S43 Brewery
Microbrewery
in Durham,
Durham,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Toronto Lodge (Sonnet 43)
Established in 2012
Closed in 2022
We started life back in 2012, focusing on developing our own British Style Cask Ales out of Country Durham based Brew House.
Back then we were known as Sonnet 43 back then (inspired by the Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who was born and raised in Coxhoe, County Durham, the village our brewery calls home).
Three years into our brewing, in 2015 we had doubled production year on year and expanded our team and range of ales, including the award winning Raven and Aurora.
Another three busy years of brewing our beloved Cask Ales and, we noticed a change in our palettes. Whilst, we were still chugging cask specials at a rate of knots, we were getting excited by some of the more hop-forward flavours from over the pond.
This is when we got in touch with the Texan, to come and develop the craft arm of the brewery.
Brewing ceased at the end of 2022.
danlo (12875) reviewed American Pale Ale from S43 Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle from the Crafty Pint, Darlington market. Golden amber colour, thin white head leaving some lacing and spicy hop aroma. Taste is caramel malt with woody grapefruit hop and a lingering dry bitterness. Smooth mouth feel, light to medium bodied, well carbonated. OK.
danlo (12875) reviewed India Pale Ale from S43 Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at Voodoo Cafe Bar in Darlington. Clear orange amber colour, creamy fine white head leaving lots of lacing and malty hoppy aroma. Smooth deep bitterness with caramel, resiny citrus hop, and earthy, sourish notes. Medium bodied, gives a lingering back of the throat bitter finish. Nice satisfying IPA.
danlo (12875) reviewed Steam Beer Amber Ale from S43 Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at the Quakerhouse Darlington. Brown amber colour, tan head and slight malt aroma. Tangy sour bitter malt taste with caramel, roast malt and nutty notes. Watery body, lingering bitterness, OK.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.87 |
| Beers | 224 |
| Ticks | 1173 |
Top Reviewers (Not including batches)
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danlo | 140 |
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Grumbo | 74 |
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Stuu | 49 |
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Mr_Pink_152 | 49 |
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allmyvinyl | 43 |
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Olut | 36 |
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fonefan | 31 |
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jamestulloch | 31 |
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Rasmus40 | 29 |
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cagarvie | 27 |