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

Pours a clear orange amber colour with a small, mostly lasting, foamy white head. The aroma is earthy and herbal hops on a malty base. A moderately sweet and bitter taste, sweet malts, light caramel and fruit with an earthy hop bitterness.

Tried on 12 Jul 2023 at 14:28


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle from Market Hall Wines, Durham. Black colour, beige foam head and aroma of wood, coconut, vanilla, dark chocolate. Taste is sweetish, malt, dark chocolate, coconut, wood barrel, vanilla, with roasty bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, roast bitter finish with chocolate & vanilla. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2023 at 16:33


3.5
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 15

Cask at MIcrobus, Gateshead. Pours clear ruby with a beige cap. Malt, caramel, light toffee, red berries, spicy hop. Light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter. Medium body with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 20 Jun 2023 at 21:51



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Tried on 17 Jun 2023 at 11:46


5

Cask at 🦒2023 Festival. M hazy amber.. Small white head.. Mlight yeasty herbal fruit nose...soft vegative herbal fruit

Tried from Cask on 17 Jun 2023 at 09:57


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at graf. Pours golden, nose is hay, lemon, taste is toffee, citrus, hay.

Tried from Cask on 17 Jun 2023 at 09:16


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Mitchell’s Wines. Hazed orange gold. Nicely messy and dense shiny white foam. Looks great. Nose has gingery spice. Juicy Fruit gum. Touch of minty herb. Taste is herbal and fruity bitter. Some light bready sweetness. Plenty of body with brisk carbonation. Fruity herbal finish.

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2023 at 19:32


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

500ml bottle from Durham Market Hall Wines, BB 30th August 2024. Golden body, white head. Grassy, herbal and malty, yet also semi-bitter in the finish. First beer from this brewery I didn't really take too! This was my 12th from Durham Brewery.

Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2023 at 09:25


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

500ml bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, April 23. Thanks Haddock for bringing this back from your trip to the Northern territories. Pours dark with a creamy beige head. Aroma brings toasted coconut to the yard with cocoa shades, continuing to taste with bounty bar definitely coming to mind, nicely chocolatey too. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2023 at 14:48