S43 Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Durham,
Durham,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Toronto Lodge (Sonnet 43)
Established in 2012
Closed in 2022
Contact
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.
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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can from S43. Pours a black brown colour, with a bubbly beige foam head and aroma of malt, oats, chocolate, earthy. Taste is roasty malty, oats, smokey hint, with chocolate and coffee, dried fruits, and ashy earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying roasted bitter finish. Nicely dirnkable.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2023
at 18:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
440ml can from S43. Hazed golden colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of tropical fruits, citrus, tangerine, hops. Taste is sweetish, malt, oats, caramel, fruity, peach, berry hint, citrusy, with earthy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, fruity citric bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2023
at 18:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
440ml can from S43. Clear yellow gold colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of wheat, yeasty, banana. Taste is sweetish, wheat, grainy, with fruity, yeasty, banana, milky notes, clove and mellow bitterness. Medium bodied soft carbonation, lingering fruity banana and light bitter at the finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2023
at 18:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 25 Oct 2022) Cloudy yellow colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of lemon, pineapple and passion-fruit. Fruity, hoppy taste with citrus, lemon, grapefruit, pineapple, passion-fruit, peaches, biscuity malt and a balanced citric/tropcial bitterness. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Really fresh and tasty, with generous amounts of Citra hops. Very nice.
Tried
on 06 May 2023
at 19:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can kindly shared by Finn at a rating session with him, Synny, and lmojoh. Jet black body, fawn-coloured head, scattered lacing. Slightly smoked malty nose, promising. Rounded taste profile of lightly smoked meat, hints of caramel and wood. Lingering mid-sweet ending of moderately smoked malts. Quite heavy to drink. Okay sipper promoting Yuletide feel in April. (Tromsø 13.04.2023).
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2023
at 08:12
6/10
Uklar brun med lett beige skum. Aroma byggmalt rosin tørr frukt. Smak bygg, lakris rosin alkohol mørk karamell. Fyldig, kraftig, godt øl noe alkohol drevet
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2023
at 18:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sort med beige skum som forsvinner fort. Aroma torv røyk malt karamell. Smak malt røyk sjokolade karamell. Fyldig, røyka, kraftig.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2023
at 16:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Delt med lmojoh, Rune & Synny i Dr. Lies gt. Svart. Skumring. Baconaroma. Smaken røkt flesk. Endimensjonal. Lett tørr alkoholisk avslutning.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2023
at 16:26
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Sort med lysbrun topp. Aroma: sterk røke lukt, bacon, malt, brent kaffe. Smak: bacon, malt, røkt skinke.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2023
at 16:23