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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.
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.
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF'19, day one, 06/08/19. Black with a well presented tan cap. Nose is chocolate, mellow roast, brown sugars, red berry tang. Taste comprises chocolate, raspberries, light roast, toffee. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Ok porter … does what it says on the tin.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Nov 2019
at 21:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask, hand-pulled pint in my local Wetherspoon's on 22nd Oct 2019. Chestnut/mahogany coloured body, beige foam on top. Hedgerow fruits and maltiness in both the aroma and taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2019
at 12:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
På Queens Head, Basingstoke. Mørk gylden. Lavt skum. Blomsteraroma. Smaken druer. Balansert. Lett bitter avslutning.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2019
at 06:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at East Malling BF 2019. slight haze dark brown colour. lasting beige head. decent best bitter. Some yeast character. a proper brown bitter. Some sweetness. some biscuit. decent best bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2019
at 12:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2019, Olympia, London. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, raspberry aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, chocolate, raspberry, slightly tart. Enjoyable porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2019
at 09:51
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.
[ As Maxim Raspberry Porter ].
ABV: 5.0%. Unclear dark brown colour with a average, frothy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, roasted, raspberry, artificial raspberry. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, raspberry, dark malt, roasted, artificial. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190806]
5-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2019
at 15:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
6th August 2019
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Semi opaque dark brown amber beer, small pale tan head. Smooth and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Mellow dark malts, little dark chocolate. Well integrated tangy raspberry jam. Light finish. Tasty enough.
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Semi opaque dark brown amber beer, small pale tan head. Smooth and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Mellow dark malts, little dark chocolate. Well integrated tangy raspberry jam. Light finish. Tasty enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2019
at 10:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Punch Bowl (JDW), York 1/7/2019. Near black in colour, with a frothy, off-white, head. Plain chocolate, a touch of raspberry sweetness, accompanied by some toastiness, creamy edge and a toasty finish with more raspberry character. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2019
at 05:16
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Old Bank, Bradford. Golden with a creamy head. It's mildly dry-sweetened hoppy, never gets stated, so not a very exciting brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2019
at 15:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Asda. Medium white head. Clear amber pour. Malty bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2019
at 21:20