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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.
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.
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Very dark brown with thin wispy head. Aroma of fresh, sweet malt. Tastes of dried fruits, malt loaf, caramel.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2023
at 21:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled 500ml (from England). Dark brown colour and small beige head. Nutty toffee in the nose. Light-bodied to medium-bodied. Toffee, nuts, soya sauce and alcohol in the flavour. Mmkay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2023
at 20:16
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hand-pulled half-pint on 12th April 2023; Market Tavern, Durham. Golden/blonde body, thin white head. All a bit subtle (or bland depending on your stance) to be honest. Slight citrus leaning with a semi-sweet malty back bone, but lacked oomph and any strong flavours.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2023
at 21:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
# 3428; 1/2023. Fruity, roasty, caramel, earthy aroma. Brilliant copper body; persistent tiny off-white head. Roasty, caramel, earthy, fruity. Very good english style brown ale. 0,5 l, clear-glass bottle, supermarket, somewhere in England.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2023
at 00:55
25/10/2014. SKYLARK, 34-36 South End, CROYDON, Greater London, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 31 Dec 2022
at 09:43
26/05/2011. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, 1 The Square, Temple Quay, BRISTOL, Bristol, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 31 Dec 2022
at 09:42
27/04/2019. MOON & BELL, 6 Wards End, LOUGHBOROUGH, Leicestershire, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 31 Dec 2022
at 09:40
26/09/2021. WICKET GATE, 193 Front Street, CHESTER LE STREET, Durham, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 31 Dec 2022
at 09:39
23/10/2015. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 31 Dec 2022
at 09:30
03/04/2011. MARKET TAVERN, 27 Market Place, DURHAM, Durham, England
Tried
on 31 Dec 2022
at 09:28