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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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Durham Brewery 30th Year Anniversary Beer Festival. Hazy orange gold colour, thin white rim and aroma of peach, nectarines, citrus, hops. Taste is malt, caramel, juicy fruits, peachy, nectarines, pine, citrusy, with resiny hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry stone fruity hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried on 27 Jul 2024 at 11:22


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

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

Tried from Cask on 27 Jul 2024 at 11:12


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

Cask at Forsters Arms, Brafferton. Dark brown colour, foamy beige head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, dough, bready, caramel, toffee. Taste is sweetish, malty, caramel, molasses, bready, with hints of coffee and earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying malty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Cask on 22 Jul 2024 at 17:02


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

Cask at Borough Arms, Crewe. Pours a very dsrk reddish-brown with a small beige head. There’s roasted malts and milky coffee in the aroma. In the mouth it is slightly sweet with roasted malts again to the fore, alongside lactose and chocolate. Later on there is bitter black coffee and hints of dark fruits leading to a slightly dry finish. This is quite nice.

Tried from Cask on 20 Jul 2024 at 21:37


7

cask at the bow bar ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet strawberry fruit nose ..juicy chocolate roast . big strawberry chocolate

Tried from Cask on 20 Jul 2024 at 18:36


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

Foamy left spotty on a clear pale golden coloured body. Floral, grapefruit, pine & bitter hop tastes.

Tried on 13 Jul 2024 at 16:49


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

Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Red amber colour, thin white foam head and aroma of malt, toffee, hops. Taste is sweetish, malty, caramel, toffee, berry hint, tangy, spicy with earthy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Cask on 04 Jul 2024 at 20:47


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at ORB, Darlington. Hazy golden colour, white foam head and aroma of wheat, yeast, fruit, banana, honey. Taste is sweet, wheaty, banana bread, fruity, clove, yeasty, candy, honey, with spicy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying spiced boozy tangy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask on 15 Jun 2024 at 12:17


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

Cask at Tipsy Turtle, Stockton. Black colour, beige foam head and aroma of roast malt, raspberries. Taste is sweet, raspberry, malty, roasted, with milk chocolate, vanilla, and ashy earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying berry & roasted bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask on 14 Jun 2024 at 16:58


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

Cask at Golden Smog, Stockton. Orangey amber colour, off-white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, bread, citric. Taste is sweetish, malt, chocolate, bready with citrusy earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, malty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask on 14 Jun 2024 at 16:51