Wylam Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Newcastle upon Tyne,
Tyne & Wear,
England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
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.
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Cloisters. Pours clear gold with a thin white head. Aromas of citrus, light malt. Taste is slightly sweet, citrus. Light bitter finish, bit thin.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Mar 2015
at 11:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Hanging Bat. Pours clear gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light floral hops, biscuit. Taste is light sweet, orange. Clean finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Mar 2015
at 12:09
6/10
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear pale golden, nose is floral, taste is sweet, floral, dry, soapy.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2015
at 07:49
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear pale golden, nose is floral, taste is sweet, floral, dry, soapy.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2015
at 02:39
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the four thieves. Mid copper coloured pour with a small off white covering. Aroma is really subdued, some twigs and light spice maybe. Flavour is also subdued, light nutty malts, sandalwood and cinnamon spices. Little bit of funky orange in there as well. Palate is medium to light body with moderate cask condition. Pretty clean beer, just not much going on.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Mar 2015
at 17:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle: drank at home on 14th Mar 2015. Poured into an Abbot Ale badged glass tankard and shared with no one. Lively bit of kit, a huge off-white billowing foam head only allowed me to fill half the glass with beer, copper hue to the clear amber body. Nice blend of flavours and well balanced with neither the hops or malts ruling the brew. Woody, nutty and tasty. Semi-sweet malty molasses vie with the mildly bittering hops for your attention and dance around the mouth in perfect harmony: a great start to my evenings mini rating session.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2015
at 14:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Ushers. Pours hazy golden with a thin white head. Aromas of oranges, resin. Oily texture.Pungent with hops, but the tar isnโt too bitter. Some malt on the finish.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2015
at 12:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask in the Standing Order. Pours clear golden, nose is lemon, floral, toffee, taste is similar. --- Beer merged from original tick of Crisp & Even on 24 Dec 2012 at 18:54 - Score: 6
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Mar 2015
at 02:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap. Friends of Ham, Leeds. As Wylam Silver Ghost Redux. Hazy gold. Thin, white, bubbly head. Grassy and pithy with a sweet digestive biscuit background. Taste is light dry, with an astringency at the end. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2015
at 12:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
18th February 2015
Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival in KEGS. Cask. Almost opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Palate is smooth and light with modest fine carbonation. Smooth dsrk malts, little dark chocolate. Mild toffee and dried fruits and a pinch of spice. Light semi dry finish brings a little dark fruits. More old ale than stout.
Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival in KEGS. Cask. Almost opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Palate is smooth and light with modest fine carbonation. Smooth dsrk malts, little dark chocolate. Mild toffee and dried fruits and a pinch of spice. Light semi dry finish brings a little dark fruits. More old ale than stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Mar 2015
at 06:46