Brixton Brewery
Commercial Brewery
in Lambeth,
London,
Greater London,
England 🏴
Owned by
Heineken UK
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2013
Contact
Arches 547+548, Brixton Station Road, London, SW9 8PF, England
Description
Brixton Brewery is one of London’s established craft breweries, making beer in the heart of one of London’s most colourful and famous neighbourhoods. We were founded in 2013 by two local couples, Jez and Libby and Mike and Xochitl, but our shared passion for beer started years before that, when we met in the old Hive Bar (now Craft Beer Co. Brixton), and bonded over newborn babies, and a dream of opening a brewery. We reckoned that every great neighbourhood deserves a great brewery, and we wanted to bring one to Brixton.
In 2017 Brixton Brewery announced the biggest news in its short history. That it had partnered with Heineken UK in a deal that would enable the business to open a second site in Brixton, boost capacity nearly tenfold from its 3,000hl site to up to 30,000hl, and significantly grow its team as a result.
As per 2021, Brixton is 100% owned by Heineken.
Brixton now only carry out small-scale brewing. Production brewing moved to Beavertown in September 2024.
In 2017 Brixton Brewery announced the biggest news in its short history. That it had partnered with Heineken UK in a deal that would enable the business to open a second site in Brixton, boost capacity nearly tenfold from its 3,000hl site to up to 30,000hl, and significantly grow its team as a result.
As per 2021, Brixton is 100% owned by Heineken.
Brixton now only carry out small-scale brewing. Production brewing moved to Beavertown in September 2024.
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg at Chiltern Taps, HW, 19/05/22. Pale golden with a decent white cap. Nose is pale malts, grass, grains, lemon rind, herb. Taste grass, toastes grains, pale malts, light breads, hedgerow, citric drizzle. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 May 2022
at 15:30
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
Metallic and resinous smell. Canned 01/03/2022 and drunk 4 month later.
Tried
from Can
on 13 May 2022
at 20:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
330 ml can, from Gulating Ølutsalg, Stavanger. ABV is 4.2%. Sligtly hazy pale golden colour, smalll white head. Moderate aroma of tropical fruits (papaya, mango, guava) which \"disappears\" after a while in the glass, hints of citrus and biscuity malts. The flavour has also citrus and biscuity malts, medium dry. Drinkable and forgettable.
*Dec. 2025: Sampled twice (pint) from keg at The Grand Central, Brighton. Nice fruity and refreshing character. A hint of diacetyl.
*Dec. 2025: Sampled twice (pint) from keg at The Grand Central, Brighton. Nice fruity and refreshing character. A hint of diacetyl.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2022
at 10:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg draught at the taproom in Brixton. Light yellow, lazy with a film of white head.grapefruit dominates the aroma, there's also vanilla, some floral notes and some soap. Sweet taste with and incredibly soapy note creeping in with the second-half bitterness. Really mars a good beer. Light to medium oily body, soft carbonation. A real shame it's not better...
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Mar 2022
at 13:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught keg at the Elm Park Tavern, Brixton. Light to mid-gold with just a little bit of haze. The aroma is light but there are flashes of pink grapefruit, orange and melon. Taste is pretty sweet and juicy with a reasonable malt presence and some citrus rind hop bitterness closer to the finish. Light body with medium to heavy carbonation. It's simultaneously dull and enjoyable.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2022
at 12:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from local Asda (reduced price). Pours lemon yellow with minimal white head and fairly high carbonation. Theres a strong aroma of grapefruit and citrus here – plus a little boiled cabbage ! Tangerine and grapefruit are immediately apparent in the mouth, with tropical fruits, herbs, and sticky pine taking their time to be felt. Finish is rather sweet. Nice enough if you like that sort of thing – but not much body to it.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2022
at 20:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Part of the Toast Companion package - pours dark with a small white head - light tastes of chocolate and coacoa, not as strong as a porter, but quite sessionable.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2022
at 23:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Hazy light gold with a frothy white head and a mellow light biscuit malt aroma, with hints of fruit. It's crisp and moderately carbonated, a little citrusy with a soft bitterness that dries into the finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Cross Keys
on 23 Feb 2022
at 14:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
KYGG 130222. Golden color with a white head. Aroma is butterscotch, citrus. Flavor is butterscotch, citrus, pine, grapefruit, citrus. Too much butterscotch.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2022
at 05:13
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Can. It pours a finger-thick white head over a lightly hazy golden colored body. Some curtains. The aroma has quite a lot of butterscotch, along with piney, resiny and grapefruity hops. It's medium bodied and nicely carbonated, quite dry, with a light bitterness. Lots of butterscotch in the flavor too, with piney, citrusy hops. Nicely hopped this one, but way too butterscotchy. 220213
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2022
at 18:25