Maxim Brewery is a beer brewing company based in Houghton-le-Spring, United Kingdom.

It was set up to rescue the famous Double Maxim beer, which had ceased production when the Vaux brewery was closed in 1999.

The company achieved its aim of returning brewing to Sunderland in 2008, when the new Maxim Brewery was opened at Houghton-le-Spring.

Along with the famous Double Maxim, Samson, Wards and Lambtons, the company also produces Swedish Blonde a 4.2% IPA style beer and Maximus a 6% strong Ale.

[5] It was commanded by colonel Ernest Vaux and the North East style Brown Ale is one of the oldest surviving beers in the United Kingdom.