Maxim Brewery

Microbrewery in Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2007

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1 Gadwall Road, Rainton Bridge, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 5NL, England
Description
Maxim Brewery began full production in Houghton le Spring in 2007.

To brew the best beers possible requires the best brewery equipment available. Our 20 barrel brewery equipment was previously at the Canongate Brewery on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh’s historic Old Town. This was Scottish & Newcastle’s pilot brew house and as you would expect, was built to a very high specification. Indeed, it remains probably the best equipment of its size anywhere in the UK today. Our flexible Brewery with its special Lautering system allows us to brew between 3,000 and 17,000 pints per day and importantly ensures that we can maintain the highest quality and guarantee a regular supply of cask, keg and bottled beers to the drinkers of the North East and beyond.

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

Cask at Prince Arthur, Fleet. Clear copper gold. Thin foamy white head. Aroma has light citrus, caramel and malts. Flavourwise we have light resin, spice, and then chewy malts and caramel. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. OK

Tried from Cask at The Prince Arthur on 09 Dec 2025 at 20:38


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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at The GeorgeJDW, Croydon 24/11/2025 Orange and red grapefruit citrusy notes in play, citrus peel, grass, some pine, pretty dry, light soft cask carb, drying bitter hoppy finish.

Tried from Cask at George (JDW) on 23 Nov 2025 at 10:13


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6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

First Christmas themed beer of the season, it has to happen eventually! Clear deeper golden in colour, has a bitterness that impacts its hoppy taste, although not a too stated one The sum of parts come across quite plain. Looks good though.

Tried from Cask at Moon Under Water on 22 Nov 2025 at 19:58


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

Half pint on cask at the gate house jdw.
Medium creamy white head. Hazy golden pour. Light bitterness

Tried from Cask at Gate House (JDW) on 11 Oct 2025 at 16:23

gave a cheers!

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

Cask at the Standing Order. Fest tick 3. Pours clear yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light cereal and citrus. Taste is more of the same. Pleasant enough. Light bitter finish.

Tried on 05 Oct 2025 at 14:34


7.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at Square Bottle, Chester. Pours golden yellow with a medium sized foamy almost white head and excellent lacing. The aroma is mainly floral hops plus some lemongrass and herbs. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy but with a little underlying bitterness which gradually increases. Flavour s malts, floral hops and biscuits with traces of lime and spice coming later. Finish is quite dry. This is decent.

Tried from Cask at Square Bottle (JDW) on 05 Oct 2025 at 12:50


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6.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Wetherspoon 2025 Autumn Beer Festival. Ale#9 of 26 untried possibilities at the fest. Golden-blonde hoppy beer. Quite dry tasting, and a little bland for me. Easy texture though.

Tried from Cask at Paramount on 04 Oct 2025 at 17:58

gave a cheers!

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

[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A straw coloured pour with a loose white head; soft malty aroma with some lemon and lime; citrus taste with a hint of coconut.

Tried from Cask at Old Manor on 01 Oct 2025 at 20:48


Tried from Cask at The Commercial Rooms on 30 Sep 2025 at 23:00


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

Sample at the gate house on cask.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 06 Jun 2025 at 16:14