Wigan Brew House (prev AllGates)

Microbrewery in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Wigan Brew House Taproom

Established in 2006

Contact
The Old Brewery, Brewery Yard, Wigan, WN1 1JQ, England
Description
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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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

A second Wigan Brewhouse beer in a row after a very good IPA. This porter is equally as good with light roasted notes, some coffee and chocolate, and a good texture to go with its good looks.

Tried at Victoria Tap on 18 Jan 2025 at 23:35


6.9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Golden, strong, good-looking, hoppy, found at Manchester Victoria which has direct trains to Wigan - love a tenuous link!

Tried from Cask on 18 Jan 2025 at 19:53



5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask at Raven, Wigan (as Wigan Brewhouse Old Boston). Purs a very dark reddish-brown with a small foamy cream head. Aroma is basically plums with a hint of dried fruit. Plums again in the mouth with a sweet texture and traces of ash and dried fruits. Ginish is just generally fruity. This isn’t a bad beer, but very much a one trick pony – plums completely dominate and you can’t tell what sort of beer it is meant to be.

Tried from Cask on 19 Aug 2023 at 21:28