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 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2026 at 20:44

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
St Anne's Summer Seaside Day.Out Beer#2. Clear blonde coloured session starter as my first 'beer' of the day in Saint Anne's. Light textured hoppy brew goes down well in the sunshine, and I am in the sunshine.
Tried from Cask at The Hop Shoppe on 13 Aug 2026 at 19:14

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten reduced. Hazed golden colour, white foam.head and aroma of fruit, citrus, hops. Taste is malt, grain, stone fruit, grapefruit, with citric hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbobation, dry tangy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 09 Aug 2026 at 18:07

7.6/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Taste Of Northumbria. Hazy deep golden body with an off-white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of orange and straw. Flavour of orange and flower stems. Medium body with a frothy mouthfeel. Very fizzy. Bright and zesty. Decent.
Tried from Bottle from A Taste Of Northumbria on 08 Aug 2026 at 09:22

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten reduced. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of citrus, zest, hops. Taste is malt, caramel, fruity, citrusy, with hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying hoppy bittet finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2026 at 13:28

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Cask at Tipsy Turtle, Stockton. Low Gluten. Black brown colour, biege foam head and aroma of chocolate, malt, caramel, nut. Taste is sweet, dark malt, chocolatey, caramel, with peanut notes and roasty, earthy bitterness. Smooth, medium bodied, soft bitterness, sweet roast malty nutty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2026 at 13:06

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Tried from Cask at Crown & Kettle on 06 Jul 2026 at 11:45

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at The Other Side, Darlington. Gluten Reduced. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of malt, citric hops. Taste is malty, grain, with peach, pine, citrus, and earthy herbal hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Cask at The Other Side on 04 Jul 2026 at 16:40

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample at the Queen (Crafthouse).
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Lots of chocolate
Tried from Cask at The Queen Crafthouse on 16 Jun 2026 at 08:41

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
bottle at home ...deep brown black ...thin tan lacing ..soft sweet milky chocolate roast malts light raspberry nose ...milky lught bitter chocolate roast malts ..Light bitter chocolate ..soft dry chocolate
Tried on 12 Jun 2026 at 12:10