Durham Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Bowburn,
Durham,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Durham Brewery
Associated Webshop: 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.
6.8/10
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
6.8/10
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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