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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6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Crown Rivers (JDW) (Heathrow Terminal 5), Heathrow TW6. Pours a dark amber brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy finish.
Tried from Cask on 20 Jun 2018 at 18:56

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
5/6/2018. Cask at Redhouse, Newcastle. Pours hazy cloudy dark gold with a lasting slightly foamy off-white head. Aroma of banana, wheat, light citrus, herbal notes and yeast. Medium plus sweetness,very light bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation. Sweet fruity finish. Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jun 2018 at 19:28

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
31/5/2018. Cask at The Fire Station, Whitley Bay. Pours pale chestnut brown with a small off-white to beige head. Aroma of malt, biscuit, nut, fruit, toffee, and a hint of chocolate. Medium plus sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Quite enjoyable.
Tried from Cask on 31 May 2018 at 18:04

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Wethersoon Autumn Beer Festival 2017. Cask @ White Hart, Todmorden. Clear golden with a creamy head. Has a high floral citrus grapefruit aroma and taste.
Tried from Cask on 16 May 2018 at 17:13

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from ASDA. Pours out brown and clear. Earthy aroma, peat, smoke. Taste is more of the dark malts. A bit dry and dirty.as
Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2018 at 18:22

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask probably in a Spoons in Manchester in 2012. Bland darker ale with a glow. Has some sweetness in its aroma and taste.
Tried from Cask on 18 Mar 2018 at 21:07

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle from the Cooperative in Newbiggin by the Sea. Appearance - deep amber to brown. Good head. Nose - fudge and brown sugar. Sweet malt. Taste - more fudge and sweet malt. Palate - creamy and medium bodied. Sweet but fairly balanced on the finish. Overall - got better.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2018 at 18:06

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Red Lion and Pineapple (JDW), 281 High Street, Acton, Greater London, England W3 9BP. [ As Maxim Maximus ].Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, caramelized brown sugar, brown sugar. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet with a long duration, malt, sweet malt, caramel, caramelized brown sugar, malty, sweet berry - fruit cake. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170417] 6-3-7-3-14
Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2017 at 10:25

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Fra cask på Crosse Keys, London 11 Okt 17. Lys gylden. Filmskum. Svak smørmaltaroma. Smaken kjeks. Tørr avslutning.
Tried from Cask on 04 Nov 2017 at 05:07

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Aroma: 4 Look: 3 Taste: 5 Palate: 3 Overall: 10
Cask @ Hop and Cleaver, Newcastle [040917]
Caramel brown, clear, thin white head
Aroma of soft bitter twiggy hops, hint of rusty metal
Taste of soft bitter twiggy hops, soft light toasted malts, taste bit better than aroma
Palate - Light body, soft bitter, light, smooth. Finish as main flavour, slightly spicy
Overall - Simple old man bitter - not great
Tried from Cask on 30 Oct 2017 at 12:57