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…
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Fuggle & Golding, Ilkley. Hazy, dark gold. Film of white head. Fusty, jammy, grapefruit marmalade hop. Tinned fruit syrup. A bit woody. A bit resinous. Taste is sweet, turning full on bitter. Feels a big beer, although maybe not to the tune of 9.6%. Smooth and chewy. Finishes long, resinous, woody bitter. Little in the way of balance. It’s a bruiser of an IPA. Pretty likeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2015
at 16:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from the Cheese & Wine shop, Darlington. Golden amber colour, white foam head and grainy earthy aroma. Taste is grainy, fruity, yeasty, with grassy earthy notes and lingering metalllic bitterness. Medium bodied, soft to medium carbonation, dry grainy earthy metallic bitter finish. Quite OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2015
at 13:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Cheese & Wine shop, Darlington. Hazy orange amber colour with a creamy white foam head. Aroma of tropical fruits, citrus, hoppy. Taste is malt caramel & some biscuit, with fruity citrus, grapefruit and woody bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Nicely drinkable IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2015
at 12:35
4/10
Tried
on 24 Jul 2015
at 18:21
6/10
Tried
on 24 Jul 2015
at 17:55
8/10
Tried
on 24 Jul 2015
at 17:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at the Quakerhouse, Darlington. Orange amber colour, white foam head and fruity mango aroma. Taste is sweet fruity, malt caramel, woody, some fruity mango and yeast, plus a boozy note. Quite a creamy mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry harsh tangy yeasty finish with alcohol evident rather than bitterness coming through. Abit unbalanced but interesting take on a DIPA.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2015
at 10:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Quakerhouse, Darlington. Orangey amber colour, white foam head and slight earl grey tea aroma. Taste is malt caramel with tangy citrus grapefruit and lingering woody earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry woody bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2015
at 10:37