Wylam Brewery

Microbrewery in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Wylam Brewery and Tap Room
Associated Webshop: Wylam Brewery

Established in 2000

Contact
Palace of Arts, Exhibition Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4PZ, England
Description
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.

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Backlog. Hazy golden colour with a small white foamy head. Aroma is floral, citrusy, some mild nectar and a bit oaty and biscuity tones. Flavour is floral, citrusy, some pineapple, mild nectar and some tropical fruits with a mild bready kick to it.

Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2025 at 08:19


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Backlog. Hazy yellowish golden colour with a mediumsized white foamy head. Aroma is zest, pineapple, citrus and some mild resin to it. Flavour is mainly citrus, pineapple and some mild floral and fruity tones with a bit bready tones to it.

Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2025 at 07:08


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask at the Bailey Head, Oswestry. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is hoppy hedgerow fruit and ground coffee. Taste has hedgerow fruit, bread and milk chocolate with a bitter hoppy finish.

Tried from Cask at The Bailey Head on 14 Oct 2025 at 18:00


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at St Albans Beer & Cider Festival, St Albans, Herts. A hazy golden yellow coloured pour with a healthy white bubbly head on top. Hoppy, citrus, orange, lemon. Drinkable enough if not overly complex.

Tried from Cask on 29 Sep 2025 at 12:50


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Pale golden yellow topped with a white head.
Nose is citric zest, grass, melon, light stone fruit.
Taste comprises ripe melon, papaya, tangerine, grass.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spiked with lightly dankened come grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy cask pale.

Tried on 26 Sep 2025 at 17:53


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Third of a pint at the Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival on 25th September 2025. Opaque milky lemon coloured body, white crust. Intense lemon and citrus bite, aroma also laden with citrus esters. Orange like flavours also in the mix once the lemons had calmed down a little.

Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2025 at 10:10


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7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Clear and golden with a frothy white head and a mellow fruity aroma. Fresh and fruity with a lovely zesty bitterness, finishes slightly dry and bittersweet.

Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 2025

Tried from Cask at Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival on 24 Sep 2025 at 09:45


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Very slightly hazy gold with a frothy white head and a fresh fruity nose, satsuma I’d say. Fresh and fruity, soft citrus bitterness, delicate light malt and a dryish bittersweet finish.

St Mary's Church (Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival set-up)

Tried from Cask on 23 Sep 2025 at 14:10


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6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can at home, 20th September 2025. Pours a light straw yellow. Aroma is light citrus. Taste is light, aromatic, citrus, refreshing, but not much going on.

Tried from Can on 21 Sep 2025 at 13:51


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Seems to have reverted to it's former name "Hickey The Rake"

Tried from Draft at Kingsmead Street Bottle on 11 Sep 2025 at 23:00