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 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
440ml can from Caps Off, Bishop Auckland. Hazy yellowy gold colour, bubbly foamy white head leaving lacing and aroma of very zesty mellow citrus, earthy yeasty, floral elderflower, fruity notes. Taste is sour, mellow, citrusy, melon, fruity, some grainy biscuit, with zesty citrus bitterness. Sharp mouthfeel, light bodied, fine carbonation, dry zingy citric finish. Interesting, nicely drinkable.
Tried from Can on 23 Aug 2019 at 19:24

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Keg at Steam Machine. Deep orangey dark brown colour, thin beige foam head and aroma has orangey hints. Taste is sweet, brown sugar, candy, bready, yeasty with lots of booze. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, boozy finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Can on 11 Aug 2019 at 14:58

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg at Steam Machine. Deep brown colour with reddish tinge, thin beige foam head and aroma of malt, dark chocolate, dried fruits. Taste is roasty malt, chocolate, doughy, with nutty earthy bitterness and some hop notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry nutty finish. Quite OK
Tried on 11 Aug 2019 at 14:50

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Keg at Steam Machine. Deep brown colour, creamy biege foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, dried fruity. Taste is malty, roasty, dried fruity some molasses, chocolate, coffee and hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy hop bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried on 11 Aug 2019 at 14:45

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Keg at Steam Machine. Hazy orange gold colour, white foamy head leaving lacing and aroma of zesty tropical fruit. Taste is malt caramel with zesty fruity citrus hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry light bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried on 11 Aug 2019 at 14:41

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Draught @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, Greater London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Steam Machine The Brown ].
ABV: 5.3%. Unclear dark amber brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, chocolate, dark malt, sweet malt, light roasted. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, chocolate, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190808]
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Tried on 11 Aug 2019 at 10:41

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

Draught @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Steam Machine Pastures New ].
ABV: 5.6%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, moderate hoppy, ripe fruit, floral, flowers - nectar. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, ripe fruit, soapy, cookie, sweet malt, honey - nectar, pale malt, floral. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190807]
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Tried on 11 Aug 2019 at 07:30

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
8/8/2019. Keykeg at the 2019 Great British Beer Festival. Pours mid to dark brown with a small off-white to beige head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, vanilla, hops and dark fruit. Light sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, above average carbonation.
Tried on 10 Aug 2019 at 14:11

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Keg to Growler Fill from Caps Off, Bishop Auckland. Golden yellow colour, no lasting head and aroma of grainy, grassy. Taste is sweetish, malt, grainy, tangy with some hay an grassy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry grassy tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Growler on 09 Aug 2019 at 16:37

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7th August 2019
GBBF Day 2. KeyKeg. Light haze on this gold beer, small white head. Palate is light and semi dry, decent crispness. Light malts. Clean. Zippy floral citrus. Semi dry finish. Pretty tasty.
Tried on 07 Aug 2019 at 13:42