Sunderland brewery unveils two new beers and announces plans to celebrate Vaux Breweries' past

A brewery has unveiled two new beers while also revealing plans to toast its brewing heritage.
Maxim Brewery managing director Mark Anderson introduces the company's new Citra and Sour Cherry Chocolate Stout beers.Maxim Brewery managing director Mark Anderson introduces the company's new Citra and Sour Cherry Chocolate Stout beers.
Maxim Brewery managing director Mark Anderson introduces the company's new Citra and Sour Cherry Chocolate Stout beers.
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Now the Brewery has created two more beers and confirmed that it will be hosting another anniversary evening in July.

Maxim Brewery managing director Mark Anderson with a pint of the new Sour Cherry and Chocolate Stout.Maxim Brewery managing director Mark Anderson with a pint of the new Sour Cherry and Chocolate Stout.
Maxim Brewery managing director Mark Anderson with a pint of the new Sour Cherry and Chocolate Stout.

Citra, a 4.4% pale ale, and a 4.8% dark Sour Cherry and Chocolate Stout, are available on cask in pubs across Sunderland and the North East.

Managing director Mark Anderson said: “Citra is a hoppy pale ale. Pale ales are proving popular at the moment and it is a nice refreshing change for spring.

“With Sour Cherry and Chocolate Stout, we have decided to experiment with stouts and porters on the back of the success of our Raspberry Porter recently.

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“Stouts like this may not be to everyone’s taste, we know that, but it allows us to enhance our reputation for experimenting with new beers.”

Maxim Brewery, which brews mainstay Vaux beers such as Double Maxim and Lambton’s, will host this year’s Vaux reunion night on Friday, July 10, from 5.30pm.

The event is co-organised by the Vaux Brewery Collectables and will feature scores of pieces of memorabilia from the original brewery’s 193-year history.

Mr Anderson, who was part of a management buy-out team which failed in a bid to prevent the July 1999 closure, said: “Last year’s night was a roaring success and we thought it was worth while organising another one for people who could not make it and for those who enjoyed it so much.

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“It showed what affection people here still have for Vaux and its beers.”

Entry is free with the event expected to include an auction of memorabilia to raise money for charity.

Around 700 jobs were lost when Vaux’s board heeded advice from financiers to concentrate on the company’s portfolio of pubs and hotels.

Yet these too were soon rebranded and eventually sold to Whitbread.

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