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.

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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2014 at 04:28


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask during Craft 100 September 2014 - Clapham, London. Pours clear gold with a creamy white head. Nice dry pithy citrus nose. Light sweet flavor with an off plastic note, some tangerine, bitter grass. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Grassy bitter finish with notes of minerals and tangerine rind. So so.

Tried from Cask on 05 Oct 2014 at 11:43


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

How: Bottle.
Where: Kings Arms Bethnal Green, London.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Citrus, pine, some fruit.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Marzipan, citrus, fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2014 at 03:03


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Tried on 23 Sep 2014 at 13:14


4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

Flaske delt på RBHD-samlinga hos Asle Bjørn: en ekkel og ufrisk aroma. Smaker emment. Et bevis på at et pent utseende ikke alltid er nok. Over bordkanten med den.

Tried on 02 Sep 2014 at 13:00


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml bottle. Hazy, orangey dark golden to amber colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, white head. Piney and citrusy hoppy aroma, relatively cautious hints of grapefruit, a touch of mango and passion fruit. Taste is not overly intense citrusy hoppy, tropical fruity, some grapefruit, mango and passion fruit, a touch of pine; minimally chalky and mineral. Nothing wrong, but has too low intensity for a real hop kick.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2014 at 17:08


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle. Hazy orangey golden colour with small, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Citrusy hoppy aroma has notes of grapefruit, orange, mango. Taste is initially bitter hoppy and slightly citrusy fruity, later simply chalky bitter with hints of carboard; chalky, bitter, mineral finish.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2014 at 10:31


2.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

Hazy and greyish yellow, with floating sediment. Dense, residing off-white head. Aroma of burned print cards and pine needles. Sweetness, pine and unfreshness in taste.

Tried on 29 Aug 2014 at 15:18


5.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Shared 330 ml bottle at local tasting. Cloudy golden colour, moderate white head. Strong hoppy aroma with some unfresh and stale notes, hints of solvent and chemical waste. The same stale and chemical notes in the otherwise massively hopped flavour. Disappointing.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2014 at 15:17


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

330ml bottle from Sourced Market, drunk on the train. Pours gold with white head. Citrus aroma. Taste is lemon washing-up liquid, uncomfortable spice and light grapefruit. Perhaps a bit unbalanced and soapy.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2014 at 13:52