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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7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from Hops at Home. Pours murky yellow with a thin white head. Strong tropical fruit aromas, white grape and peach. Taste is more of the same. Creamy texture. Light bitter finish.

Tried on 10 Sep 2025 at 11:44


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

On tap at Burrito Buoy Folkestone Tap Takeover. Cloudy pale gold colour lasting white head. Good bitterness on the finish. Rest is a a neipa. Not overly the top. Its some tropical fruit some citrus fruits. Decent ipa. Good flavours

Tried from Draft on 06 Sep 2025 at 13:51


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

On tap at Burrito Buoy Folkestone Tap Takeover. Clear pale gold colour lasting white head. OK lager. Decent in fact. Yep good clean lemon accemted fun. Fine.

Tried from Draft on 06 Sep 2025 at 13:36


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Burrito Buoy Folkestone Tap Takeover. Cloudy gold colour lasting white head. Its a tasty pale ale. Some tropical fruits but also some citrus flavour too. Moderate bitterness on the finish. Good flavours. Yep pretty good.

Tried from Draft on 06 Sep 2025 at 13:22


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

440ml can. Murky pale yellow, white head. Aroma of peach, melon, white wine, dank. Taste is super hoppy, lots of peach, melon, white wine, pithy citrus finish and subtle dank herbal notes. Medium bodied. Outstanding pale.

Tried from Can from Trembling Madness Online Shop on 26 Aug 2025 at 20:03


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at White Horse, Hedgerley, Bucks. A dark brown coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Hoppy, malty, nutty, chocolate taste and aroma. Not bad.

Tried from Cask on 23 Aug 2025 at 22:32


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

440ml can online from HoTM. Pours dark brown with beige foam. Aroma: caramel malts, berry fruits, mild citrus. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter. Medium body with fine carbonation. Odd hops for the style tbh. But then I'm a sucker for an American brown ale.

Tried from Can from Trembling Madness Online Shop on 21 Aug 2025 at 22:18


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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can at home, 2nd August 25. Pours light yellow and hazy. Aroma is citrus, floral. Taste is pleasant, aromatic and citrus, fresh and juicy

Tried from Can on 04 Aug 2025 at 17:26


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Backlog. Hazy yellowish golden colour with a small white foamy head. Aroma is mango, lime, some citrus and a bit grapefruits with a bit resin bitterness to it. Flavour is citrus, tropical fruits, some resin and wood and a bit bitterness to it as well.

Tried from Can on 04 Aug 2025 at 08:44


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

Notable 25 year anniversaries in 2025 include Putin elected Russian president for the first time, Concord crashes in Paris and the Chernobyl Power plant shuts down its final reactors. This anniversary beer is hazy yellow-gold with a small head. Pine based mild tropical fruit brew. Fitting enough for a celebration ale.

Tried from Draft at Gather on 02 Aug 2025 at 12:45