A message from our Founder

We’ve said it before, and the time has come to say it again: growth is a nice problem to have, but it is not without its challenges. We’ve again outgrown our production site in Brixton and need to make some changes in how the business operates. On the one hand, this is another new chapter in the story of our successful local business, which we started in 2013 in a single railway arch on Brixton Station Road. On the other hand, it means a transition, especially for our operations and brewing teams.

To facilitate rapidly growing demand for our beers, we have taken the difficult decision to begin to move production away from our dedicated main brewery on Dylan Road. The situation will be familiar to many small and medium-sized breweries across London and beyond: there is no space to expand where we are, and with the expiry of our lease coming up, we need to plan the future of our growing business.

We are incredibly proud of what we’ve built in Brixton, and the way we’ve worked hard to stay true to our roots as a community-based brewery. It’s exciting to see more and more people discovering Brixton Brewery – we recently became the UK’s fourth largest craft brewery – but that success has meant we are now having to manage production across multiple brewing sites to keep up with demand.

The winding down of our production brewery means we will be able to start producing most of our beer in one, state-of-the-art brewery in Enfield, North London, also home to Beavertown Brewery. As our popularity has grown in recent years, we've been unable to meet the demand for our most popular beers at our brewery in Brixton. To address this, our brewers have already been producing beer with the team at Beavertown, and will continue to do so, ensuring a smooth transition in our brewing process.

The facilities in Enfield have been built to the highest efficiency standards, meaning increased levels of sustainability and reduced environmental impact, which will be reported in our annual Impact Report.

We are proud to celebrate our achievements, but we don’t want to shy away from acknowledging the impact on our team, which is an incredibly important part of our success and of who we are. We are working hard to ensure that we give everyone impacted excellent professional and/or personal options and support, with roles available for those interested at the new brewery in Enfield. For a significant number of staff (mainly non-production teams), there will be minimal changes to employment conditions and their roles will continue to be based in Brixton.

A new meeting facility and workspace has already been completed in the heart of Brixton, next door to our Taproom and original small-batch brewery, where we will continue to produce our exciting range of Ltd Edn beers. We have also started a search for a local warehouse to continue to support direct deliveries and technical services in future.

Our dedication to supporting our customers and local community will remain an incredibly important part of our ethos, and a key focus for us. Without Brixton, there would be no Brixton Brewery. We will continue celebrating everything we love about the energy, diversity and joy of this community through our work with local artists and causes, our Electric Collective, and our broader campaigns, such as Yes We Cans, which encouraged voter participation and provided free photos to meet new voter ID requirements.        

Finally, we would like to close with a huge thank you to everyone who has been a part of the journey so far as we enter the next chapter of Brixton Brewery.

Jez Galaun
Co-Founder

Jez Galaun is (and will remain) the Managing Director of Brixton Brewery