S43 Brewery

Microbrewery in Durham, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Toronto Lodge (Sonnet 43)

Established in 2012

Closed in 2022

Contact
Coxhoe, Durham, DH6 4HX, England
Description
Changed name from Sonnet 43 to S43 in 2019.

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.

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Tried from Can on 30 Oct 2023 at 17:09


7.1
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.

Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2023 at 17:38


6.1
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.

Tried on 24 Oct 2023 at 11:07


8.1
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.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2023 at 21:25


7.4
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.

Tried from Can on 12 Aug 2023 at 18:54


7.5
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.

Tried from Can on 12 Aug 2023 at 18:48


7.2
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.

Tried on 29 Jul 2023 at 17:53


8
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.

Tried from Can on 23 Jul 2023 at 19:06


7.1
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

Tried from Can on 23 Jul 2023 at 18:58


7.6
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.

Tried from Can on 23 Jul 2023 at 18:54