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.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Pours red brown with a medium frothy head. Aroma is red fruits and some pine. Taste is toffee to start with a little pine on the finish. Very gassy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2014
at 12:43
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, 24th January 14. OK IPA, not enough hops, a little fizzy. Drinkable but forgettable
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2014
at 13:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Pours dark orange with no head. Aroma is mango and banana puree. Taste has banana to start and a faint mango finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2014
at 14:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Sourced, St. Pancras. Hazy amber pour, no real head. Good hop aroma, tropical fruit, orange and grapefruit. Taste had a surprisingly light bitterness, some caramel sweetness. Oily texture, slightly thin finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2014
at 07:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Sourced, St. Pancras. Pours hazy reddish amber, good white head. Aromas of resin and mango. Taste has a jammy sweetness and light bitterness. Creamy texture, quite high carbonation. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2014
at 07:16
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
330ml bottle from Sourced, St. Pancras. Pours hazy gold with a thin white head. Good hop aromas, pineapple and grapefruit, some yeast. Taste has a good bitterness but an unfortunate cardboard note. Disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2014
at 07:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours cloudy amber with an off white head. Aroma of citrus, floral hops and grapefruit. Flavor is light moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2014
at 12:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at CBC Brixton - London. Pours black-brown with a frothy, beige topping. The coffee comes through in the nose with secondary notes of burnt leaves and cocoa. Light sweet flavor with mildly astringent coffee, earthy bitterness, baking cocoa, dirt, wet leaves. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Dry and gritty cocoa to finish with mellow, day-old coffee, faint berries, subtle lactic tang, mud. Pretty ho hum.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2014
at 08:59
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at CBC Brixton - London. Pours clear brown with a creamy tan cap. Muddled aroma, some burnt malts, wet earth. Light sweet flavor with more burnt malts, some charred caramel, dirt, leaves. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Messy finish with char, burnt grass and leaves, earth, some abrasive bitterness. Chalky mouthfeel. Poor.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2014
at 08:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours cloudy orange with a small tan head. Aroma of grassy hops, citrus, tropical fruits and light caramel malt. Flavor is light moderate sweet and over moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2013
at 14:45