Downton Brewery was set up 20 years ago and is based in Wiltshire. The can declares Secret Sobriety as "a low alcohol beer" but the description pitches it as an IPA. It comes in a 330ml can and has an ABV of 0.5%. The ingredients are listed as Avon water, malted barley and hops. The latter are Willamette, Azacca and Celeia, but the first two have subsequently been swapped out for Styrian Dana and Wolf. The beer is golden coloured and creates a good head upon dispensing. On the nose it is seriously hoppy. The body is light and well-rounded and delivers a delicious and balanced range of flavours - at once floral, resinous, piney and a touch herbal. The strong hop character follows through into the finish. Hopefully the tweaked recipe will be as good as this, because this is the best IPA I've had in a good while.
5 / 5
