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.
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle at Leighton’s. It pours cloudy deep brown with a small light tan head. The nose is rich, sweet coffee grounds, toasty brown sugar, earth and toffee. The taste is smooth, coffee grounds, weak coffee, toasty, grainy, mild acidity add a touch of burnt astringency with a dry finish. Light - medium body and fine carbonation. Aroma is alright, but taste I sooooo watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2015
at 14:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a hazy light amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is grass, pine needle. The flavour is moderate bitter with a yeast, grassy hop, zesty citrus, light pepper spice palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2015
at 13:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from London Beer Lab. Hazy amber-brown with a large, craggy off-white head. Pleasant aroma of piney American hops with a little caramel. Caramel and pine continue on tasting with some lemon, jam, chocolate and a light roast. Spoilt a little by a rather metallic bitterness in the finish but nevertheless it’s ok overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2015
at 16:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Harp, London. A hazy amber/golden coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, fruity aroma. Tastes hoppy, fruity, some peach but lacking in complexity. I thought this was supposed to be a decent brewery but this was average at best, thank god for the 3 pints of Anspach and Hobday porter that I had afterwards.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jun 2015
at 14:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a clear almost black pour with a frothy broken light tan head. The aroma is light grassy hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a yeast, light grapefruit citrus, grass hop palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. More like a black IPA than a stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2015
at 15:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a medium amber with a frothy off white head. The aroma is yeast, grassy hop citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter with a big woody hop bitter tropical fruit, light floral palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2015
at 15:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
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Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2015
at 16:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a clear pale golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2015
at 08:57
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a clear pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy aroma. Fruity malty caramel hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with weak hoppy hints.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2015
at 08:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, Londis, Penny Lane, Liverpool. Hazy amber looks with a white head. Pine and citrus notes in the beak. Flavour was grassy hop, citrus and plastic. Slightly leaden bitterness. Fine I suppose but really there is a hell of a lot better IPAs to be found out there in beerland.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2015
at 13:46