Wigan Brew House
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.
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.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ The Pub, Todmorden. Clear blonde with a head. It’s a watery-hoppy ale but a palatable enough session brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Apr 2020
at 01:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (handpump) @ #MBCF20, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2020 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, M2 3GX Manchester, Great Manchester, England. [ As Wigan Brew House Blue Sky Tea ]. ABV: 4.2%. Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, tea, cookie. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, tea bitter, pale malt ,sweet malt, biscuit - cookie, light grapefruit fruity and bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20200124] 6-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Mar 2020
at 13:26
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2020
at 15:34
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask, third at Manchester Beer & Cider Festival, Coast To Coast. Shared with Finn. Crystal clear golden body, patchy surface, fair lacing. Mdest spiced fruity nose. Berry-fruity flavours, lightly spiced. Ends with a mid-dry fruity bite. Accepted. (Third day of the festival, 24.01.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Feb 2020
at 18:43
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, as Wigan Blue Sky Tea, third at Manchester Beer & Cider Festival, Coast To Coast. Shared with Finn. Clear warm golden body, filmy layer, dotted spots. Oily hops on the nose. Fruit hoppy taste, tea-like, grainy malts beneath. Semi dry bitter endnotes. Satisfying. (Third day of the festival, 24.01.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Feb 2020
at 18:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half-pint as Wigan Brew House Wigan Junction, cask shared with Finn at Briton's Protection. Clear golden-brown body, spotty lacing, filmy layer. Quite inviting smell of grainy fruits. Decent malt-fruity flavours, moments of caramel and leafy hops. Bittersweet tail. Well made Brit bitter. (Manchester 22.01.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Feb 2020
at 10:29
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Manchester Beer Festival 2020. As Wigan Blue Sky Tea. Light golden with a dirty aroma, but it does have dryish tea notes in its taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jan 2020
at 01:12
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
På Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2020. Delt med Rune. Varm gylden. Skumring. Lett krydderaroma. Smaken plommer med hint av einebær. Lett tørr avslutning.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2020
at 18:21
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
På Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2020. Delt med Rune. Varm gylden. Skumring. Forsiktig maltaroma. Smaken tynn. Litt plommer.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2020
at 18:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Som Wigan Brewhouse Junction. Delt med Rune. Gyldenbrun. Klar. Skumring. Aroma av malt & plommer. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken balansert. Kjeks. Tørr etter hvert. Bra bitter.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2020
at 17:12