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

Cask @ Dronning Louise, Esbjerg. Clear reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and dried fruit. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 050312

Tried from Cask on 05 Mar 2012 at 11:22


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

Cask at Christian Firtal. Copper with a small off-white head. Aroma of toffee with almond and sweet cherry notes. Sweet and rich fruity and malty flavour with biscuit and bread crust character. Some alcohol noticeable.

Tried from Cask on 01 Mar 2012 at 04:11


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

Cask @ C4, Odense. Pours ruby amber with a small White head. Nose is sweet toffee and caramel. Medium bodied. Smooth. A bit of fruit as it warms. Good.

Tried from Cask on 29 Feb 2012 at 06:01


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From cask. Pours clear and golden derp amber with a small off white head. Aroma is dark toasted malty and malty. Sweet, dark malty and light alcohol. Ense malty, roasted and uite bitter, mild herbal note. Dry malty and light alcohol finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Feb 2012 at 09:25


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. An amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of citrusy hops, caramel, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of butterscotch, malt, and caramel, leading to a dry butterscotch finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Feb 2012 at 09:09


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

Cask at Charlies’s Bar, Copenhagen. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of caramel and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, lemony hops, and a bit of hay, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Feb 2012 at 09:09


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

From cask. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a small white head. Vague toasted malty and light fruity. Bitter, fruity, caramelish toasted malty flavoured. Bitter and fruity flavoured. Toasted and sweet malty finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Feb 2012 at 09:08


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Feom cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and light spiced hoppy. Toasted malty, light bitter and mild herbal note. Dry finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Feb 2012 at 08:56


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A hazy amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of flowery hops and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of butterscotch, caramel, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 26 Feb 2012 at 07:56


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. a dark golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of fruits and a bit of toffee. the flavor is sweet with notes of fruits, tobacco, malt, and toffee, leading to a dry finish.

Tried from Cask on 26 Feb 2012 at 07:46