Downton Swelter

Formerly brewed at Downton
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Salisbury, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask conditioned @ Waterloo Arms, Soton. Pale colour. Light firm malt flavours and lots of grassy herbal hops which leads into a good bitter finish with an almost piney quality. Not especially germanic in quality (germanic script and german flag colours on pumpclip) but perhaps a twist on some of those flavours. Very good and drinkable.

Cask conditioned at The Masons Arms, Oxford. Pale straw with no head. This was just put on so couldn’t have been fresher, but what a poor beer. Initial big eggy smell, heavy burtonisation I would think, then a chemical, perfumed body masking the flavours I would have expected, it was not popular in a pub full of Ale drinkers.

Draught at The Rake, London. Pale golden with almost no head. Good hoppy nose with apples. Flavours are well-balanced, fruity, ending dry. Rather flat. I have tasted better from Downton.