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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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Hermod (18980) reviewed
Lobotomy (Лоботомия) White Trash Edition from AF Brew
11 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap@TCBW2015. Black colored, espresso head. Licorice, ripe berries, molasses. Flavor has salty licorice, roastedness, tobacco notes. Stuffy, didn’t like the aroma that much.
Tried from Draft on 28 Mar 2015 at 01:38
tiong (22232) reviewed
Lobotomy (Лоботомия) White Trash Edition from AF Brew
11 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught @ TCBW 2015

Pours pitch black with a small head. Aroma of roasty malts, licorice, ash, berries, wood and salmiakki. Taste is very salty and roasty with massive amounts of licorice, salmiakki, hints of ash, wood and syrup. Finish is sweetish, boozy, a bit stuffy and sticky with loads of salmiakki and licorice. Quite untypical.
Tried on 27 Mar 2015 at 16:44
laiti (11644) reviewed
Lobotomy (Лоботомия) White Trash Edition from AF Brew
11 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught @ Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend 2015
Aroma has cocoa and salty licorice. Also coffee and licorice root. Flavour has salty licorice, some coffee and truffles. Becomes way too salty just after two sips. Flavour and aroma are ok but drinkability suffers.
Tried on 27 Mar 2015 at 15:45
visionthing (9787) reviewed
Lobotomy (Лоботомия) White Trash Edition from AF Brew
11 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
On tap at Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend. Used motor oil looking with a fairly decent, beige head. Roasty aroma with noticable alcohol, notes of bourbon, sweet liqueur, chocolate, caramel and hints of coffee. Very sweet, strong and alcoholic, but somehow works out in the end. A small sampler is more than enough for me and it’s hardly a favourite from the festival, but still quite interesting. --- Beer merged from original tick of Лоботомия White Trash Edition on 27 Mar 2015 at 19:26 - Score: 6
Tried from Draft on 27 Mar 2015 at 12:41
YantarCoast (5447) reviewed
Ingria Pale Ale from AF Brew
11 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from GlavPivMag in Moscow. Bottled on Monday (02/03/15). Pours a cloudy dark amber with a small light brown head. Aroma of citrus, grapefruit. Taste is medium bitter. Long dry and bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2015 at 13:09
Bybeer (15787) ticked
Shokoladnaya Antifabrika (Шоколадная Антифабрика) from AF Brew
11 years ago
8/10
Десерт
Tried on 01 Mar 2015 at 20:35
DSG (26002) reviewed
Hoppy Surf - New Zealand Slash from AF Brew
11 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at a tasting at Ariel’s place. ABV listed on the label - 5.5%. Cloudy orange-amber with an off-white head. Aroma of malt, tangerine-like hops and a bit of yeast. Flavor has some sweetish malt, orange/tangering-like hops and some bitterness. Medium-bodied. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2015 at 09:22
Mansquito (19868) reviewed
ABV not IBU: Waimea from AF Brew
11 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
My girlfriend got me this from Rashka: pours orange with nice thick white head. Aroma is buttery, spicy, and pine. Taste is bitter and quite malty. The final buttery finish was not entirely to my liking. Maybe it is the hop or maybe Russia just hasn’t figured out dipas yet.
Tried on 08 Feb 2015 at 19:58
DSG (26002) reviewed
ABV not IBU: Waimea from AF Brew
11 years ago
5.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks zvikar. ABV listed on the back label as 7.5%, but it actually feels more like an 8.7% beer. Clear golden with an off-white head. Aroma of weird leafy "green" hops, slightly fruity, and butter. Slightly buttery flavor with "green" hops, strong bitterness and a bit of alcohol. Medium-bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2015 at 14:06
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed
Ingria Pale Ale from AF Brew
11 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
BOTTLE 50 CL. Medium intensity aroma, hops, grapefruit, some tropical fruit, mild minty resins. The flavour is hoppy, sweet citrus, light fruity (not much caramel sweetness though), kinda harsh wormwood like bitterness. Smooth body. Clean. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2015 at 16:02