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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tight white head on an unclear golden coloured body. Ginger & spiced aroma. Honey, banana, lactose, yeast & peppery tastes.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2024
at 14:28
7/10
cask at the bow bar ...golden ...thin white lacing ..soft dry sweet caramel toffee fruit nose .. soft Caramel toffee malts
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2024
at 05:05
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2024
at 19:26
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2024
at 20:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Blue Blazer. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of cereal grains, malt and citrus. Taste is brown bread and marmalade. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2024
at 10:43
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2024
at 18:38
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2024
at 21:24
6.9/10
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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
7/10
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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