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.
Robin Svensson (13124) ticked Pumpkin Pumpkin Imperial from S43 Brewery 2 years ago
danlo (13133) reviewed Key Lime Pie Sour from S43 Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
440ml can from S43. Clear golden colour, foamy white head and aroma of lemon-lime, ice cream. Taste is sour, lime, with a vanilla ice-cream note, tart citric rind, and some saltiness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying sour lime finish. Nicely drinkable.
IpaPils (12224) reviewed Smoked Santa from S43 Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Svart med lys brunt skum. Røkt lukt, noe sjokolade. Middels fylde og bitterhet. Smaker mørk sjokolade, salt lakris og noe røkt.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed DCLXVI from S43 Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12/8/2023. Bottle shared at RigaGP bottle share. From Hopsters, Ipswich. Bottle 29/520. Pours close to black with a small frothy tan coloured head. Aroma is dark malts, smoky, wood, chocolate, dark fruits, berries, liquorice, molasses. Medium sweetness with developing bitterness. Medium to full body, very smooth, soft to flat carbonation. Enjoyable.
danlo (13133) reviewed Mythical Beast Bandwagon from S43 Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
440ml can from S43. Clear bright golden colour, thin white foam head and aroma of fruity peach, belgium yeast. Taste is sweet, candy, fruity, banana, melon, yeasty, with some booze and spicy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying fruity boozy spicy finish. Nicely drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed Pineapple Mango Daiquiri Sour from S43 Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
440ml can from S43. 6.7%. Murky orange colour, yellow foam head and aroma of mango, fruity, bready. Taste is sour, sweet, juicy mango, pineapple, apricot, fruity, some malt, oats, grain and vanilla, with mellow light bitterness. Smooth juicy mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, lingering sour finish. Nicely drinkable.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Freshly Squeezed from S43 Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Panda at home, thanks to Ed Danlo, 29/07/23. Murky marmalade orange with a good sized light egg shell white cap. Nose is orange pith, grass, ripe melon, grapefruit, mixed tropical fruits. Taste comprises bitter orange, citric tinged straw, grass, papaya, ripe melon, pine needle. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness. Decent enough IPA.
danlo (13133) reviewed Diamond Hands from S43 Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
440ml can from S43. Clear orangey amber brown colour, bubbly beige foam dead and aroma of malt caramel, bready, citrus, raisins. Taste is sweet barley malt, caramel, toffee, dried fruity, bready, with orange marmalade citrus and earthy spicy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying nutty boozy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed McJuicy from S43 Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
440ml can from S43. Hazy gold colour, white foam head leaving alittle lacing and aroma of sweet tropical, pineapple, citrus, hops. Taste is sweet, malt, caramel, juicy fruits, pineapple, orange grapefruit, pine with tangy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
danlo (13133) reviewed Chad from S43 Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
440ml can from S43. Hazy orange gold colour, white foam head and aroma of tropical fruits, orange citrus, hops. Taste is sweet, malt, grains, juicy fruits, passionfruit, orange, citrusy, zesty, with resiny hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, fruity hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.