Downlands Brewery in England - Reviews, Beers, Location & Contact

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

+44 (0)1273 495596

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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Downender (11357) reviewed Hop Contract #6 - Simcoe Centennial Waiti from Downlands Brewery 8 years ago

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

Cask-conditioned at the Bookshop, Southampton 2/7/2017. Deep gold in colour, with a thin, off-white, head. Bog citrus hop character, sweetish malts, tropical fruits, some blueberry sweetness and a dry finish. Enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 19 Jul 2017 at 06:19

5.6

Olut (21691) reviewed Cloud Physics from Downlands Brewery 8 years ago

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

Cask @ Nightjar, Hebden Bridge. Blonde with a small head. Has a deeper hoppy flavour with some sweet berry-fruit in its nose.

Tried from Cask on 06 Jul 2017 at 16:03

5.9

Anders37 (30391) reviewed Bramber from Downlands Brewery 8 years ago

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

Cask @ GBBF 2016. Pours a slightly hazy golden pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty spicy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

Tried from Cask on 05 Jul 2017 at 12:31

Convair880 (6901) reviewed WIPA from Downlands Brewery 8 years ago

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

Cask at the 26th Egham beer festival, Egham, Surrey. An orange/amber coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, tropical fruit, sorachi, coconut on the nose. Tastes hoppy, tropical fruit, sorachi, hint of coconut, sweet and bitter, quite boozy. Rather nice.

Tried from Cask on 09 May 2017 at 10:59

7.3

cagarvie (39800) reviewed Root Thirteen from Downlands Brewery 8 years ago

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

Cask at the Paisley beer festival... Golden amber.. Thin white lacing... Dry zezty lemon fruits nose.... Dry lemon fruit.. Soft lemon zezty

Tried from Cask on 05 May 2017 at 06:41

5.9

BeardedAvenger (8926) reviewed The Hidden Colour from Downlands Brewery 8 years ago

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

Cask at the Crown Inn, Dial Post. Strong citrus aroma. Dark Amber. Not much to the white head, a few whisps here and there. Initial caramel sweetness before a hoppy bitterness materialises. However there’s also a sour vinegar edge to the latter. Light bodied. An oilyness to it. Light carbonation. Long finish. Not that great. It’s OK, but not an overly pleasant edge to it.

Tried from Cask on 30 Apr 2017 at 11:23

6.9

Stuu (34926) reviewed Root Thirteen from Downlands Brewery 8 years ago

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

Cask at praf 2017. Pours clear golden, nose is peach, floral, taste is sweet, sticky fruit, toffee.

Tried from Cask on 20 Apr 2017 at 13:54

6.9

Scopey (25061) reviewed Hop Contract #1 - Cascade Galena from Downlands Brewery 8 years ago

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

Cask at Cronx. It pours clear golden with a medium white head. The aroma is fresh, bright, expressive citrus, lemon - lime, lemonade, bit of kiwi, bit pissy and a touch of biscuit. The taste is intensely bitter upfront, pine needles, resin, grassy, earth, grapefruit rind, some astringency, cheddar and a touch of bread/biscuit in the malt base with a lingering bitter - dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. If anything it’s too bitter !? Good stuff anyhow.

Tried from Cask on 29 Mar 2017 at 12:30

7.4

Scopey (25061) reviewed The Next Step from Downlands Brewery 8 years ago

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

Keg at Cronx. It pours cloudy golden with a small white head. The aroma is fresh, green hops, grass, chive, spring onion, bready and riot stone fruits. The taste is crisp, dry, bitter, grassy, green, weedy, floral, pine needles, touch of spice, citrus peel and resin with a lingering bitter - dry finish. Light - medium body and moderate carbonation. Packs a lot of flavour in, esp for the abv. Rather impressed with what Downlands get up to.

Tried on 29 Mar 2017 at 12:21

7.1

Scopey (25061) reviewed Hop Contract #6 - Simcoe Centennial Waiti from Downlands Brewery 8 years ago

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

Cask at Cronx Bar. It pours clear amber with a decent white head. The aroma is sweet, juicy, big blackcurrant vibe, raspberry leaf, fruit compote, resin, apricot jam and orange marmalade. The taste is pretty bitter, piney, resinous, wood, tannin, obvious blackcurrant character, fruit compote, nectarine, peppery spice and some brown bread base with a drying finish. Light - medium body and soft carbonation. Pretty flavoursome stuff. Good work.

Tried from Cask on 07 Feb 2017 at 11:18

Brewery Stats

Score	6.73
Beers	107
Ticks	292

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