Downton Chimera German Pale Ale

Brewed by Downton
Style: Bitter
Salisbury, England

Serve in English pint

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Yellow with a lasting white head. Grainy malt and floral hop aroma. Dry and husky malt flavour

Cask, Criterion, Leicester. Clear gold with a white foam. Aromas are an abundance of cereal with mellow lemon and caramel. Lots of garlic from the garlic bread in the room. Flavours are sweet cereal with caramel and cardboard. Spritzy yeast with lemon and light honey. Floral with a dry finish. Lots of lager aspects without actually being anything like a lager - still decent.

Cask conditioned at The Turf Tavern, Oxford. Gold with slight head. easily more of a British bitter than anything German in character. Dry, lighlty hoppy, cereal malt a little toasted. Some bittersweet notes, reasonably drinkable and refreshing.

Cask @ The Old Fountain. Clear gold with a lasting white head. Grassy hop nose, a little fruit and grainy malt. Has a strange pistacio nut note that I can only assume is the yeast? Flavor is much the same, slightly wheaty with a bittersweet linger. Decent but more of a British take on German really.

Cask (handpump) @ Wenlock Arms, Islington, London N1, England.
Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, straw, toasted, moderate hoppy, grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. (030808)

Cask-conditioned at the Bag ONails, Bristol 18/9/08. Deep gold in colour with a decent, white head. Sweetish aroma with some apricots, floral hops and a touch of citrus. Easy drinking with a whiff of caramel, summer fruit and a decent bitter finish. Very drinkable.

Cask at Lytham Beer Festival. Light amber colour. a nice honey and wheaty flavour in the mouth. rather nice

Cask, 4.2% at the Wenlock Arms. Creamy and flowery hop aroma. Clear golden colour. Very small white head. Good bitterness, medium and clean. Creamy mouthfeel. Quite good.

Cask, gold coloured, aroma of grapefruit and fresh hops with a hint of honey. Sharp clean taste, malty with more grapefruit and a long bitter finish.

Cask. Golden colour, small white head, lacing. Aroma is honey, wood and some mild notes of bready- and fruityness. Flavour is fruits, wood and some yeast. Rather pleasant, though not too special in the flavour.