Drinks giant Heineken has acquired Brixton Brewery in full having purchased a minority stake in the south-London beermaker three years ago.
Founded in 2013 by Jez and Libby Galaun, Mike Ross and Xochitl Benjamin, Brixton Brewery sold an initial 49% stake to Heineken in November 2017 to facilitate its move to a new 15,000sq ft site thereby increasing its brewing capacity from 12,000 pints a week to 60,000.
However, Brixton Brewery announced on 1 February that following a successful three years’ working with Heineken, the beer behemoth had fully acquired the remaining stake.
“This will mean a bright future for our community-based business,” a post on Brixton Brewery’s website explained. “The founders of Brixton Brewery will continue to lead the brewery’s day-to-day operations and strategic and creative direction.
Heineken takes full control of Brixton Brewery 2nd February, 2021 by Phoebe French
Dutch brewing giant Heineken has taken full ownership of London’s Brixton brewery after acquiring a minority stake in the business in 2017.
Brixton Brewery’s co-founders
Brixton, which was founded in 2013 in a railway arch, used the initial investment in 2017 to increase its brewing capacity with the purchase of a second site close to its original home.
Writing in a blog post on the company’s website, co-founder of the south London brewery, Xochitl Benjamin, said: “When we look back over the past seven years, we honestly can’t believe how far we’ve come – from homebrewing to launching a small brewery, to building a highly recognisable community-based brand, with a larger new brewery and taproom. It makes us want to dream even bigger for the next seven.”