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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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Strugglers Inn, Lincoln. Off black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are nutty and chocolate, slight bitter, hints off berry fruit. Medium body.

Tried from Cask on 05 Oct 2024 at 12:48


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at The Robin, Crouch Hill, London. My 2200th brewery rated on 'ere. Pours black with creamy tan to beige foam. Aroma: roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, cream. Taste: moderate sweet & bitter, follows the aroma. Medium body with foamy carbonation. Nice tackle.

Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2024 at 22:31


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

Gravity cask at the 30th Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms, 06/09/24.
Golden blonde topped with white spotting that retains.
Nose is juicy citric flesh, soft malts, melon, mandarin.
Taste comprises orange zest, pineapple, mandarin, papaya, soft malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy cask IPA.

Tried on 06 Sep 2024 at 12:08


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Gravity cask at the 30th Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms, 06/09/24.
Lighter shade of black topped with a tan head that soon seeps out to the edge.
Nose is chocolate, roast malts, charr, dried fruit esters.
Taste comprises mellow roast, chocolate biscuit, toasted brown sugar, toffee.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Tidy enough cask porter.

Tried on 06 Sep 2024 at 12:04


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

Cask at the Wellington, Brummy vice Cotts Bimble, 03/08/24. Light golden blonde topped with a white cap that retains well. Nose is citric zest, sharp lemon, grass, airy malts. Taste comprises citric sherbets, grass, orange peel, citric tinged straw, melon. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with a light bitter edge. Tidy enough cask pale.

Tried from Cask on 01 Sep 2024 at 08:51


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Gravity cask at the 33rd Ealing Beer Festival, 12/07/24. Lightly hazed orange with an off white cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is orange peel, grass, biscuit, herb. Taste comprises melon, papaya, grass, mandarin. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow hop bitterness. Okay pale.

Tried from Cask on 23 Aug 2024 at 16:52


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

Gravity cask at the 33rd Ealing Beer Festival, 12/07/24. Moderate haze on an orange pour topped with an off white swirl. Nose is orange zest, grass, toasted malts, melon. Taste comprises citric tinged straw, tangerine, hint of pineapple, grass, soft malts. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close spiked with mellow hop bitterness. Okay cask pale.

Tried from Cask on 23 Aug 2024 at 16:49


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask gravity at the Watford beer festival 2024. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a loose off white head. Aroma is nice fruity, mango, orange, juicy fruit, . Flavour is composed of semi sweet, chewy hop, mango, peach melba vanilla, chewy toffee. Warming alcohol. Palate is semi sweet, chewy, rounded body, moderate carbonation. Nice ipa.

Tried from Cask on 22 Aug 2024 at 20:34


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

Cask at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Copper coloured pour with a beige head. Orchard fruit & toffee aromas. Same in the flavour with a splosh of vanilla. Oodles of bitterness in the close.

Tried from Cask on 22 Aug 2024 at 20:00


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

Gravity dispense at the Royston, Broadstairs, 20/07/24. Dark mahogany brown with a reddish topped with a beige cap that veers edgewards. Nose is cocoa powder, dried fruit rinds, toffee, nutty. Taste comprises fruit slice, toasted brown sugar, brown bread, malt forward, chocolate dusting. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close. Tidy porter.

Tried on 05 Aug 2024 at 11:36