tried
on 08 May 2019
at 14:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Downton Junga Juice ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat - grain, pale malt, sweet malt, light to moderate hoppy, light herbs, light to moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, fruity malt, fruity hops, bread, light floral - herbal. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170809] 6-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Apr 2019
at 07:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Guildford arms. Pours deep reddish brown, nose is plenty of fudge, roasted, coffee, taste is chewy, caramel, vanilla, chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Dec 2018
at 13:58
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Swan Oldbury. A golden yellow coloured pour with a lasting sticky white head. Aroma is grassy citrus, earthy, light tang. Earthy grains. Flavour is composed of earthy grains, grassy hop, some esters, light lemon rind. Palate is semi sweet, ok condition.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Dec 2018
at 16:09
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample@GBBF2018, London, with the Malmö crew - pours golden with a white head. Sweet pale bready malty, light doughy yeast, with some citrus fruity notes, hay, straw, medium to light body, fruity and grassy hoppy finish.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2018
at 12:42