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.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Bottle from Oddbins, Portobello, London. Pours clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma of tropical fruit, caramel, bread, biscuit, malt and a little veg. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Something slightly unappealing to the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2017 at 15:08

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Slightly milky, golden colour with small to average, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Citrusy hoppy and biscuity malty aroma, hints of lemon, lemon biscuit, a grassy touch. Taste is dry, moderately bitter and citrusy hoppy, minimally grassy and chalky overtones.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2017 at 14:41

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Bottle@The Railway, Streatham, London - yellow to light orange fuzzy pour with white head. Sweet tropical fruity hits of satsuma, grapefruit, lemon, some gooseberry notes, medium body, refreshing easy drinking number. Good stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2017 at 08:55

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10-11-17 // draft at The Craft Beer Co. Covent Garden, London. Golden beer, small head. Malty Backbone, some pine and Lemon Aromas, medium bitter. Solid.
Tried from Draft on 10 Sep 2017 at 19:23

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Tap at Craft Beer Company Covent Garden, London. Color is cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, dryness, grape, hops and malts.
Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2017 at 06:21

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Thin beige head on a near black still body. Minimal Aroma of malt, coffee & sugar. Medium bodied, smoothy, minimal carbonation. Burnt, roast smoked tastes with black coffee, pine & wood. Good enough
Tried on 07 Sep 2017 at 15:39

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Thin off white head left a cover on a lemon juice coloured, slightly effervescent body. Big fruity aroma with cat piss, hops & garlic. Medium bodied, clean on the palate, soft & with a prickly back. Bitter lemon tastes with hops, sweet citrus, bubble gum, haribos & peach finish
Tried on 26 Aug 2017 at 11:32

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, 24/08/17. Hazed golden orange with a decent off white covering. Nose is orange squash, straw, light pine, apricot, semi dank strokes, tangy melon. Taste comprises citric pith, cantaloupe melon, citric tinged straw, pine needle, dank strokes, tangerine, light spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with juicy hop bitterness. Decent well rounded (lower ABV) IPA ... pulls off the NEIPA thang quite well.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2017 at 16:15

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Bottle 330ml.. [ As Brixton Reliance Pale Ale ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, pine, grass. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, pine needle, fruity hops, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150806] 7-3-7-3-14
Tried from Bottle on 23 Aug 2017 at 11:06

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 10 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Keg at Mother Kelly’s Bethnal Green. An appealing hazy appearance in the glass and a rather lovely and quite strong aroma of pineapple on the nose. The taste was fruity hops, with a mild bitterness lurking in the background. All very pleasant and enjoyable; which I suppose is the point of beer.
Tried on 16 Aug 2017 at 03:03