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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Cask at Tamworth Beer Festival 2025

Tried from Cask on 26 Sep 2025 at 12:48


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

Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Dark brown black colour, biege foam head leaving lacing and aroma of roast malt, caramel, chocolate, coffee. Taste is sweet, malty, doughy, cookies, powdered chocolate, vanilla, coffee with roasted, earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, sweetish roasty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 20 Sep 2025 at 15:15


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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten Reduced. Golden colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of tropical hints, ripe fruit, citrus, hops. Taste is malt, grain, passionfruit, tangy, citric, with hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry fruity bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 17 Sep 2025 at 21:18


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

Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten Reduced. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of citrus, hops. Taste is malt, grain, bready, with fruity, citrusy notes and hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 17 Sep 2025 at 21:16


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

Cask at Tamworth Beer Fest. Clear light gold. Thinnest foamy white head l. Aroma is earthy and grainy. Fresh and fruity but low key. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Snooze.

Tried on 06 Sep 2025 at 21:43


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Sample on cask at the Queen.
Medium white head. Clear pale golden pour. Light bitterness

Tried from Cask at Queen (Crafthouse & Kitchen) on 05 Sep 2025 at 15:12


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Lighter shade of black topped with a khaki head.
Nose is chocolate, charr, raisins, dark malts.
Taste comprises chocolate, mellow roast, Crunchie Bar, brown sugar melt.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Tidy enough stout.

Tried on 05 Sep 2025 at 12:13


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Moderately hazed orange topped with an off white cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is mellow tropical fruits, papaya, tangerine, soft malts.
Taste comprises orange zest, airy malts, light breads.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow juicy hop bitterness.
Decent enough cask pale.

Tried on 04 Sep 2025 at 23:00


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tried on 25 Aug 2025 at 20:36


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

Left glass.
Spotty beige head ona still golden coloured body. Medium bodied with a cloying back. Pine, resinous, grapefruit & pithy tastes with a long bitter finish.
A bit muted but good.

Tried from Draft on 24 Aug 2025 at 20:22