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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6.5/10 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

7.3/10 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

6.4/10 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

7/10 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

7.3/10 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

6.9/10 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

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

7.8/10 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

7/10 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

6.5/10 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