Durham Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Bowburn,
Durham,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Durham Brewery
Associated Webshop: Durham Brewery
Established in 1994
Contact
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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Crafty's, Darlington. Gluten Reduced. Golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of citrus, hops. Taste is malt, caramel, fruity, grapefruit, woody, with citrusy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable .
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jun 2025
at 19:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22nd June 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. Clear deep amber brown beer, small bubbly dark tan head. Fairly light palate for a beer of this hefty. A mild dryness, decent fine minerally carbonation. Good dark chocolate malts, pretty cocoa and fair serving of earthy coffee with it. The rum barrelling is pretty light. A little boozy ripe fruity goodness but, coulda shoulda been a lot more in my book. Fairly light and semi dry finish. Yeah, a very solid base beer, bolder barrelling would have suited it. A lot.
Panda thanks to Cloin. Clear deep amber brown beer, small bubbly dark tan head. Fairly light palate for a beer of this hefty. A mild dryness, decent fine minerally carbonation. Good dark chocolate malts, pretty cocoa and fair serving of earthy coffee with it. The rum barrelling is pretty light. A little boozy ripe fruity goodness but, coulda shoulda been a lot more in my book. Fairly light and semi dry finish. Yeah, a very solid base beer, bolder barrelling would have suited it. A lot.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2025
at 18:01
7/10
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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
7.4/10
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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
6.9/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
7.3/10
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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
6.3/10
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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
7.4/10
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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
6.8/10
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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