Downlands Brewery

Microbrewery in Small Dole, West Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2011

Contact
Unit Z (2a) Mackley Industrial Estate, Henfield Road, Small Dole, BN5 9XE, England
Description
It’s safe to say that we like beer. In fact we like beer so much that we started our own brewery and it’s an employment requirement that everyone who joins our team is also passionate about beer. Obviously we’re a business so we have to make a profit each year so we can carry on working in the industry we love. We do that by making the best beer that we can.

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

Cask at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Apricot, peach & passionfruit aromas. Malty bitter taste. Long hoppy linger in the close.

Tried from Cask at Star & Garter on 11 Nov 2025 at 20:55


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

cask at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Thursday ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ...soft sweet dusty chocolate roast malts nose ...dark sweet chocolate roast malts ..dusty

Tried on 09 Oct 2025 at 11:08


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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Pup & Duckling, Solihull. Poured almost black in colour with a short-lived, frothy light tan head. The aroma is roasty, molasses. The flavour is big liquorice bitter, light sweet, with a smooth, dry, light chocolate, herbal, light floral, liquorice bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask at The Pup & Duckling on 27 Aug 2025 at 18:53


Tried from Draft from Cobbett's Real Ales on 21 Aug 2025 at 23:00


Tried from Cask from Cobbett's Real Ales on 21 Aug 2025 at 23:00


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

Cask at The Rook Taproom, Brighton. Stone fruit & citrus aromas. Malty bittersweet fruits in the taste. Long fruity hoppy finish.

Tried from Cask at The Rook Taproom on 04 Aug 2025 at 20:40


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7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

10/7/2025. Cask at the Ealing Beer Festival 2025. Hoppy, grassy, flowery, straw aroma. Good hoppy bitterness. Light pineapple and mango notes. Long drying bitter finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 10 Jul 2025 at 16:14


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7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

10/7/2025. Cask at the Ealing Beer Festival 2025. Good pour. Toffee, malty, fruity, bready, dried fruits. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body. Solid best.

Tried from Cask on 10 Jul 2025 at 16:07


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Tried from Cask on 21 Jun 2025 at 16:43


6

Keg at shilling. Pours hazy yellow, nose is ripe mango, onion, cream, taste is bitter, grassy, light fruit. 6

Tried on 19 Jun 2025 at 13:40


Brewery Stats
Score 6.73
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