Durham Brewery

Microbrewery in Bowburn, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Durham Brewery
Associated Webshop: 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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7/10
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

6.8/10 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

6.6/10 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

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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

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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

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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

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at ORB, Darlington. Gluten Free recipe. Murky orangey gold colour, white foam head and aroma of fruits, hop, yeasty. Taste is sweet, malt, oats, caramel, fruity, citrusy, pine hint, mellow, with flowery hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying sweet hoppy finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried from Cask on 26 May 2024 at 17:22

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club Beer Festival 2024. Clear pale golden colour, white foam head and aroma of citrus, fruits, hops. Taste is pale malt, grain, fruity, passionfruit hint, grapefruity, with hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry citric hop bitterness. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 11 May 2024 at 13:57

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Cask at Tipsy Turtle, Stockton. Black brown colour with reddish tinge, thin beige foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, chocolate, orange citrus hint. Taste is malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, with some orangey citrus and ashy earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry roast bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried from Cask on 29 Apr 2024 at 12:01

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Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts. Pours clear pale gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light spice and herbs. Taste is more of the same. Something doughy. Light sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2024 at 15:36