Why Should Brewers Have All The Fun?

We are a national group of beer lovers who suggest, vote, & create exclusive beers together! A motley crew of amateurs to experts, homebrewers to pro-brewers, beer writers to casual drinkers; led by Steam Machine Brewing Company's co-founder Nick Smith.

Together we create the diverse beers that our community want to drink. Their suggestions and votes are incredibly eclectic and last year we created everything from a birch-smoked grodziskie to elderberry stock ales; barrel aged doppelbocks to west coast IPAs, and much much more...

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How It Works:

  • JOIN THE FELLOWSHIP

    Become part of our unique beer society, limited to just 450 places.

  • GET INVOLVED

    Interact with our members, share your beer experience, suggest, vote, and be intimately involved in the creation of incredible beers.

  • ENJOY YOUR UNIQUE BEERS

    Our members receive six boxes throughout the year, brimming with their creations, delivered straight to their door.
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What's In The Box?

We are far more than a run-of-the-mill beer subscription box, re-selling other brewery's short-dated stock.

Our beers are suggested, voted, and created exclusively for our members.

Throughout the year we send SIX boxes, each with 12 x 375ml premium beers - many of them uniquely barrel aged.

Skibsøl, Grodsizkie, Kriek, Doppelbock, Stock Ale, Heritage Porter, Imperial Stout, DIPA, Saison, Tripel, Mulled Ale, Barrel Aged Beers, Old Ale - our community suggestions are far from mundane, and truly celebrate how eclectic beer can be.

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From Our Community:

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  • Sean M

    “As members we get to choose what gets brewed, and then be the first to taste it. It is so unique. It’s more than just hazy IPAs…it’s every style you could think of, and many you wouldn’t !”

  • Angela C

    “Together, we create what we want to drink."

  • Belper Beer Club

    “One of the most exciting things I’ve heard in the world of craft beer. For me, it seems like Steam Machine is the one brewery that could do this, and I can’t think of a safer pair of hands than Nick’s, that we would entrust on a project like this.”

  • Andrew S

    “The FOB is a beer sub that is actually community driven. I've tried, and loved, styles of beer that I would not have tried without the ideas of the friendly members.”

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Who's Behind This?

Founded a decade ago, Steam Machine Brewing Company has been on a rollercoaster of an adventure! We were there at the tipping point of the UK’s craft beer revolution boom.

Our mission has always been to showcase just how vast the world of beer is, and how different every pint of beer can be. We do this by constantly experimenting, exploring bygone recipes, and using our extensive palates to create a myriad of different tasting beers. Mix this up with wild foraged plants and a lot of barrel ageing, and you'll get a taste of what we love doing!

Since our beginning we have produced literally hundreds of different beers, truly exploring what beer is about. The Fellowship Of Beer is an extension of this mission, bringing like-minded individuals - whether complete amateur beer-lover, or award winning expert - together to create community-led beer.

In 2024 we more than doubled our original membership. We will cap our society number to 450 members, but there's still space to join the fun... for now!

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