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

Cask at the great British winter beer festival. A dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a halo of light head. Aroma is semi sweet, rustic, twiggy roast, smoke. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, tangy dried fruits waxy, twiggy. Ok. Palate is semi sweet, little watery,

Tried from Cask on 17 Feb 2023 at 13:24


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500 ml bottle, sampled in 2015. Pours chestnut brown with a beige cap. Aroma: pear, baked apple, fruity esters. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, biscuit malts, melon, citrus pith, pine, light boozy. Medium body with foamy carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2023 at 23:31


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

Colne Beer Festival 2023. Hazy golden coloured ale. Hides its strength really well, although you can tell with a blast in its aftertaste. In between there's a decent fruitiness to be found, evident in both aroma and taste.

Tried from Can on 02 Feb 2023 at 15:01


6.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Colne Beer Festival 2023. Cloudy dirty-golden colour. Full-bodied with its strength evident but also full of citrus based tropical fruit notes, evident in both aroma and taste.

Tried on 02 Feb 2023 at 14:03


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

500ml bottle from Market Hall Wines, Durham Market. Gluten Free recipe. Slightly hazy orangey gold colour, big foamy white head leaving lacing and aroma of wood, vanilla, spice. Taste is tangy, malt, sweetish, fruity, vanilla, woody, with some bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2023 at 20:17


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

500ml bottle from Discovering Durham shop, Durham. Black brown colour, beige foam head and aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee. Taste is dark malt, roasty, chocolate & coffee, some ash and earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, oft carbonation, roasted ashy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2023 at 17:50


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

Bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light spice, vanilla. Taste is woody, light sweet malt. Spicy linger. Dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jan 2023 at 07:54


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Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 16

Cask at Sportsmans, Hudderfield Feb 2022. Pours deep brown towards black with a tight creamy cap. Aroma: roasted malts, milk chocolate, mocha. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, lots of dark chocolate with a smidge of coffee & liquorice. Medium body with fine carbonation. Dry-ish finish. Served in glorious condition

Tried from Cask on 08 Jan 2023 at 20:51


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

Bottle. Mitchell’s Wines. Hazed dark gold. Very decent white foam. Oak and and watered down brandy. Spicy wine notes. Orangey Christmas vibe. Dry and lightly bitter with soft baked apple sweetness. Easy drinking for the ABV. Great nick. Dry light bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2023 at 22:06


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

18/12/2022. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed. Pours clear golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of citrus, orange, straw, yeast, light herb, touch of spice. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness with a tart edge. Moderate body, quite oily, prickly carbonation. Pretty decent.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2022 at 14:39