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

Cask handpull at Westgate JDW Canterbury. Clear dark brown cola colour. Lasting beige head. Its a dark bitter that isn't very bitter. Some milk chocolate flavour. Light dryness on finish ok dark bitter. Some ok brown malt.

Tried from Cask on 05 Oct 2024 at 12:37


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Handpull cask at the William Stead (JDW), Darlington. Mid- to dark gold, hazy with a small off-white head and lots of lacing. Light aroma, some stone fruit and orange peel, gentle bready notes, possibly slightly sulphurous. Bright fruity taste, bags of apricot, with a sweet taste that becomes more bitter in the finish. Maybe a little astringent in the aftertaste. Not much in the body, soft carbonation. Pretty good overall.

Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2024 at 23:18


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from coop in York. Nose is fruity, red currant, hunt of spice, roasty, slightly nutty. Taste Dark fruits, very malty, bread, leading to burnt toffee,dark fruits, earthy, hint of grapefruit and a warm spice burr. Much nicer than I was expecting

Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2024 at 21:55


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol December 2023. Golden in colour, with a slight, white, head. A touch of citrus fruit, biscuity malts and a moderately bitter finish. Fine.

Tried from Cask on 17 Mar 2024 at 14:43


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

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol October 2023. Pale gold in colour, with a slight, white, head. A touch of floral hop, some stone fruit character, lager maltiness leading to a moderately finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 03 Feb 2024 at 14:47


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

Pours a clear golden colour with a small thin frothy white head. The aroma is biscuity malts with lemony and floral notes. A moderately sweet and bitter taste, sweet biscuity malts, citrusy lemon flavours and a robust, grassy hop bitter finish.

Tried on 16 Dec 2023 at 15:00


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask up The White Lady. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light biscuit and lemon. Taste is grassy bitter. Nicely bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 15 Dec 2023 at 16:22


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Tried on 14 Dec 2023 at 23:46


8.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Cask at the Last Post, Southend on 8th December 2023. Almost clear gold with shallow but lasting whitish foam and full lacing. Hoppy aroma. Zesty and bitter in-mouth, with a satisfying bitter citrus and grass finish. Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Absolutely exquisite. Possibly the best ale I’ve consumed in a Wetherspoons, and among the best I’ve had this year.

Tried from Cask on 09 Dec 2023 at 21:55


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Tried on 18 Nov 2023 at 11:28