Durham Brewery Evensong

Evensong

 

Durham Brewery in Bowburn, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.63
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 54
The recipe is based upon an original beer made by Whitakers of Halifax in 1937.
A smooth well balanced traditional ruby bitter. Five different malts including crystal and amber create a rich toffee/cherry flavour. Earthy Fuggles and Goldings hops combine in a smooth English character with hints of kiwifruit and toffee.
Great with sausages or a Sunday roast. Also good with mature cheddar.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts. New brewery for me. Clear ruby-brown colour with small off-white head. Bready malt aroma with caramel, fruit and spice. Lovely balance to the flavour with malt, nuts, chocolate, fruit, spice and a grassy bitterness. Medium bodied, fairly soft carbonation for the style. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:02


7

Tried on 23 Aug 2024 at 22:25


20/01/2012. CRAFT BEER CO, 82 Leather Lane, LONDON, EC1, England

Tried on 27 Nov 2022 at 13:45


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Large foamy tan head grew on ruby coloured still body. Fruity, caramel &alt aroma. Medium bodied, highly carbonated with a sharp back. Sweet fruity berries, toffee & malt tastes with an extremely bitter tangy finish. Decent.

Tried on 30 Oct 2021 at 17:01


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

500ml bottle. Pours ruby amber with a beige head. Aroma: fruity, nutty, caramel, earthy hints. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, caramel, toffee, fruity. Light to medium body with light carbonation

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2021 at 20:16


8.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

500 ml bottle, bought in Scarborough. Bottle conditioned. ABV is 5.0%. Copper coloured beer with a large and lasting creamy tan head. Pleasant aroma of fruity hops and malt. Lovely malty flavour with some caramel and fruity hops. A very nice and drinkable beer indeed.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2021 at 16:47


6

Bottle from the brewery. Deep amber colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are malty chocolate dried fruity and toffee. Smooth body.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2020 at 18:25


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at the Karntner fest in Austria. Ruby amber color pretty clear and bright, ivory foam. Nose: nutty, yeast is there and mild, cherries a bit. Mouth: cherries, nuts, elegant, balanced and drinkable. Well-brewed.

Tried from Draft on 09 Jun 2018 at 16:18


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Reddish brown with large off white head. I wonder whether this has been kept a bit warm too long, but it's well in date. 3- A: toffee, red berries, earth, spices. Lightish bodied but a slow drinker. Fairly dry despite some toffee and red fruit. Firm bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2017 at 06:52


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle @ Cotteridge Wines. Clear amber brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, fruity and light hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 270717

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2017 at 12:38