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.
6.6/10
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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
6.9/10
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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
7.8/10
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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
7.3/10
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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
7.3/10
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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
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Clear and golden with a frothy white head and a hop soup aroma, with some pine going on I’d say. Soft and smooth, somewhat grassy with dank hop bitterness, some fruity notes and a dry finish with a tart citrus aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
at
RAD Beer Tap Room
on 31 Jul 2025
at 16:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours dark brown with a big beige head. Aroma of berry fruits, tropical, citrus, chocolatey malts. Taste is very fruity, berries, citrus and a little tropical, atop chocolatey malts, caramel, light bitterness. Medium bodied. Not the kind of hops I'd choose for this style, but it's alright.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 27 Jul 2025
at 18:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Happy 25th Wylam! Still a firm favourite of mine.
440ml can. Hazy yellow, huge white head. Aroma of pineapple and grapefruit, lemon zest. Taste is very citrusy, zesty, pineapple, lemon and grapefruit, some tropical fruit, pithy fruity hop finish. Medium bodied.
440ml can. Hazy yellow, huge white head. Aroma of pineapple and grapefruit, lemon zest. Taste is very citrusy, zesty, pineapple, lemon and grapefruit, some tropical fruit, pithy fruity hop finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 27 Jul 2025
at 17:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Hazy yellow, white head. Aroma of orange, papaya, mango, melon. Taste of pithy orange and grapefruit, sweet papaya, mango, melon, pithy citrus finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 27 Jul 2025
at 15:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Can at home on 19th July 2025. Pours a light hazy yellow. Aroma is citrus, aromatic. Taste is dry and citrusy, pith and mellow. OK
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2025
at 12:07