AF Brew
Commercial Brewery
in
Saint Petersburg,
Saint Petersburg,
Russia 🇷🇺
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2012
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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.
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can. Red, cloudy. Aroma: spicy, Svan salt, cilantro, bugs, tomatoes. Sweetish taste, tomato sauce, cilantro, salt, specific.
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2026
at 16:10
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
the aroma: caramel and wine, hints of cocoa, vanilla, toffee, whiskey, black bread, cookies...
the taste: caramel and chocolate, notes of cocoa, vanilla, toffee, oakwood, whiskey, cake, dark fruits...
the aftertaste: sweet, dry, warming...
the taste: caramel and chocolate, notes of cocoa, vanilla, toffee, oakwood, whiskey, cake, dark fruits...
the aftertaste: sweet, dry, warming...
Tried
on 26 Apr 2026
at 22:52
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2026
at 19:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2026
at 19:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
3/4/2026. Bottle at the Good Friday ITFC beer share. Courtesy of Boris, cheers. Modest pour. Aroma is woody, toffee, bready, boozy. Strong warming alcohol bitterness. Decent body. Smooth, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2026
at 19:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Clear amber with a tall off-white head of decent retention. Toast & caramel. Clean. Noble hop. Pleasant fermentation traces. Light sweet, medium bitter, Pretty decent.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Mar 2026
at 19:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Golden, slightly smoky, white foam. Aroma: sweet, orange, candy, mango, herbs. Taste: sweet, candy, orange, slightly fruity, rustic.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jan 2026
at 10:25
4.5/10
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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
5.1/10
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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
8/10
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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.
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