Durham Brewery

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

Established in 1994

Contact
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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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Sample on cask at the Queen.
Medium creamy white head. Hazy golden pour. Light bitterness

Tried from Cask at Queen (Crafthouse & Kitchen) on 17 Mar 2026 at 16:09

gave a cheers!

6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Third of a pint on cask at the Queen.
Medium creamy white head. Hazy golden pour. Light bitterness

Tried from Cask at Queen (Crafthouse & Kitchen) on 15 Mar 2026 at 20:18


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Mitchell’s Wines. Hazed deep slightly gingery gold. Solid lasting white head. Pretty punchy hoppage here. Very twangy and vinous. White grape to the fore. Bit of pink grapefruit. Bit of nectarine. Lean malts in the background. Taste is light dry and moderately bitter. Decent body overall. Light slightly vinous finish.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2026 at 18:59


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten Reduced. Orangey golden amber colour, white foam head and aroma of malt caramel, fruity, hops. Taste is tangy, malty, caramel, fruits, gooseberry, grape, orangey, citrus, with earthy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 14 Mar 2026 at 17:02


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at Chapel, Middlesbrough. Gluten Reduced. Black colour, beige foam head leaving lacing and aroma of wagon wheels, chocolate, raspberry jam, vanilla. Taste is sweet, chocolate, malt, biscuit, with raspberry jammy notes, roast, coffee, and earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, sweet chocolatey bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Cask at Chapel on 06 Mar 2026 at 18:27


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

My thoughts are now turning to the Wigan Beer Festival tomorrow where my next beer will come from, this last before is a golden coloured brew with plenty of bitterness about it, although it's a hoppy ale in design.

Tried from Cask at Flying Horse Hotel on 05 Mar 2026 at 22:18


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Teesside Beery Day Out Beer#2. Not quite black, milky in taste, a little sticky-sweet in texture. It does feel smooth in the palate though, and the milkiness of the sweet tasting roasted malts is flavoursome.

Tried from Cask at The Twisted Lip on 06 Feb 2026 at 23:20

gave a cheers!

6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Darlington Snooker Club, Darlington. Goldrn colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, citrus. Taste is malt, grain, biscuit, with fruity hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying bitter finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 30 Jan 2026 at 18:04


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at Half Moon, Darlington. Gluten Reduced. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of citrus, hops. Taste is malt, grain, zesty, citrusy, with tangy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying citric hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Cask at Half Moon (Crafty Pint) on 17 Jan 2026 at 18:12


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten Reduced. Orangey gold colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of caramel, citrus, hops. Taste is malty, caramel, orange citrus, zesty, pine, with resiny earthy hop bitterness. Medijm bodied, soft carbonation, drying hopped bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 16 Jan 2026 at 19:02