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.
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at TCBW 2016. Slightly hazy golden with a dense, yellowish head. Fruity aroma dominated by tropical and citrus, some mild malty notes and hints of herbs and pine. Moderate sweet with nice hoppy flavours and a fine bitterness. Tasty, refreshing and quite sessionable.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Apr 2016
at 09:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled 500ml. -Courtesy of kajser27, shared with him, Marko and franski. Almost black coloured, medium to big sized pale brown head, coffee and mild chocolate in the nose. Roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, light chicory and some acidity in the finish. Pitty this wasn’t fresh. Out of BBE date for almost two months.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2016
at 13:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On ta at Põrgu, Tallinn. Close to completely clear amber with a fairly small, off-white head. Fruity aroma with notes of sour berries, malt, caramel, Belt an yeast and hints of alcohol. Sweet with dominating seabuckthorn flavour, mild acididty and warming alcohol. Works out quite well in my book.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2016
at 12:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Shared with ogivlado, franski and Marko. Dark brown to black colored, medium tan creamy head, nice lacing. Aroma is of chocolate, some roasted malt, yeast, bit toasty but also alufoil. Taste is medium sweet chocolate, light licorice, roasted coffee, moderate roasty acidity, medium dark chocolate bitterness, yeast, dry finish, choco aftertaste. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, bit creamy. Old bottle, the acidity is killing the overall impression. Will repeat with a fresh one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2016
at 05:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks kajser! Shared with him, ogivlado and franski. Veery dark, cola-tinged body, with a thick, big, lasting tan head. Coffee, chocolate and raisin mix with herbal hoppy overtones, eh, a sharp note too. Nice coffee-black chocolate mix, getting some herbal notes for a second before disappearing in the underlying tartness. Damn, bitterness. Ehh, would be tasty without the tartness. This deserved less than I gave it, but I was lenient as it might not be the beer’s fault.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2016
at 10:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
0.5l bottle from face off in moscow, bb 21.12.2015+60days.
pours a very dark chestnut with a medium beige head and a nice lacing. aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate, some sprucy hops. flavour of citrus, roast, marmalade. slightly bitter finish. sourish, fruity, nicely hopped, somewhere between a porter and a black ipa.
pours a very dark chestnut with a medium beige head and a nice lacing. aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate, some sprucy hops. flavour of citrus, roast, marmalade. slightly bitter finish. sourish, fruity, nicely hopped, somewhere between a porter and a black ipa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2016
at 13:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Pours golden without head. Aroma is sweet, spicy, fuirty, slightly acidic. Flavor is sweet and sour, bitter, berries, sea buckthorn. Finish is sour and watery with alcohol burn and sea buckthorn. Overall: ok
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Mar 2016
at 12:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
0.5l bottle from face off in moscow, bb 25.02.2016.
pours a cloudy amber with a medium white head and a nice lacing. aroma of tropical fruity hops, herbal tea, marmalade, spruce. somewhat sour flavour; resin, lemon, grapefruit zest, slight bitterness. not sure about the sourness, maybe should try it fresh next time.
pours a cloudy amber with a medium white head and a nice lacing. aroma of tropical fruity hops, herbal tea, marmalade, spruce. somewhat sour flavour; resin, lemon, grapefruit zest, slight bitterness. not sure about the sourness, maybe should try it fresh next time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2016
at 18:16
9/10
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Tried
on 23 Feb 2016
at 21:45
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
On tap. Almost black color with tan foam. Aroma: roasted, coffee with cream and brandy, wine, burnt malt. Taste: very creamy coffe, ice cream, chocolate, only warming, velvety and very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jan 2016
at 07:40