AF Brew

Commercial Brewery in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia 🇷🇺
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
Улица Степана Разина, 8А, Saint Petersburg, 190020, Russia
Subsidiaries
AF Brew owns 1 brewery:
Description
AF Brew is one of the pioneers of Russian craft beer revolution. We started the show in the ‘faraway’ 2012 in St. Petersburg, the most beer-focused and heritage city of Russia. Four years ago we started as a gipsy brewery having launched one of the first accessible craft beers in Russia – Ingria IPA, with the name dedicated to historically disputed region where the city of St. Petersburg is located. Our primary mission has never changed since then – we brew beer which was never brewed before and we keep no rules. November 2016 we turned the biggest page in our history: we finally built our very own brewery in our home city. The brewery is located on the historical site of 18-19th century city brewery and we did our best to make it a very nice and devoted place to brew and to spend time in. The open plan site with 20 hl brewing system and 400 hl fermentation capacity is supposed to grow twice in two years. It is already a home base for all our brews, collaborations and guest projects. It’s coupled with a barrel-room full of various wood-aging stuff and a taproom to drink, talk and have fun around.

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4.5
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 3

Misted pale amber with a moderate off-white head. Wet grain, unfermented yeast, toast, floral & spicy notes. Sweetish. Notable ending bitterness. A lucrative fail. Poor beer, good business.

Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2025 at 20:32

gave a cheers!

5.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 4

Enjoyed straight from the can. Various spices, sweet pumpkin, malt, soap. Light to medium sweet, low bitterness. Not great.

Tried from Can on 29 Nov 2025 at 20:28


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

330ml bottle. Jet black colour with slightly late awakening, small, creamy, diminishing, minimally lacing, brown head. Roasty and chocolately, dark malty and caramel malty as well as fruity aroma, notes of dark chocolate, roast, dark caramel, morello. Taste is roasty and chocolately, dark malty, caramel malty, fruity and slightly yeasty spicy, notes of dark chocolate, couverture, dark caramel, morello, a touch of marmite, bramble, plum butter, a minimally ashy touch as well, some fruit acidic tartness; well hidden alcohol.
Viscous texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, soft carbonation.
Intense, concentrated, balanced and dangerously drinkable - very good.

Tried from Bottle from Pakhuis Twente on 13 Nov 2025 at 23:59


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can. Amber color, almost clear, yellowish foam. Aroma: sweet, caramel, hard candy, halva. Malty taste, halva, hard candy, bitter finish, not bad.

Tried from Can on 19 Oct 2025 at 17:52


6.9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 6

Slightly misted bronze with a tall ivory-coloured head. Toasted malt, caramel, bread, spicy hop, slight lager yeast traces. Medium dry. Light plus bitterness. Decent

Tried from Can on 15 Oct 2025 at 08:01


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

330ml bottle from Beru Vykhodnoi in Moscow. Pours opaque dark brown with a tall beige head. Aroma is pine, resin, vinous, caramel. Taste is medium sweet and heavy bitter. Full bodied. A slow sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2025 at 20:44


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

the aroma: malty and cereal, hints oif grain, flowers, white bread, herbs, berries...
the taste: malty, herbal, notes of grain, brown bread, grasses, flowers, straw...
the aftertaste: dry, bitter...

Tried on 01 Oct 2025 at 23:20


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

the aroma: malty, floral, hints of grain, straw, brown bread, flowers, herbs...
the taste: malty, herbal, notes of grain, hay, brown and white bread, grasses...
the aftertaste: dry, bitter, herbal...

Tried on 01 Oct 2025 at 21:55


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

450ml can. Pours clear amber with a small and brief white head. Aroma is nutty, mushroom, malt. Taste is light sweet. Light to medium bitter finish. Another failed Russian attempt to make a Bitter. Tastes like some cheap “English Ale” made by regional breweries and sold by the litre.

Tried from Can on 01 Oct 2025 at 20:13

gave a cheers!

6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

450ml can. Pours clear amber with a tall beige head. Aroma is caramel, brown bread, malt, nuts. Taste is medium sweet. Light to medium bitter finish. Medium bodied.

Tried from Can on 20 Sep 2025 at 18:20