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

Black with a lasting off-white head. Fruity aroma with dates and figs. Sweet caramel flavour with fruity notes.

Tried on 30 Jul 2009 at 06:42


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty yeasty aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweetish malty yeasty spicy flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a sweetish malty yeasty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2009 at 06:12


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty yeasty aroma with some hints of dark fruit. Sweetish malty slightly yeasty hoppy flavor with some hints of dark fruit. Has a fruity malty yeasty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2009 at 05:18


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty bitter hoppy finish with hints of citrus in the aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2009 at 10:32


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

Bottle 50cl. @ [ Fastelavns Tasting Ulfborg ].Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay - straw, moderate hoppy, grass, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090221]

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2009 at 02:43


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

Hazy golden with a small white head. Citrus aroma, mostly grapefruit, with some grassy notes. Dry and hoppy flavour with citrus notes, good bitter finish.

Tried on 16 Apr 2009 at 17:32


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

Cask (handpump) @ Marble Arch Inn, 73 Rochdale Rd, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 4HY.Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, moderate hoppy, citrus, lime. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Fresh. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090124]

Tried from Cask on 15 Apr 2009 at 14:23


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask, Mill Hotel, Chester. Pale gold with a creamy white head. Aroma was grassy hop and citrus tinged. Light and floral this was nicely hopped and a decent thirst slaker. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but decent session fodder and nice drinkin’ in the sun.

Tried from Cask on 03 Apr 2009 at 14:43


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

Bottle 50cl. @ home.Light unclear light to medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, overripped fruit, light hoppy, resin notes, alcoholc. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, light light overriped fruit acidic and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft - flat. [20090111]

Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2009 at 02:02


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of Ungstrup. Hazy amber golden with an off-white head. Aroma of nuts and sweetish roasted malt. Quite full-bodied with sweetish roasted malt and fruit with some nuttiness. Lightly bitter finish. Excellent. 070209

Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2009 at 06:35