Brixton Brewery
Commercial Brewery
in
Brixton,
Greater London,
England 🏴
Owned by
Heineken UK
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2013
Contact
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.
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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at LKS - thanks to Fergus. It pours clear golden with a tiny white head. The aroma is bready, green, grassy, lemon sherbet, candied peel, bit dank and some stone fruits. The taste is dry, bitter, green, dank, weedy, grass, minerals, lemon sherbet, stone fruits, tropical vibes and some spice with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Decent gear. Fresh and quaffable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2018
at 18:34
8/10
Tried
on 31 Jan 2018
at 18:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12th December 2017
Bodney Towers bottleshare. Thanks to Fergus. Light haze on this pale gold beer, small white head. Light palate, dry and with a fine minerally crispness. Thin malts. Tart generic fruits, some lemon acid. Touches of licorice, mandarin and candy fruits on the back end. Light dry finish. Nice enough, certainly off the beaten track.
Bodney Towers bottleshare. Thanks to Fergus. Light haze on this pale gold beer, small white head. Light palate, dry and with a fine minerally crispness. Thin malts. Tart generic fruits, some lemon acid. Touches of licorice, mandarin and candy fruits on the back end. Light dry finish. Nice enough, certainly off the beaten track.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2018
at 09:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up at Clapton Craft. Pours completely clear gold with a small, creamy white head. Nice aroma, some ripening citrus fruits, melon, tangerine, a little papaya. Light to medium sweet flavour with supportive pale malt base, more citrus fruits, tangerine and lemon, some mango and more papaya, peach, mild rindy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Pretty smooth in the finish, nice and juicy, with restrained piney bitterness, some further rindy notes. This is really drinkable stuff. One of the better ones I've had from Brixton.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2018
at 14:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at CBC, Shoreditch on 6th January 2018. Coppery brown with shallow film and spot lacing. Intense duo of caramel and biscuit malt in aroma. Nutty maltiness in-mouth - hazelnut. A sweet, nutty, malty finish. Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2018
at 19:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Leighton's place at the Ktwse tasting, 12/12/2017. A clear pale yellow straw coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is weird liquorice, apricot, gooseberry, straw grains, light lemon sour. Flavour is composed of crisp tart grains, lemon rind, fennel, tart gooseberry, green citrus. Palate is grainy, crisp, tart, sour, moderate carboantion. Decent dryingh finish, not bad overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2017
at 18:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33 cL bottle. Pours cloudy yellow. Small white head. Aroma is peach and grapefruity. Smooth fruity. Crisp hoppy. Mellow and lingering hoppy. Bitter, crisp hoppy. Juicy and smooth fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2017
at 20:22
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow. Small white head. Aroma is light fruity. Slight straw to grassy. Fennel and coriander. Sour. Dry and citric. Herbal finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2017
at 18:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Fluffy beige head stayed on a reddish brown still body. Sweet malty aroma. Medium bodied, light & airy on the palate & crisp on the back. Bitter/sweet fruity tastes of stone fruit, red berries & malty undercurrent.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2017
at 12:06
6.5/10
Perfectly fine, but disappointing. Sweet and malty, unexciting for the alcohol content
Tried
on 12 Dec 2017
at 19:08