Northern Alchemy

Microbrewery in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Old Coal Yard

Established in 2014

Contact
The Old Coal Yard, Elizabeth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1JS, England
Description
All Northern Alchemy beers are entirely natural products. Unfined (no ‘finings’ made from fish swim bladders and therefore suitable for vegans) & unfiltered. This means all of the flavours deliberately chosen for the beers are exactly what the customer should taste. Most of our beers will have a natural haze to them because we don’t subject our beers to these extra processes, in our opinion it’s how beer should be.

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6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

I have a non blood relative called Bob, so he's not my uncle. This Bob is welcome enough in the family. Light hoppy aroma and taste and sessionable. Mild fruitiness.

Tried from Cask at Cumberland Arms on 28 Mar 2025 at 17:47


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Aroma is quite fruity with pineapple, tart lemon, soft passion fruit, and wheat. Flavour is quite puckering sour with a little bitterness in the finish. Body is light. Very acidic and sour with lots of tart fruits, I dig it.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2025 at 10:36


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers! Aroma of pine, herbs and citrus. Taste is watery with more of a citrus aftertaste, rather than anything else. Very thin and smooth with limited carbonation.

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 09:37


6

Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:56


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Cumberland. Nose is chocolate slight coffee light fruity. Taste is fruity hint of treacle and light ash and earthy.

Tried from Cask on 29 Jun 2024 at 16:10


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Half-pint, draught at Cumberland Arms. Shared with Finn. Crystal clear late straw coloured bofy, steady white head, fair lacing. Moderate smell of cereal malts and a little scent of lemony hops. Malt-fruity taste with hints of bread, earth, and herbal hops. Malt-fruity end. Clean on the swallow. Fair enough. (Ouseburn - Newcastle upon Tyne, 20.03.2024).

Tried on 07 Apr 2024 at 18:15


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask ale at Cumberland Arms. Half-pint shared with Finn. Deep black in the glass, film-type layer, scattered lacing. Roasted on the nose, grainy chocolate scent. Mid-sweet chocolate malty flavours, earthy. Short finish with lightly roasted dark malts. Satisfying. (Ouseburn - Newcastle upon Tyne, 20.03.2024).

Tried from Cask on 07 Apr 2024 at 14:24


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask ale at Cumberland Arms. Half-pint shared with Finn. Dotted spots from a delining white head, hazy pale golden body. Hints of grass and grain on the nose. Moderate taste profile of grass, cereal malts, and ripe fruits. Distant bitterness to a malt-fruity finish. Fair enough. (Ouseburn - Newcastle upon Tyne, 20.03.2024).

Tried from Cask on 07 Apr 2024 at 14:19


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Delt med Rune. Stråfarget. Klar. Middels høyt kritthvitt luftig skum som daler sakte. Lett gressaroma. Smaken litt tynn. Mest gress. Litt bitterhet i avslutninga.

Tried on 20 Mar 2024 at 18:20


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Delt med Rune. Svart. Filmskum med litt farge. Lett aroma av røstet malt. Smaken melkesjokolade. Tørr avslutning.

Tried on 20 Mar 2024 at 17:44