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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7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On cask at the Standing Order. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - lemon and light grass. Taste - more of the same. A touch of custard. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - nice golden ale and I’m not just saying that as it’s the first of the day.
Tried from Cask on 28 Oct 2016 at 04:03

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Dove, Ipswich. Pours straw colour with a small white head. Aroma of wheat, rye, bread and light citrus. Fairly heavy sweetness, light bitterness. Light body and light creamy texture. Dry fruity finish. Decent.
Tried from Cask on 25 Oct 2016 at 15:06

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Amber with a loose white head; floral aroma; weak fruit squash taste; and a pleasant leafy bitterness to finish. Pleasant but nothing more.
Tried from Cask on 19 Oct 2016 at 06:53

6/10
Tried on 17 Oct 2016 at 11:07

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Crosse Keys JDW London. Clear gold colour lasting white head. Yep a golden ale with some grapefruit citrus and some dusty hop dry finish. Yes fine. Ok temperature and condition. Lemon and lime flavours. Decent
Tried from Cask on 15 Oct 2016 at 05:50

5/10
Tried on 12 Oct 2016 at 18:39

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
12th August 2016
GBBF Day 4. Cask. Light haze on this paleish gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has decent fine carbonation. Nice condition. Light sweetish pale malts. Light sweetish floralness. A modest lemony tangerine citric vibe. Light finish. Quite a sweet golden.
Tried from Cask on 11 Oct 2016 at 06:22

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the Guildford arms. Pours clear golden, nose is grassy, floral, toffee, taste is similar, chewy, a little herbal.
Tried from Cask on 08 Oct 2016 at 04:12

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle at home. Bought at Morrisons, Aldershot. Sweet malty aroma. Dark brown/chestnut. Blotchy off-white head. The thing that first srikes me about this is the wave of carbonation that rolls over the tongue. Otherwise the body is quite watery. Sweet, with a bitter finish. Nothing special. Too fizzy.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2016 at 15:47

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
50cl bottle from Morrisons. Thin creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Slight bitterness. Easy drinking.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2016 at 16:24