AF Brew
Commercial Brewery
in
Saint Petersburg,
Saint Petersburg,
Russia 🇷🇺
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2012
Contact
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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.
6.3/10
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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
6.9/10
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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
7.4/10
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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
7.5/10
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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...
the taste: malty, herbal, notes of grain, brown bread, grasses, flowers, straw...
the aftertaste: dry, bitter...
Tried
on 01 Oct 2025
at 23:20
7.9/10
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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...
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
5/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
the aroma: hoppy, fruity, hints oif grapefruit, pine, bitter and sweet orange, spicy herbs...
the taste: hoppy, fruity, notes of bitter and sweet orange, grapefruit, pine needles, some tropical fruits, spicy grasses...
the aftertaste: bitter, sweet, dry...
the taste: hoppy, fruity, notes of bitter and sweet orange, grapefruit, pine needles, some tropical fruits, spicy grasses...
the aftertaste: bitter, sweet, dry...
Tried
on 11 Aug 2025
at 23:06
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
26/7/2025. Bottle courtesy of Boris, cheers! Pours black with a small tan coloured head. Aroma is very fruity, dark fruits, raspberry, blackcurrant, blackberry, black cherry, chocolate, light woody bourbon notes. Quite sweet and boozy, with jammy fruity tartness. Full bodied, smooth, average to soft carbonation. Lovely fruity number.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2025
at 21:07
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2025
at 20:58