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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4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

550ml bottle. Pours a dark brown with a small head. Aroma is vanilla, caramel malt and boiled sweets. Taste has some stewed fruit to start. Skunky caramel and toffee finish. Watery.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2011 at 13:59


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

Dark red-brown colour. Aroma has some woody notes. A flavour that is rich in slightly roasted, slightly bitter-sweet malts. Aftertaste is quite dry but with a little bit of fruitiness hanging around too.

Tried on 14 Jun 2011 at 12:57


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

500ml bottle at 6%. Pours dark amber with a medium frothy head. Aroma is raisin, caramel and wood. Taste has watery caramel to start and a raisin finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2011 at 15:40


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

cask at AGBell ... golden amber ... thin creamy white head ... golden ellow ... soft light lemon fruit nose ... sweet juicy lemon ... light peel ... oily body ... ok but unexciting

Tried from Cask on 18 May 2011 at 04:37


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Red-brown colour. Thick head. Warming malt aroma. Soft texture, very smooth and easy to drink. Flavour could do with a touch more bitterness.

Tried on 15 May 2011 at 07:31


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask conditioned at The Market Tavern, Durham. ABV is 4.1%. Mahogany coloured beer, nice and creamy beige head. Strong aroma of caramel and chocolate, also fruit liqueur chocolates. Smooth mouthfeel. Nice flavour of chocolate and caramel, some hops in the finish.

Tried from Cask on 01 Apr 2011 at 17:29


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

500ml bottle. Pours dark brown with a medium frothy head. Aroma is faint, skunky, nutty brown malt. Faint hint of caramel to start and skinny brown malt finish. Better then Newky Brown I suppose.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2011 at 15:02


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Sweet chocolate toffee malt and hay aroma. Medium brown color with moderate head. Sweet toffee malt and moderately bitter hay hops flavor. Very nice - tasty and easy-drinking

Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2010 at 12:06


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

From cask at The Society Room. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and toffee malty. Dry malty, toffee and mild fruity hoppy flavoured. Bitter and dry into the finish.

Tried from Cask on 21 Nov 2010 at 01:47


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

[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading] Amber, moderate off-white head, slight fizz. Floral hops with a hint of citrus, moderate bitterness. Decent enough bitter.

Tried from Cask on 05 Nov 2010 at 16:54