omhper (44752) reviewed Temptation from Durham Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Black. Striking gin aroma. Sweet with surprisingly light body. Licorice and anise dominates. Some roasty malt.Lingering salty finish.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Benedictus from Durham Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
The aroma is wonderful, sweet caramel, malt, and yeast. The color is amber and it has a beutiful long lasting light brown head. The flavor is strong with notes of caramel, wood, alcohol, and berries. For me the alcohol is too present. But it is still a very nice beer.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Graduation from Durham Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A hazy light orange beer with a fine dense head. The aroma is sweet spicy with coriander and grass standing out. The flavor is very hoppy, grassy, and oily. A surprisingly good beer, that I'd categorize as an IPA.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Temptation from Durham Brewery 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
The aroma is very sweet with notes of roasted malts and alcohol. The color is pitch black and it has a small chocolate brown head. The flavor is very sweet with notes of roasted bread, coffee, and bitter chocolate. In the middle the high alcohol content makes its presence known. It finishes like bitter chocolate. A very fine example of an Imperial Stout.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Temptation from Durham Brewery 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dark; brown generous head. Light coffee, roasted malt, cardboard, chocolate; very light vanilla. The body gets a far better structure while warming a little… then the malt gives some good sensation, corrected by good roasted malt notes; unfortunately the alcohol is a bit too evident.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Benedictus from Durham Brewery 22 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
2008-04-03, 6-5-7-3-13=34
Beautiful color, a hazy ruby amber topped by a huge head. Some puke aroma, pepper, then malt and iron; not inviting. Things get better with the taste; it has a bit too much carbonation, a strong caramel flavor, the mouthfeel is a bit dryer (and sharper) than expected, no sweetness, and it has a very strong bitterness. It’s an average English Strong Ale, not a Barley Wine.
2003-04-17, 8-4-8-4-15=39
Hazy amber color, immense head, rocky; beautiful lace. Very nice hop aroma, herbal; turning into some fruity sensation. Good mouth, still quite sweet, malty, some caramel. Balanced final, quite long and dry.
Sigmund (14587) reviewed Bonny Lass from Durham Brewery 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Cask conditioned). A brand new beer from the enterprising brewers of Durham, sampled at the Wear Valley CAMRA beer festival. (Room temperature). CAMRA stated the ABV to be 4.2%, brewery website says 3.9% (possibly not updated - they speak of the beer as a project in the making). CAMRA write "Bonnie" (which is logical), brewery website says "Bonny" - I guess they have their reasons. Low (natural) carbonation. Reddish brown colour. Malty aroma and flavour, moderate hops. The North East English style is really a marriage between English bitter and Scottish "heavy". Not a bad brew (quite good, actually), but a beer as malty as this would profit on a higher ABV.
omhper (44752) reviewed White Gold from Durham Brewery 23 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled cask conditioned. Golden coloured. Light bodied, crisp with citric hop aroma and well balanced bitterness.