Durham Brewery

Microbrewery in Bowburn, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Durham Brewery
Associated Webshop: Durham Brewery

Established in 1994

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Unit 6a, Bowburn North Industrial Estate, Bowburn, DH6 5PF, England
Description
The brewery was set up by former music teachers Steve and Christine Gibbs in 1994. The Durham Brewery produces a wide range of cask and bottle-conditioned ales. The brewery has a ten barrel plant but with a 20 barrel mash tun for the stronger ales, four 10-barrel fermenters and various conditioning tanks for bottled beer with a warm room for bottle conditioning. All production is onsite, including bottling, and it is company policy that there be no filtration and no pasteurisation. The brewery motto is “Perfected”. Despite all our years, this family owned brewery is still small, preferring to concentrate on perfecting beers rather than manufacturing volume.

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6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten reduced. Golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and light aroma of fruit, citrus, hops. Taste is malt, grain, caramel, tangy, fruity, citrusy, with earthy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 24 May 2026 at 11:53

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten reduced. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of citrus, hops. Taste is malt, grain, biscuit, with zesty citrus, grapefruit, wood, and hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbobation, dry hoppy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 24 May 2026 at 11:39

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten Free. Black colour, beige foam head and aroma of dark malt, chocolate, caramel, coffee. Taste is sweet, roasty malt, dark chocolate, brown sugar, caramel with coffee and earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, sweet chocolatey roasty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 21 May 2026 at 19:01

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
bottle at home ...amber ..thin white lacing ...soft sweet tropical fruit nose ...dry puthy citrus fruit ..big grapefruit
Tried on 01 May 2026 at 13:44

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the bow bar. Pours black, nose is chocolate, maple, toffee, vanilla, taste is sticky maple, sweet, liquorice, chocolate. 8/7/8/8/7
Tried on 24 Apr 2026 at 14:17

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Cask at the blue blazer. Pours black, nose is huge rose, floral, chocolate, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, rose. 8/8/7/7/7
Tried on 24 Apr 2026 at 14:14

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club Spring Beer Festival 2026. Golden colour, thin white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of fruit, citrus, hops. Taste is sweetish, malty, caramel, fruity, citrus, with mellow hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying hoppy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 22 Apr 2026 at 18:38

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club Spring Beer Festival 2026. Golden colour, thin white foam head and aroma of malt, grain, hops. Taste is tangy, malty, grainy, with citrus, and woody hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 22 Apr 2026 at 18:36

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club Spring Beer Festival 2026. Golden colour, thin bubbly white foam head and aroma of citrus, hops. Taste is malty, grain, fruity, citrus, pine, with hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying citric bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 22 Apr 2026 at 17:56

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
Third of a pint on cask at the Queen (Crafthouse).
Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness.
Tried from Cask at The Queen Crafthouse on 20 Apr 2026 at 11:33