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Like many people in the Revolutionary period, Sam Adams, one of the original revolutionaries and the cousin of American President John Adams, brewed beer and knew a thing or two about it.

Since 2006 as All Gates and 2017 as Wigan Brewhouse we have been brewing fine craft beers in the heart of Wigan, in a fully restored 19th Century Grade II-listed, tower brewery, in the process re-establishing brewing in the town centre after a near forty year absence, following the closure of Moorfield’s Brewery in the 1970’s.

Combining heritage with imagination we put true Northern soul into our award-winning beers to bring you an exciting range of beers, whenever inspiration bites. However one thing our ales have in common is they are part of an outstanding range of modern beers, but built on cask ale tradition. To this tradition we have added aromatic hops from the New World. This enables us to produce hop-forward beers but retaining balance and subtlety; beers with true Northern soul.
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fonefan (86114) reviewed
Glacier from Wigan Brew House
12 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2013, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, grape. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130123]
Tried from Cask on 19 Jan 2014 at 08:56
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
Winter Zing from Wigan Brew House
12 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at cloisters... Golden amber.. Thin white head... Soft fruits.. Light spice nose ... Doft sweet fruits.. Dry spice.. Light bitterness
Tried from Cask on 19 Nov 2013 at 10:02
Leighton (35418) reviewed
AllGates - Florida from Wigan Brew House
12 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Jolly Crispin during the RateBeer Black Country Bus Bash. Pours clear yellow with a creamy, white head. Lovely aroma of dry citrus, pee and grapefruit. Light sweet flavor with nice dry and pithy citrus, more grapefruit, melon, minerals. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Light citrusy hop finish with more pee, melon and grapefruit. Well made golden ale.
Tried from Cask on 06 Nov 2013 at 04:43
Anders37 (30296) reviewed
Dry Bones from Wigan Brew House
12 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak NW5. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with hoppy citrus hints. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity citrus hoppy finish.
Tried from Cask on 18 Oct 2013 at 05:41
wyzzywyz22 (6250) reviewed
Double Espresso from Wigan Brew House
12 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask, Philarmonic, Liverpool. Dense dark brown looks with small tan head. Roast malt and coffee present in the nose. with a similar yarn in the sweetish flavour. A bit forgettable and I’m with Rune on this one- a bit thin.
Tried from Cask on 17 Oct 2013 at 11:05
Olut (22669) reviewed
Napoleon's Retreat from Wigan Brew House
13 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Golden-red with a creamy head. Has a malty character with a very small sweet grain evident in the taste.
Tried on 01 Oct 2013 at 16:57
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Citra from Wigan Brew House
13 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2013, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, toasted - caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, citrus, cat piss. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, grass, citrus, malty. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130123]
Tried from Cask on 21 Aug 2013 at 10:19
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Double Espresso from Wigan Brew House
13 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask (handpump) @ NWAF 2013, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, coffee - strong coffee, espresso. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, espresso, dark roasted, sweet malt. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130123]
Tried from Cask on 21 Aug 2013 at 10:19
madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
AllGates - Calico Deep Engine from Wigan Brew House
13 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
9th July 2013
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Clear deep red beer with a good bubbly pale tan head. Palate is light and dry and quite thin. A very light touch of dark malts that has whispers of roast and coffee. Touch of pine. Not much else going on other a vague notion of some citrus. Dry finish with a modest bitter linger.
Tried on 27 Jul 2013 at 07:14
BlackHaddock (18155) reviewed
AllGates - Florida from Wigan Brew House
13 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled half-pint in The Jolly Crispin (Gornal) on 6th July 2013 during the Black Country Bus trip. Nice golden hue to the body: on top a thin almost white covering of small bubbles. Slight floral hop notes in the aroma with a mild malt undertone. The taste is subtle and like the nose semi-floral with a light malt presence: at 3.6% this is a fine session beer, sadly our session didn’t allow anyone to stay on this. I enjoyed my half-pint though.
Tried on 15 Jul 2013 at 05:03