Regular Beers

Quadhop

Quadhop, 3.9%

This remains our most popular session bitter. Four varieties of hops (Challenger, East Kent Goldings, Pioneer, and Styrian Goldings) provide a full range of floral and citrus aromas, and a moreish bitterness that drinks superbly down the glass.

Elderquad

Elderquad, 4.0%:

A pale generously hopped session beer. Hints of sweetness, and a subtle elderflower aroma, provide a terrific balance to the hops. A real thirstquencher!

Honey Blonde

Honey Blonde, 4.3%:

A golden straw coloured bitter. A superb blend of spicy and floral hops, added to the smooth sweetness imparted by Flaked Maize and Mexican honey, make this a beer that never hangs around for long! Champion Beer at the Alton Beer Festival 2008, and also available in bottle.

Honey Blonde is a light and refreshing blonde/golden ale, with subtle hints of honey and softly sweet malt. The finish is crisp and refreshing.

Dark Delight

Dark Delight, 5.5%:

A complex, dark brown ale combining subtle coffee and chocolate flavours with a rich, hoppy aroma. Also available in bottle, at the increased ABV of 6.0%.

Downton Brewery's Chimera Dark Delight is a strong dark ale, brewed in Wiltshire. Dark roasted berry and caramel characters sink deep into fantastic roasted bitter flavours which linger long into the finish.

Chimera I.P.A

Chimera I.P.A. 7.0%:

A traditional India Pale Ale, brewed with a hugely increased hop rate for a strong, floral aroma, and a powerful, bitter taste. This award winning IPA is seriously drinkable, but deceptively strong…. not a beer to be taken lightly! Available in bottle at 7.0% ABV.

Downton Brewery Chimera IPA is a truly classic IPA.
Chimera is bursting with resin and hoppy flavours.
Chimera packs quite a punch, as a traditional IPA should.
Chimera would certainly win in a fight against Greene King IPA & Deuchars IPA's softer, less traditional alternatives. A great match with spicy foods, your favourite curry, or a peppered steak.
A true traditional IPA. Strong, hoppy and refreshing. Bursting with hoppy resin flavours and citrus, this is an IPA with a bite. Light enough in flavour to be refreshing for the summer, yet strong enough to be warming in the winter.

IPAs (India Pale Ales) were originally designed for export to the British Army out in India – the higher levels of hops and alcohol both acting as preservatives to keep the beer in top condition during the long hot sea voyage. IPA’s were developed to stop soldiers drinking the ridiculously strong local tipple – arrack, which, combined with infected water, was putting close to one third of the army out of action.
Chimera will quench the thirst of even the most parched soldier! The Empire, and therefore civilisation, was built because of beers like this.

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