S43 BREWERY

S43 started life back in 2012, focusing on developing their own British Style Cask Ales out of Country Durham based Brew House.

Back then they were known as Sonnet 43 (inspired by the Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who was born and raised in Coxhoe, County Durham, the village our brewery calls home).

Three years into our brewing, in 2015 they had doubled production year on year and expanded their team and range of ales, including the award-winning Raven and Aurora.

Another, three busy years of brewing their beloved Cask Ales and, they noticed a change in their palettes. Whilst, we were still chugging cask specials at a rate of knots, they were getting excited by some of the more hop-forward flavours from over the pond.

This is when they got in touch with the Texan, to come and develop the craft arm of the brewery.

The Team Behind The Beer

Alex Rattray

Michael Harker

Jonathan Graham

Brewing is how we express ourselves