About
Wylam Brewery was set up in a disused dairy on a farm near Heddon on the Wall in May 2000 by John Boyle and Robin Leighton driven by their passion for real ale. The brewery grew rapidly on the strength of the quality of its ales, winning awards at festivals around the UK. They outgrew the original 1000L plant in 2006 and brought on-stream a new 3500L plant in August in a bespoke barn conversion. Since then they have enjoyed continued strong growth. In Summer 2016, the brewery moved to its current location at the same time expanding to a 30BBL plant.
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Murky yellow, big frothy white head. Aroma of mandarin, grapefruit, passionfruit, herbs. Taste is citrusy, mandarin and grapefruit, melon, passionfruit, herbal, slightly dank, light bitterness. Medium bodied. Excellent as usual from Wylam.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Apr 2025
at 18:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Can. Pours a hazy pale orange colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and citrus fruits especially orange in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness, with a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate)
on 19 Apr 2025
at 17:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 2013 - 500ml bottle, pours bright golden with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, orange, apple, toffee, hints of spice & yeast. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2025
at 14:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Cock and Bull, Amble. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Nice lacings. Aromas of lemon and biscuit. Taste has a mineral note. Lemon and biscuit, and a faint grassy finish.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2025
at 15:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at the Brewis taproom, Amble. Pours murky yellow with a thin white head. Aromas of spring onion, peach and overripe melon. Taste is fruit salad sweets, resin. Chalky texture, light sweet finish.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2025
at 16:55
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the cask and tap.
Medium beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate
Medium beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate
Tried
from Cask
at
Cask and Tap
on 01 Apr 2025
at 18:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
I feel like I'm on the Carabao Cup memorial tour, in Newcastle yesterday for this beer, they won it defeating Liverpool, where I am today, catching up on rating this number. Noticeably a smooth hoppy session ale with a pleasing mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
at
Town Wall
on 29 Mar 2025
at 11:33
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie. Pours misty yellow, white head. Aroma of fresh stonefruit citrus. Taste has strange lemon toilet duck, wild sour notes, not entirely sure what this is meant to be. Some ginger notes, herbal, liquorice root? Odd. Also odd that one of us detected none of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2025
at 08:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Daffodils do grow in the southern hemisphere, but you're most likely to see them around October time. The Wylam Brewery is currently experiencing plenty of them in the park grounds outside its fine building. This porter inside is very plain, and that's not a pun on its name. Drinkable but nothing too exciting about it. Black
Tried
from Cask
at
Wylam Brewery and Tap Room
on 28 Mar 2025
at 15:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Murky pale yellow, white head. Aroma of pineapple, mango, peach, light herbal. Taste is juicy, tropical, pineapple and mango, peaches, zesty orange and grapefruit, slightly floral/herbal and piney, with a touch of the Wylam dankness at the end. Medium bodied. Cracking pale.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2025
at 20:50