Who, What, Why?

Breakbeat Brewing is a small-scale independent brewery based in Southampton, UK, focused on brewing small-batch imperial beers packed with flavour.

What started as a homebrew project has grown into a dedicated 1BBL brewery producing a wide range of high-strength styles, from huge imperial stouts through to high-strength lagers and hop-forward Quad IPAs. While imperial stouts remain our main focus, keep an eye on our release list for more experimental styles and flavours.

Despite the small scale, every beer is brewed with a simple focus — quality above everything else. We use the best ingredients available to us, give our beers the time they need and never rush a release before it’s ready.

That approach has helped establish Breakbeat Brewing as one of England’s highest-rated breweries on Untappd, but the goal remains exactly the same as day one: brew beer we are proud to put our name on.

Why So Strong?

Flavour, flavour and flavour! Have you ever had a glass of 4% wine that tasted good? No! We believe that high strength beer holds the most flavour. We love to taste big, strong malt backbones in our beers and when using adjuncts we want to taste more than a faint whiff of flavour. In your face is how we want our beers and they are designed to be consumed in smaller quantities.

Session beer is not for us, so we do not brew them. Our beers are designed to give you a full taste experience, which should be enjoyed in moderation. Commercial suicide some might say, but bear in mind we are not a big scale brewery designed to make money, we just want to make great beer which is enjoyed by all.

Think of our beer as a lovely rich decadent dessert, which is designed to be consumed slowly at the end of a hard day. We highly encourage you to share one or two of our bottles with a friend or partner for most enjoyment.

Big beers deserve respect — tread carefully and drink responsibly.

Being Different

At Breakbeat Brewing we have always been drawn towards the bigger, bolder and slightly more unconventional side of brewing. While imperial stouts remain at the heart of what we do, we are constantly experimenting with new techniques, ingredients and styles to create beers that stand out from the crowd.

We have never been interested in taking the safe route. Whether it’s experimenting with freeze distillation, pushing beers to extreme strengths or building unusual flavour combinations, we enjoy exploring ideas that challenge both ourselves and the expectations of what beer can be.

A lot of our beers start from simple conversations, strange flavour ideas or asking ourselves “what happens if we try this?” Sometimes it works exactly as planned, sometimes it goes completely off the rails — but experimentation has always been a huge part of what makes Breakbeat Brewing what it is.

For us, brewing should be creative, exciting and a little bit unpredictable.

Quality Over Quantity

At Breakbeat Brewing, nothing is rushed. Some beers spend months conditioning before release, giving them the time they need to fully develop and reach the standard we expect from every batch.

Every beer is carefully tested, tasted and refined throughout the brewing process. If something doesn’t meet our standards, it simply doesn’t get released. No shortcuts, no covering flaws and no compromising on quality.

Working on a small scale allows us to focus on every detail, from ingredient selection through to packaging and presentation. We want every can, bottle or pour of Breakbeat beer to feel like something genuinely special.

Most importantly, we want your first sip to be a WOW moment.

We hope you enjoy our beers as much as we enjoy creating them, and if you ever spot us in a pub or at a beer festival, please come and say hello.

Mike & Holly