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
A very pleasant stout. Pint in the Petersgate Tap, Stockport.
Tried from Cask at Petersgate Tap on 19 Dec 2025 at 15:00

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten Reduced. Golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of fruit, citrus. Taste is malt, grainy, biscuit, currant, fruity with citrusy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying earthy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 14 Nov 2025 at 17:48

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten Reduced. Orangey golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, citrus, hops. Taste is malty, biscuit, with citrus, fruity, tangy, pine, and earthy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 24 Oct 2025 at 18:27

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
third of a pint on cask at the Queen (4.9%)
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried from Cask at The Queen Crafthouse on 21 Oct 2025 at 09:06

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Cask at ORB, Darlington. 4.9%. Gluten Reduced. Reddish tinged orangey amber colour, off-white foam head and aroma of malt, bread. Taste is sweetish, malty, bready, caramel, tangy, with dried fruits & grassy earthy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying tangy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried from Cask at ORB on 14 Oct 2025 at 17:16

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
On tap (cask) at The Smithfield, Derby Tuesday 14th October 2025 in the company of Dad and Pauline. Pours almost black with very little head, some milky sweetness, taste is fine, a little malty, light chocolate, decent.
Tried from Cask at The Smithfield Alehouse on 14 Oct 2025 at 10:44

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Cask at ORB, Darlington. Gluten Reduced. Pale golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, grain, biscuit, grass. Taste is malty, tangy, grains, bready, biscuit, with grassy citric hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying grassy hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried from Cask at ORB on 12 Oct 2025 at 18:17

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Third of a pint on cask at the Queen.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Sweet turkish delight aftertaste
Tried from Cask at The Queen Crafthouse on 12 Oct 2025 at 17:02

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten Reduced. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of malt, caramel, citrus, hops. Taste is sweetish, malty, toffee & caramel, with juicy orangey citrusy, alittle tartness and hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying citric hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 11 Oct 2025 at 16:21

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Creamy thin head on a pale amber coloured body. Medium bodied, smooth & creamy with a clean back. Sweet stone fruit, cereal & malt tastes with a tangy finish.
Tried from Cask at Red Lion on 05 Oct 2025 at 14:04