Steam Machine Brewing Co.
Microbrewery
in
Newton Aycliffe,
Durham,
England 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2015
Contact
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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…
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
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Stuu.
Appearance - opaque dark brown to black and oily in texture. Not much head left after the pour has completed.
Nose - leather, black fruit, chocolate and brown sugar.
Taste - black cherry, liquorice, blackberry, sticky toffee pudding and caramel.
Palate - full bodied, as the description says, very sticky and chewy and sweet.
Overall - lovely gear!
Appearance - opaque dark brown to black and oily in texture. Not much head left after the pour has completed.
Nose - leather, black fruit, chocolate and brown sugar.
Taste - black cherry, liquorice, blackberry, sticky toffee pudding and caramel.
Palate - full bodied, as the description says, very sticky and chewy and sweet.
Overall - lovely gear!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2026
at 15:24
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Stuu. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate and espresso, leathery too. Taste is black fruit, molasses, chocolate again. Rich and interesting.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2026
at 15:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
bottle at ashs ...dark black ...thin tan lacing ..soft sweet oily chocolate Roast ...leather and light coffee roast mslts nose ....Light blackberry dark cherry funk...rich chocolate ....deep and rich
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Tried
on 02 Mar 2026
at 15:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
From da Fellowship Of beer homes. Clear amber. Foamy white head. Decent lacing. Aroma has y2adt and malts sweetness... skunky or something. And some fruit. Flavourwise it has citrus sourness with a vinous streak. Underlying malts - doughy and earthy. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Fruity saison. Nice but doesn't particularly impress, unlike 2024 if I remember correctly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2025
at 20:43
8/10
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, vanilla, coconut, rum, raisin, roasted, taste is dried fruit, rum, raisin, chocolate, vanilla, sweet 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2025
at 20:00
7/10
Bottle at home. Pours clear ruby, nose is toffee, caramel, raspberry, cherry, taste is similar, sweet, little fizzy. 8/8/7/7/7
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2025
at 16:40
7/10
Bottle at ash's. Pours golden, nose is funk, red grape, spices, yeasty, taste is toffee, citrus, oak, hint of wine, floral. 7/8/8/7/7
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2025
at 13:44
6/10
Bottle at home. Pours hazy pale amber, nose is citrus, herbal, floral, taste is zesty, sweet, floral. 6/6/7/6/6
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2025
at 15:25