Durham Brewery

Microbrewery in Bowburn, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: 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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Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2024 at 18:38


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Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2024 at 21:24


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of citrus, hops. Taste is malt, biscuit, fruity, citrusy, zesty, with flowery hop bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonation, drying tangy hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask on 20 Aug 2024 at 18:12


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

7/8/2024. Cask pour shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours slightly cloudy dark gold with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is musty, grainy, wheaty, yeast, fruit drops, spice, orange, honey, herb. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness, light sourness. Medium body, oily, average to soft carbonation. Interesting one.

Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2024 at 22:01


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ Salopian, the pub. Pours dark as promised, creamy tan head. Dusty cocoa, roast, decent malt body, pleasant chocolatey sweet side.. great stout overall.

Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2024 at 20:11


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Mitchell’s Wines. Hazed pale copper gold. Slim leggy white foam. Blurb mentions banana bread. Well there you go. Liquid banana bread. Some “festive” spices spoil things slightly. Taste is pretty sweet and honeyed. Touch of dryness. Medium to full body. High carbonation. Light dry and light bitter finish. Tasty gear for sure.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2024 at 18:46


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

Cask at Durham Brewery 30th Year Anniversary Beer Festival. 10.5% Golden amber colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of wood barrel, oak, caramel, orange marmalade. Taste is sweetish, barrel notes, formic, vanilla, oak, caramel, orange blossom,citric, with boozy tangy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry citrusy boozy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask on 27 Jul 2024 at 12:49


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at Durham Brewery 30th Year Anniversary Beer Festival. Reddish amber brown colour, off-white foam head and aroma of malt, fruit, chocolate hint. Taste is sweetish, malt, caramel, toffee, dried fruits, chocolate hint, boozy, woody, with tangy fruity bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, boozy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask on 27 Jul 2024 at 12:33


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Durham Brewery 30th Year Anniversary Beer Festival. Hazy golden colour, white foam head and aroma of pina colada, fruits. Taste is sweet, coconut, pina colada flavour, buttery, stone fruity with some light bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, coconutty light bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Cask on 27 Jul 2024 at 11:51


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

Cask at Durham Brewery 30th Year Anniversary Beer Festival. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of grains, biscuit. Taste is malty, grainy, biscuity, fruit, with tangy bitter finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Cask on 27 Jul 2024 at 11:35