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

bottle at home. copper ...thin white lacing copper ..soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ...soft sweet caramel toffee woody chocolate roast malts ..Light sweet malts

Tried on 20 Jun 2025 at 13:32


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

Cask at ORB, Darlington. Gluten Reduced. Black brown colour, beige foam head and aroma of rich malt, milk chocolate, fruit hints. Taste is sweet malty, dark chocolate, honeycomb, with roasty bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, malty chocolatey finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask at ORB on 19 Jun 2025 at 20:10


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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten Free. Hazed golden colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of citric hops. Taste is malt, grain, caramel with mellow orange citrus spicy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 19 Jun 2025 at 20:00


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

Cask at Darlington Snooker Club. Gluten Reduced. Hazed golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of tropical fruit, citrus. Taste is malt, grain, biscuit and fruity, citrusy with hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Cask at Darlington Snooker Club on 19 Jun 2025 at 19:58


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7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at Crafty's, Darlington. Gluten Reduced. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of fruit, citrus, hops. Taste is sweetish, malt, caramel, tropical, melon, juicy fruits, and citrusy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Cask on 15 Jun 2025 at 15:33


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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Crafty's, Darlington. Gluten Reduced. Coppery amber colour, thin white foam head and aroma of roast malt, grain, bread. Taste is malty, roasty, fruity, and bready, tangy, with earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying toasty bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Cask on 15 Jun 2025 at 15:31


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

Old rating from 19-04-15 - 500ml bottle from Dunell's in Jersey. Pours golden with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, grass, lemon, bread & malt. Medium body. Dry moderate bitter finish. Highly enjoyable

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2025 at 15:39


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

Old rating from 04-11-16 - A 500ml bottle. It pours a pale, straw-coloured beer with a smooth, white head. Aromas of pale malts, citrus & grass. Taste is pale malts, butter, citrus and a hint of yeast. Long, mildly bitter finish. Overall fairly good considering the low abv.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2025 at 15:26


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home, picked up from The Market Bottle Shop Preston, 04/06/2025.
Almost clear golden amber with a good sized light beige head.
Nose is stewed fruits, yeast esters, brandy snap biscuits, prunes, straw.
Taste comprises fruit cake mix, booze tunes, brandy stained oak, prunes, sultanas, mellow yeast, herb, light spice, mincemeat, lick of vanilla.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Tidy sipper with a decent nip of brandy.

Tried on 04 Jun 2025 at 17:27


7.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours almost black with a small beige head and good lacing. There’s malts and lactose in the aroma plus traces of caramel. In the mouth it is smooth, creamy and sweet but with a little underlying sharpness. Flavour has malts, lactose and chocolate to start with, with hints of dark fruits coming through later. A little bitterness in the finish. This is nice.

Tried from Cask at Smithfield on 29 May 2025 at 13:54