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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5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle (from Ales by Mail). Hazy orangeish golden colour with a mediumsized white foamy head. Aroma is citrus, some ripe fruits, mild herbal and earthy tones. Flavour is citrus, some peach, mild zest, some grains and mild yeasty and earthy tones too.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2023 at 20:10


7

Cask at Hilton Hotel, Sheffield - clear yellow, firm white head. Grassy hop notes with a bit of citrus and sweet apricot.

Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2023 at 17:16


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Hazy golden colour with a mediumsized white foamy head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is grassy, some citrusy and mild funky tones. Flavour is citrus, apricot, some biscuity and mild wooden and some slight acidity to it. Something unwanted started going on in this one?

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2023 at 16:38


5.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cloudy yellow pour with a small white head which does not last very long. Aromas of peaaches, tropical fruit, some malt/grain. Taste is mainly tropical fruit with a slightly bitter finish. OK overall.

Tried on 27 Oct 2023 at 21:39


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft @ The White Hart, Whitechapel High Street, London. Clear pale yellow sporting a good white head. Aroma of lemons and grapefruits with shades of tropical fruits as well. Taste of citrus and tropical fruits plus some malts and grass. Low bitterness. Medium carbonation. Neat.

Tried from Draft on 13 Oct 2023 at 16:26


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

Pine and straw. Golden pour with ok head. Light bitter end. Ok, just not a ton of flavour. Can.

Tried from Can on 30 Aug 2023 at 10:50


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask: Poured a clear golden color ale with a medium size foamy head. Aroma of light dry bitter hops notes. Taste is also a mix of dry bitter hops notes with some light cereal notes. Body is light with good carbonation. Enjoyable bitter IPA with limited complexity.

Tried from Cask on 23 Aug 2023 at 17:57


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg. Hazy gold/yellow with a low head. Nose is grapefruit, orange, passion fruit. Spritzy, light, with crisp malt and citrus hops. Decent.

Tried on 19 Aug 2023 at 16:36


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Op tap bij Turtle Bay Winchester. Mistig gouden kleur, witte kraag. Bloemig, hoppig, wat grapefruit en sinaasappelschil, degelijk bitter. Iets kunstmatig maar niet heel storend. Degelijk.

Tried from Draft on 17 Aug 2023 at 12:44


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

Draft @ Brixton taproom.
Pâle, col blanc crémeux assez tenace.
Arôme sur un bouquet houblonné assez classique avec qcq notes d'agrumes - rétro-nasal malté délicat.
Palais sur une base IPA classique américaine assez prenante au niveau des malts - caramel pâle, pointe herbacée en retrait, florale, mielleuse fine, zeste orange, honeycomb et un malté qui revient en fin de bouche.

Tried from Draft at Brixton Brewery Taproom on 12 Aug 2023 at 13:14