Steam Machine Brewing Co.
Microbrewery
in
Newton Aycliffe,
Durham,
England 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2015
Contact
Subsidiaries
Description
Founded in 2015, we are a close-knit family business that selfishly focuses on brewing the styles of beer that we wish to drink. Fortunately for everyone else, our tastes are extremely diverse…
In 2024 the Fellowship Of Beer brewery was founded, using separate kit, and focussing on rare, unusual styles as well as barrel aged beers generally in a small batch production.
See separate brewery ... https://brewver.com/breweries/63999/The-Fellowship-Of-Beer
We’d hate to be described as a one-trick pony, or for someone to say our beers all taste the same with subtle nuance, and to this end we are constantly experimenting with bold new flavours, natural ingredients, diverse techniques, with nods to cutting edge research and seemingly lost historic recipes.
From lagers to wild sours, and Imperial Stouts to highly-hopped IPAs, spontaneous and salted fruited beers to barrel aged Old Ales, and everything in between; our extremely busy industrial tap room is sure to cater for taste buds of all perversions, and you can be sure of a warm Northern welcome too.
Yearly since inception we have grown in size, output, and fanbase. 2019 was no exception, with a massive relocation to a new 2.4HL brewery, bigger tap room, street food, and flexible function areas in the heart of Newton Aycliffe’s industrial estate, with more space for us to make a mess whilst brewing…
In 2024 the Fellowship Of Beer brewery was founded, using separate kit, and focussing on rare, unusual styles as well as barrel aged beers generally in a small batch production.
See separate brewery ... https://brewver.com/breweries/63999/The-Fellowship-Of-Beer
We’d hate to be described as a one-trick pony, or for someone to say our beers all taste the same with subtle nuance, and to this end we are constantly experimenting with bold new flavours, natural ingredients, diverse techniques, with nods to cutting edge research and seemingly lost historic recipes.
From lagers to wild sours, and Imperial Stouts to highly-hopped IPAs, spontaneous and salted fruited beers to barrel aged Old Ales, and everything in between; our extremely busy industrial tap room is sure to cater for taste buds of all perversions, and you can be sure of a warm Northern welcome too.
Yearly since inception we have grown in size, output, and fanbase. 2019 was no exception, with a massive relocation to a new 2.4HL brewery, bigger tap room, street food, and flexible function areas in the heart of Newton Aycliffe’s industrial estate, with more space for us to make a mess whilst brewing…
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, burnt toffee, raisin, vanilla, berries, taste is chewy caramel, chocolate, berries, vanilla, oak, raisin. 8/9/8/8/8
Tried
on 28 May 2026
at 11:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours clear ruby, nose is cherry, toffee, banana, taste is sweet cherry, juicy, some almond, creamy, banana. 8/7/7/7/7
Tried
on 15 May 2026
at 06:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours golden, banana, citrus, cream, taste is sweet, creamy, banana, some citrus, hint of bitterness. 7/7/8/8/7.5
Tried
on 15 May 2026
at 06:38
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours clear amber, nose is piney, grapefruit, toffee, taste is zesty citrus, toffee, pine, bitter. 7
Tried
on 15 May 2026
at 06:37
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at ash's. Pours black, nose is chocolate, raisin, toffee, leather, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, brown sugar, dark fruits, berries, sweet. 8/8/9/8/8
Tried
on 02 May 2026
at 10:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle in the airbnb. Pours deep ruby, nose is caramel, toffee, marzipan, taste is sweet, berries, fruity, toffee 8/8/8/7/7
Tried
on 01 May 2026
at 07:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to the Bearded Avenger, 26/04/2026.
Lighter shade of black with a khaki cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is chocolate shavings, dried red berries, dark malts, light perfume.
Taste comprises chocolate, light roast, charr, candied fruits.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a lick of booze.
Okay sipper and you get a bit of Turkish D but it's struggling to pull clear of 3rd gear as impy stouts go.
Lighter shade of black with a khaki cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is chocolate shavings, dried red berries, dark malts, light perfume.
Taste comprises chocolate, light roast, charr, candied fruits.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a lick of booze.
Okay sipper and you get a bit of Turkish D but it's struggling to pull clear of 3rd gear as impy stouts go.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2026
at 15:03
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours clear golden amber, nose is yeasty, spice, citrus, bready, taste is sweet toffee, citrus, lots of spices. 7
Tried
on 23 Apr 2026
at 09:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the Fellowship of Beer. Pours cola brown opaque. Thin foamy beige head disappears almost instantly. Aroma has cacao and a rose sweetness but the core is bitter coffee and liqourice. Flavourwise it's sweeter than the aroma suggested it would be. Molasses and floral notes. Develops a cacao and espresso bitterness. More floral/fruity than bitter but not overly sweet or perfumed. Light-medium at best. Slick. Very thin for the style. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2026
at 22:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dull golden coloured body.
Tart, citrus, white wine, earthy & Brett tastes.
Nice & clean tackle.
Tart, citrus, white wine, earthy & Brett tastes.
Nice & clean tackle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2026
at 20:07