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 on 12 Jul 2023 at 14:12


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

(Cask at Cock Tavern, Hackney, London, 25 Nov 2022) Cloudy golden colour with brief head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of citrus, grapefruit and resin. Fruity, hoppy taste with citrus, grapefruit, lemon, pine needles, resin, peachy malt and a generous citric/piney bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Fruity and juicy, with a rich hop profile. Nice one.

Tried from Cask on 29 May 2023 at 20:37


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 25th April 2023. Deep sepia with pale tan foam affording partial lacing. Rich and intense roasty aroma. Coffee and bitter chocolate roastiness in-mouth with a hint of sour cherry. A resounding roasty malt finish with increasing amounts of bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel and a medium body. Fabulous.

Tried from Cask at Southampton Arms on 25 Apr 2023 at 17:31


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at EBF April 23. Aroma is roasty and coffee. Murky darkest brown. Frothy foamy beige head. Heavy bitter coffee. Tart berries. Light-medium bodied. Flat carbonation. Long astringent finish. So so.

Tried from Cask on 06 Apr 2023 at 11:46


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Tap and Can. Clear gold pour, small white head. Light floral hop aroma, taste firmly rooted in a traditional English pale mindset, mild noble hops, bitter close. Ok trad pale.

Tried from Cask on 16 Mar 2023 at 18:32


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

Keg at Anchor Tap, Croxley, Hertfordshire. A black coloured pour with a healthy beige head on top. Sweet, malty, creamy, chocolate, vanilla taste/aroma. Nice stout but overly sweet.

Tried from Draft on 14 Mar 2023 at 22:37


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Half-pint, draught at Thomas Tallis Alehouse. Shared with Finn. Huge white head that laces well, cloudy golden body. Hints of tropical fruits on the nose. Moderate flavours of berry-fruits with juicy malts in the background. Smooth fruity end. Accepted. (Canterbury 11.02.2023).

Tried from Can on 03 Mar 2023 at 08:15


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ Tap and Can. Pours dark with a creamy off-white head. Very roasty, seems more akin to an Irish dry stout, little of the NE yeast coming through. Decent tho..

Tried from Cask on 28 Feb 2023 at 21:43


7

Tried on 18 Feb 2023 at 18:39


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

Dark brown, near black with a frothy/creamy tan head. Nice roasty stout with coffee notes and a dry finish.

Tried from Cask at Tap and Can on 17 Feb 2023 at 22:40