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

A caramel colored beer with a collapsing white head. The aroma is hoppy with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops and caramel and a dry end.

Tried on 31 Oct 2004 at 11:19


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Copper colour, OK white head. Nice bitterness with a slightly nutty feeling on top.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2004 at 10:59


6.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A red brown beer with a beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with burnt notes. The flavor is definatly that of a brown ale - but this one a little thin. Though it is still an OK beer - and I'd rather have this one, than Newcastle Brown Ale.

Tried on 26 Feb 2004 at 14:56


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled. Nut brown, little head. Sweet and richly malty. Medium bodied and only lightly bitter. Similar to Newcastle, but more subtle and fresh.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2002 at 00:53