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…
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Steam Machine Brew Room, Newton Aycliffe. Black colour, beige foam head leaving lacing and aroma of rose water, turkish delight. Taste is chocolatey malt, flowery rose, turkish delight with molasses and coffee notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry lingering turkish delight finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
on 27 Apr 2019
at 16:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at Steam Machine Brew Room, Newton Aycliffe. Golden colour, thin white foam head and aroma of floral & honey notes. Taste is honey, grains, musk, with floral, hay and grassy notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry musky yeasty finish. Quite OK
Tried
on 27 Apr 2019
at 16:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at Steam Machine Brew Room, Newton Aycliffe. Slightly hazy golden colour, white foam head leaving some lacing and aroma of sweet rhubarb. Taste is sweet and sour, rhubarb, floral, orange blossom, fruity yeasty. Slick mouthfeel, light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, tart with residual fruity sweetness at the finish. Interesting, quite drinkable
Tried
on 27 Apr 2019
at 16:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Steam Machine Brew Room, Newton Aycliffe. Hazy orange golden colour, thin white foam head and aroma of tropical fruits, citrus hoppy. Taste is malty, some caramel, with fruity citrus hoppy bitterness. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry fruity hop bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
on 27 Apr 2019
at 16:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Growler fill from Caps Off, Bishop Auckland. Hazy orange golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of tropical fruits, peach, citrus hoppy. Taste is malt caramel, with fruity peach, lychee, citrus zest and grapefruit hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry fruity tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
from Growler
on 26 Apr 2019
at 17:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can from CentrALE, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Pours red in colour with a foamy pink head leaving lacing and aroma of sweet tropical fruits, mango, citrus, hoppy. Taste is malt caramel with tart cherry and tropical fruits, along with citrus & pine hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tart cherry finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2019
at 20:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is hazy golden. Aroma and taste are rich hops, fruits, flowers, citrus, malt and has a nice fruity hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2019
at 19:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can, 7.4%. Hazy yellow with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop and citrus. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, citrus, medium sweet, yeast, little grapefruit and a little bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2019
at 19:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can @ Saxo tasting. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and rather bitter finish. 190419
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2019
at 19:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can @ Højbjerg tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich bitter hops, white wine, fruits, citrus and has a nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2019
at 19:22