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…
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Tap @ The Wheeltapper, Loughborough. No head. Color is hazy golden. Aroma and taste are sour malt, sweet custard, lactose acid and notes of hops. Odd combo of sweet custard and lactose acid.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Oct 2018
at 19:09
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Tap @ Wheeltapper, Loughborough. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and heavy Christmas spices. Flavor is medium sweet and slightly acidic. Sweet and slightly acidic finish. 161018
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Oct 2018
at 19:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
14th October 2018
Can. Brut IPA with white grape and Mosaic. Almost clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light and mildly smooth, reasonable fine carbonation. Airy malts, a light creamy sweetness. Slightly skunky floral grape. A little floral tangerine and ripe tropical fruits. Touch of lemon and lime peel, also with the all pervading floral slant. A light tangy finish. Another unusual and drinkable Brut IPA. The Brut substyle has generated a lot of interesting IPAs for me.
Can. Brut IPA with white grape and Mosaic. Almost clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light and mildly smooth, reasonable fine carbonation. Airy malts, a light creamy sweetness. Slightly skunky floral grape. A little floral tangerine and ripe tropical fruits. Touch of lemon and lime peel, also with the all pervading floral slant. A light tangy finish. Another unusual and drinkable Brut IPA. The Brut substyle has generated a lot of interesting IPAs for me.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Oct 2018
at 18:26
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Copper colour with light haze and no head. Aroma and flavour have weird sweet and spicy notes. Heavy on the clove. Also nutmeg, cinnamon? Awful.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2018
at 15:34
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Keg at York Tap. It pours very slightly hazy amber with no head. The aroma is tangy, spoiled fruits, apple, sharp green apple, sour candy, birscher museli. The taste is pretty harsh upfront, sour and acidity, plenty of granny smith apple, apple cider vinegar, baslamico, salt & vinegar crisps, bircher muesli, some pickled onion monster munch, some sour candy and fizzy cola bottles on the back end. Finish is acidic. Medium body and limited carbonation. A bit bloody harsh and acidity, needs reining in. Almost ripped my face clean off.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2018
at 13:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at Vesuvio, Darlington. Orange gold colour, no lasting head and aroma of custard, spice. Taste is apple pie, cinnamon, spice with wheaty yeasty custard notes and some tartness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tart custardy finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2018
at 19:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
440ml can from Caps Off, Bishop Auckland. Murky amber gold colour, white foamy head leaving lacing and fruity woody hop aroma. Taste is malt caramel with mellow fruity, apricot, musky bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, mellow finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Sep 2018
at 18:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
440ml can from Caps Off, Bishop Auckland. Hazy orange golden colour, white foam head leaving alittle lacing and tropical fruit hoppy aroma. Taste is malt caramel, oats, tropical fruity, spicy citrus, pine, zesty with a grapey hint, and some bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Sep 2018
at 17:45
6/10
Tried
on 26 Aug 2018
at 14:53
6/10
Tried
on 26 Aug 2018
at 14:52