Brixton Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Brixton, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Heineken UK
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2013

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Arches 547+548, Brixton Station Road, Brixton, 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.

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6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle at home, 07/07/18. Hazed orange golden with a decent off white cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is lIght pissy citrics, on the turn melon, straw, light funk, ladies knickers. Taste comprises dusty fruits, lactic tang, decaying citric flash, damp cloth. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a very mellow pucker. Inoffensive sour but stuck in the lower end of 3rd gear.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2018 at 13:57

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up at Clapton Craft. Pours totally clear yellow-gold with a tight, frothy white head. Crispy pale grains in the aroma, some straw, lemon peel. Light sweet flavour with notes of dried cereal, lightly bitter hay, a touch of subtly tang lemon rind, biscuits. Light bodied with average carbonation. Reasonably crisp in the finish, more biscuits and dry cereal, mild bitter straw. Overall, a serviceable lager.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2018 at 00:27

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Keg at LBA. It pours hazy pale gold with a medium white head of. The aroma is tart, vinous, gooseberry, white grape, sherbet, vanilla and tangy action. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, tangy, lemon - lime, limeade, white wine, vinous, good mouth - pucker, gooseberry and a kick of acidity. Firmly dry on the finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Verry tasty.
Tried on 23 Jun 2018 at 14:56

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
At a tasting, small stable creamy bubbly head, quite hazy and quite deep orange color, citrus woody flavor with a hint of peach and something malty behind, malty grainy flavor with some citrus and lemon, light bitterness, a bit sticky. Nice but not too exciting.
Tried on 21 Jun 2018 at 09:48

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Modest peach smell, okay foam, clear gold. Flavour is soft hops with grain hints. Medium finish. Nice chill session brew.
Tried on 15 Jun 2018 at 17:31

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2018 at 22:37

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from AlesByMail. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich bitter hops, pine, caramel and malt. Nice long bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2018 at 08:35

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
At a tasting, medium creamy bubbly head, clear dark brown color, aroma of toasted bread and roasted coffee with a yeastie hint, flavor of bitter chocolate and coffee with ash and metallic hints, noticable bitterness. Nice and enjoyable.
Tried on 31 May 2018 at 05:45

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
At a tasting, small bubbly head, quite clear deepish gold color, bready woody aroma with a spicy hint, onion woody flavor with some maltiness behind. Nice and simple, easy to drink.
Tried on 30 May 2018 at 08:01

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up at Clapton Craft. Pours slightly hazy gold with a creamy, white head. Pleasant pithy aroma, grapefruit peel, dried pale malts, hay. Light sweet flavour with some drying flinty minerality, lemon peel, more pithy grapefruit, grassy accents. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Dry finish, pithy, lightly bitter. Overall, enjoyable super low ABV gear.
Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2018 at 15:39