AF Brew

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

Established in 2012

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Улица Степана Разина, 8А, Saint Petersburg, 190020, Russia
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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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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
33cl can, canned 19/07/2023 du Bar Axiom, Tbilisi, bue à l’hôtel. Il semble que ce style de bière trouve son public en Géorgie ou ici en Russie car je n’ai jamais autant bu de bières de ce style que ici sur Tbilisi.
Couleur pâle rose sur l'orange, col effervescent fin rosâtre.
Arôme sur un bouquet de bière radler de base, relevé par des notes de tomates. Retro-nasal d’épices, bouillon, sauce Worcestershire et Tabasco avec une pointe de fumé. Pas certain que cette version utiliser le jus de palourde?
Palais est dans le but recherche avec un penchant marque sur la tomate tout en ayant ce côte radler de bière avec le rajout finement salin, citron vert pour une acidité légère d'agrumes et ce fini un peu épicé tout en ayant cet aspect de cube de bouillon d’épices. Petite note piquante de piment fumé style Chipotle pepper. Un peu douce sur la fin, collant aux lèvres avec ce volet bière radler citronnée qui revient en retrait.
Bière qui passe ou casse, pas la pire du style que j'aie pu déguster.
Tried from Can at Axiom on 11 Dec 2023 at 13:23

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml can. Pours opaque deep red with a small pink head. Aroma is lemons and raspberries. Taste is medium sour, raspberries, lemons, malt. A somewhat unpleasant aftertaste. Medium bodied. Just another sour.
Tried from Can on 08 Dec 2023 at 13:16

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
(On tap @ Mikkeller & Friends, Copenhagen, May 7/19) Opaque orange juice pour with a tiny white head. Aroma is peach-forward, floral, some passionfruit, light tart lime edge. Flavour is very subtle yoghurt tart, peach, light passionfruit, mineral, lime zest in the back, fairly light salt, slightly soapy quality in the aftertaste. Lightly sweet, moderately fruity. Fairly light-bodied for the ABV. Decent enough.
Tried from Draft on 28 Oct 2023 at 23:00

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
330ml bottle. Pours foggy gold with a small white head. Aroma is malt, apples, yeast, wheat. Taste is salty, yeast, malt. Light bitter finish. Light bodied. Strange. It gives the impression of an old lager. Bottled in May 2023, but perhaps stored wrong.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2023 at 10:59

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, black beer, small head. Aroma is malt, chocolate, roast, light smoke, light coffee. Taste is the same, bitter, sweet, chocolate, roast, malt, sweet aftertaste with a hint of roasted almost peated flavour. Nice
Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2023 at 20:12

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap. Dark yellow, hazy. Aroma: citrusy, fruity, tropical fruits, mango, herbs, juicy, gooseberries, alcohol. Taste: thiols, tropical fruits, orange, pine needles, kiwi, gooseberries, coconut and herbs, mild bitterness, rather strange.
Tried from Draft on 13 Sep 2023 at 19:41

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle picked up from forgot where, had this shared with Baz and Jude, Friday 39th July 2023 sat outside the garage as it's been a day of sunshine and showers. In my glass this is murky red, there is a slight thickness in consistency. Nice cherry flavours, some sweetness, drinks well for the abv. Enjoyed this.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2023 at 02:01

20/09/2019. NORA CRAFT BEER PUB, 10-Y Divizii Nkvd Ulitsa 5a, VOLGOGRAD, Volgograd Oblast, Russia
Tried on 20 Jun 2023 at 06:08

8.5/10
Tried on 11 Jun 2023 at 09:27

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Can shared at tasting at Barak Luzon's place. Dark brown. Malt, caramel, toffee, some dark fruits, a bit of oxidation, vegetal note, some nuts, alcohol, sweet, boozy, a bit of smokiness.
Tried from Can on 29 May 2023 at 19:46