A selection of Brixton Brewery’s current line
The Brixton Brewery is ready to expand with Heineken’s financial assistance, they announced on their website yesterday. The brewery is currently located under the Brixton railway arches and plans to use the multi-national’s investment to acquire another, larger premises.
The founders, Jez Galaun, Libby Galaun, Mike Ross and Xochitl Benjamin pride themselves on creating unique yet accessible beers. The brewery currently outputs 12000 pints a week, which isn’t enough to fulfil their growing demand, which now includes exports to Italy and as far as Hong Kong.
Heineken’s investment will secure the brewery an additional, 15,000 sq. ft. industrial unit on Milkwood Road, Brixton by Spring 2018. Boosting Brixton’s brewing capacity to 60000 pints per week.
Despite the Brewer’s assurance that they will remain in charge of the company’s future directives, some people have expressed concerns:
Did you try crowd funding 1st? I as a regular drinker don’t like this link with big brewing. Next Camden me thinks
— Joey Bryant (@Bryant29Jb) November 28, 2017
Ah shame, another one bites the dust. Well on our way to all beer being brewed by one company, and then what happens? I find this pretty depressing but hope it works out for you
— Tom Bulmer (@tebulmer) November 28, 2017
These concerns may be legitimate given the recent trend of “craft brewery’s” being purchased by large companies, such as the Camden Town Brewery, which was sold to Budweiser’s owner ‘AB inBev’ in 2015.
Regardless, Brixton Brewery is set to blossom.
