Brixton Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Brixton, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Heineken UK
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2013

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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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5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Creamy white good mostly lasting heqad. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Tried on 13 Jul 2022 at 10:34


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

Can from supermarket. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light crisp and citrus. Medium body.

Tried from Can on 20 Jun 2022 at 19:39


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Tried on 05 Jun 2022 at 16:44


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

From tap at Bird’s Nest, Greenwich, during their Never Mind the Jubilee funk festival 03.06.22. Pale straw colour. Dense bright white head and lacing. Aroma and taste of pilsner malt, sour citrus, fresh grass and lager beer. Cloying pilsner malt sweetness. Not a pils by all means, but an almost decent Eurolager.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jun 2022 at 18:49


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

From tap at Birds Nest in Greenwich, London, during a Punk evening 03.03.22 at the Queen’s platinum jubilee long weekend. Translucent pale straw colour. Bright white head. Aroma and taste of lime, lemon and pilsner malt.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jun 2022 at 17:59


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

From tap at The Birds Nest in Greenwich, London, 03.06.22 at a Punk Festival during the platinum jubilee. Translucent pale straw colour. Bright white head and lacing. Aroma and taste of pilsner malt lemon and lime.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jun 2022 at 17:51


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Village Vintners, Pyrford. Aroma is sweet caramelised. A slight haze to the copper gold body. Thick foamy white head. On further inspection it has some flaky looking floaters which is never particularly appealing. Initial impression is bread malts with citrus sweet but sourness that mix for a slightly off result. Underlying resin. Light-medium bodied. Thin. Fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. Inoffensive but doesn't really have anything going for it other than being sessionable.

Tried from Can on 28 May 2022 at 15:41


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at Chiltern Taps, HW, 19/05/22. Pale golden with a decent white cap. Nose is pale malts, grass, grains, lemon rind, herb. Taste grass, toastes grains, pale malts, light breads, hedgerow, citric drizzle. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Not bad.

Tried from Draft on 19 May 2022 at 15:30


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5.5

Metallic and resinous smell. Canned 01/03/2022 and drunk 4 month later.

Tried from Can on 13 May 2022 at 20:25


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

330 ml can, from Gulating Ølutsalg, Stavanger. ABV is 4.2%. Sligtly hazy pale golden colour, smalll white head. Moderate aroma of tropical fruits (papaya, mango, guava) which \"disappears\" after a while in the glass, hints of citrus and biscuity malts. The flavour has also citrus and biscuity malts, medium dry. Drinkable and forgettable.

*Dec. 2025: Sampled twice (pint) from keg at The Grand Central, Brighton. Nice fruity and refreshing character. A hint of diacetyl.

Tried from Can on 24 Mar 2022 at 10:59