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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7.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of pineapple and passionfruit. Taste has citrus and lots of passionfruit. Clean finish. Light spice.
Tried from Can on 06 Feb 2022 at 16:49

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours hazy golden orange with a thick white head. Aromas of floral, pungent tea, yeast spice, citrus. Taste is sweet, oily texture, more tea and floral notes. Sweet, herbal finish. Bit odd.
Tried from Can on 04 Feb 2022 at 19:25

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - deep orange to black. Thin off white lacing. Nose - bready and orange, and light herb. Taste - chewy toffee, dried orange and an edge of fresh citrus. Palate - medium bodied, malt and hop bitterness on the finish. Overall - decent.
Tried from Can on 15 Jan 2022 at 23:43

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - murkyorange with a snow white head. Nose - orange and something tropical (not sure I'd know it was passion fruit). Taste - citrus, light pineapple and mango skin, but not quite passion fruit. Grapefruit pith on the finish. Palate - light to medium bodied, tangy and pithy bitterness on the finish. Overall - nice.
Tried from Can on 15 Jan 2022 at 22:17

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - cloudy yellow with a creamy white head. Nose - lemon and pineapple. Taste - grassy and pineapple. Citrus pith. Palate - light bodied, dry finish. Overall - good.
Tried from Can on 15 Jan 2022 at 17:05

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - yellow and light haze. Creamy, white head. Nose - light herb and citrus. Taste - orange, bread and lemon pith. Palate - light bodied, crisp finish. Overall - good.
Tried from Can on 15 Jan 2022 at 16:48

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden with a light haze and a lively, big, snow white head. Nose - lemon, herbs, grapefruit pith and a slight yoghurt edge. Taste - lemon, herb, grapefruit, dirty earthy funk note up through the middle. Palate - light to medium bodied, sour, but not necessarily what the brewer intended, I'd like to say. Tangy, sour but not in a pleasant way on the finish. Overall - not sure about this to be honest. Weird lactic funk happening as mentioned by some of the previous reviewers. Not what the brewer intended in my opinion.
Tried from Can on 14 Jan 2022 at 19:54

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can: Poured a hazy orange with a white carbonated but fast dissipating head. Aroma is pungent fruit, zesty, citrus, rosemary. Taste is sour tart fruity, grapefruits, citrus, rosemary.
Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2021 at 22:48

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
One-third pint, on cask at Tap East, shared with Finn. Filmy layer, spotty lacing, near-clear golden body. Modest smell of grain and peaches. Subdued taste profile, earthy malts and little fruity touch. Slightly bitter end. Drinkable, but anonymous. (London 17.11.2021).
Tried from Cask on 09 Dec 2021 at 20:17

3.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Delt med Rune. Varm gylden. Litt uklar. Luftig filmskum. Forsiktig lime-aroma. Smaken dorens & mere lime. Tørr avslutning i samme duren.
Tried on 17 Nov 2021 at 12:32