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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7/10
Tried on 09 Nov 2016 at 21:03

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask handpull at The Admiral Brighton. Clear amber colour lasting white head. Good malty beer. Some hop on the finish but its all about the malts. Pretty good toffee.
Tried from Cask on 08 Oct 2016 at 09:11

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Gravity dispense at EBF ’24, 04/08/16. Pale golden blonde with a rather limited head. Nose is citric sherbets, tangerine, straw, orange pith. Taste comprises orange peel, melon, citric kissed straw, toasted bread, light malt bill. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light citric driven hop bitterness. Ok cask sessioner.
Tried from Cask on 05 Sep 2016 at 10:07


6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask gravity @ 24th Egham Beer Festival. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak citrus hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2016 at 04:16

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Sampled @ GBBF Day 2. Clear orange golden color, small white head. Smell and taste malts, quite nicely hoppy, hop bitter finish with a nice slight hint of pine. Didn’t start out so great but in the end I quite like it.
Tried on 16 Aug 2016 at 16:09

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Gbbf. Klares orange goldenes Bier. Geruch mild zitronig hopfig, gering harzig. Geschmack süß malzig, karamellig, blumig hopfig.
Tried on 10 Aug 2016 at 08:46

5/10
A golden ale with some American hops. Not very interesting. Try some Proc; TH or something on the East Coast before attempting this style.
Tried from Can at The Ale House on 28 Jul 2016 at 20:19

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Calans, Hebden Bridge. Golden with a thin head. Hoppy ale that feels stronger in its body and taste than it probably should. Nevertheless its a sturdy golden ale.
Tried from Cask on 09 Jul 2016 at 16:53

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Evening Star, Brighton. It pours black with a thick tan head. The aroma is sweet, rather fruity, jammy berry, fruit compote, toffee, vanilla, toasted marshmallow and Dandelin & Burdock. The taste is smooth, rich roasted malt, coffee, earth, berry fruits, sasparilla, wood, leather, peppery spice, charred wood with a dry, roasted finish. Medium + body and fine, foamy carbonation. Interesting and flavoursome. Nice stuff.
Tried from Cask on 28 May 2016 at 06:13