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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the hanging bat. Pours hazy yellow orange, nose is toffee, floral, herbal, taste is dry, herbal, spiced.
Tried
on 25 May 2015
at 12:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol March 2015. Amber in colour, with an off-white head. Sweetish, cereal malts, a touch of hedgerow fruit, honey, and moderately bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Apr 2015
at 03:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Old Fountain, 14/04/15. Clear golden with a decent light beige covering. Nose is caramel malt, punchy hop ring, mango, bitter orange. Taste is mango pulp, caramel malt forward, sweet licks, honeydew melon, soft bread tones, light grapefruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough IPA.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2015
at 07:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at spitfire. Pours hazy yellow, nose is toffee, light orange, taste is dry, bitter, citrus.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2015
at 14:37
5/10
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear pale golden, nose is grassy, floral, taste is sweet, grassy, thin.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Apr 2015
at 07:46
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear pale golden, nose is grassy, floral, taste is sweet, grassy, thin.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2015
at 10:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
30th March 2015
Old Fountain. Keg. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry and has a fine minerally crispness. Light pale malts, not that sweet. Parma violets! Light dry orange turning pithy. Mild floralness. Crisp dry finish. Decent and drinkable but lacks the complexity of the Wylams on cask tonight.
Old Fountain. Keg. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry and has a fine minerally crispness. Light pale malts, not that sweet. Parma violets! Light dry orange turning pithy. Mild floralness. Crisp dry finish. Decent and drinkable but lacks the complexity of the Wylams on cask tonight.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2015
at 10:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
30th March 2015
Old Fountain. Cask. Almost clear amber beer, tidy cream colour head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, mild fine carbonation. Very obvious creamy caramel toffee in the malts. Floral bitterness starts mild and the ramps up. Touches of hop spice and citrus. Light semi dry finish. Very much a beer of two halves, the first sweet, the latter, bitter! I liked it!
Old Fountain. Cask. Almost clear amber beer, tidy cream colour head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, mild fine carbonation. Very obvious creamy caramel toffee in the malts. Floral bitterness starts mild and the ramps up. Touches of hop spice and citrus. Light semi dry finish. Very much a beer of two halves, the first sweet, the latter, bitter! I liked it!
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2015
at 10:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
30th March 2015
Old Fountain. Cask. Clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and light with modest fine carbonation. Sweetish pale malts. Light bubblegum ester. Sweet candy fruits and floralness. Tangy sweet tangerine and tangerine sherbet. Finally some bitterness kicks in. Milld lemon before a semi dry finish. Interesting and drinkable.
Old Fountain. Cask. Clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and light with modest fine carbonation. Sweetish pale malts. Light bubblegum ester. Sweet candy fruits and floralness. Tangy sweet tangerine and tangerine sherbet. Finally some bitterness kicks in. Milld lemon before a semi dry finish. Interesting and drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2015
at 10:51
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear golden, nose is toffee, floral, taste is wishy washy, toffee, floral.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Mar 2015
at 12:04