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


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


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


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


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


6

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


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

keg at shilling ...hazy amber ...thin white lacing ...soft sweet tropical fruit nose ...soft sweet tropical cheesy green fruit nose

Tried on 19 Jun 2025 at 12:37


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

(Cask at Evening Star, 20250608) The beer poured golden and clear. Its head was small and white. Aroma had grass, honey, fruitiness and grain. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were grass, fruitiness, honey pine and bitterness. Aftertaste was pine, honey and bitterness. Tasty.

Tried from Cask at The Evening Star on 08 Jun 2025 at 14:30


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Guildford Arms. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of floral hops, citrus and bread. Taste is lemon pith, more bread. Light astringent finish.

Tried on 22 May 2025 at 12:58