Steam Machine Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Newton Aycliffe, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2015

Contact
26 Northfield Way, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6UF, England
Subsidiaries
Steam Machine Brewing Co. owns 1 brewery/brand:
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…

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at Big Mash Up Beer Festival, Steam Machine Brewery, Newton Aycliffe. Golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of tropical fruit hoppy. Taste is malt caramel with peachy, citrusy hop bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried on 08 Nov 2019 at 14:52

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at Big Mash Up Beer Festival, Steam Machine Brewery, Newton Aycliffe. Hazy red colour, pink foam head leaving lacing and aroma of berry fruits. Taste is tart fruity, berry fruits, some sourness and citric rind. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy sour finish. Quite drinkable
Tried on 08 Nov 2019 at 14:44

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at Big Mash Up Beer Festival, Steam Machine Brewery, Newton Aycliffe. Hazy golden amber colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of orchardy fruits, woody, yeasty. Taste is mellow fruity, yeasty, grains, wine barrel notes, woody, some bitterness. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tangy tart yeasty finish. Quite drinkable
Tried on 08 Nov 2019 at 13:54

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at Big Mash Up Beer Festival, Steam Machine Brewery, Newton Aycliffe. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of sour, grain, hay, bready. Taste is sour, tart, lemon rind, pale malt, grains, straw, funky with tangy notes. Slick mouthfeel, light bodied, soft carbonation, dry sour finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried on 08 Nov 2019 at 13:44

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
25/10/2019. Can sample courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed! Pours unclear maroon colour with an average size pale pink head. Aroma of blueberry muffins, sweet pastry, citrus, flowers, touch of vanilla and hops. Light sweetness, moderate bitterness and tartness. Medium body, oily texture, above average carbonation. Something a bit different, didn't find this one particularly easy to drink.
Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2019 at 23:58

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Doesn’t feel boozy, don’t get the treacle unfortunately. Dark fruit, bit of choc and bitterness. Strange
Tried on 20 Oct 2019 at 15:35

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Keg at House of Hop, Darlington. Hazy gold colour, no head and aroma of fruity gooseberry. Taste is pale malt, alittle biscuit, sour fruity, some tartness with gooseberry notes. Watery mouthfeel, light bodied, light spritzy carbonation, dry sour finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried on 19 Oct 2019 at 15:40

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Hazy purple colour, foamy purple-pink head leaving lacing and aroma of fruity berry, bilberry, citric hoppy. Taste is very tart fruity, bilberry, juicy berries, with citric rind, grapefruity, hop resin bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy tart berry finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Can on 18 Oct 2019 at 17:13

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at the dockside tap. Pours clear golden, nose is mango, grapefruit, lemon, taste is similar, quite sweet, slightly grassy. 3.5
Tried from Draft on 17 Oct 2019 at 08:27

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Can shared at De Samenscholing. Hazy orangey golden with white head. Sweet malty and biscuity, sugary, oaty, fruity and vanilla, some sweaty onions. Sweet and moderate bitter. Slightly over medium bodied and soft carbonation.
Tried from Can on 11 Oct 2019 at 20:53