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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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dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed
Mosaic IPA from AF Brew
11 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
BOTTLE 50 CL. The aroma is hop forward. Not super intense, but bright and beautiful - blueberries and other berries, sweet citrus, balanced by mild minty resins. The flavour is also full of fruit, gradually replaced by a strong yet mild and pleasant bitterness. The body is creamy, carbonation is mild and soft. Very good.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2015 at 16:22
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed
Redrum IPA Special Edition from AF Brew
11 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
BOTTLE 50 CL from eluosiren. Fresh and intense, red grapefruit, blood orange topped with sugary syrup and pine notes somewhere in the background. As it warms up, you get some dried fruit, mainly cranberies. Some rotten fruit off-flavour. Everything is balanced by a huge bitterness, that is pleasant and never over the top. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2014 at 00:32
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed
ABV not IBU: Polaris from AF Brew
11 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
BOTTLE 50 CL 7,5% abv. Tropical fruit aroma of medium intensity, that becomes more pungent and herbal/piney and malty too. The body feels quite „imperial” with lots of malts, as well as lots of hops. It is so hefty, that I even have doubts that the abv on the label is accurate. Some meaty heavy notes. Light acidity. Really long bitter finish. Well done.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2014 at 16:02
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed
Shokoladnaya Antifabrika (Шоколадная Антифабрика) from AF Brew
11 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
BOTTLE 50 CL. The hops dominate this stout from the very start. Intense, „German” hop profile (roughly like Schneider’s Tap 5), grassy, with notes of lemon zest and young vine shoots. The hops is backed by coffee beans roast, but not much chocolate (though, the „anti” prefix in the title might mean just that). The flavour is intense, but easy drinking at the same time. The finish is not as much bitter as it is spicy and pungent with a pleasant astringency. Might well be called a Black IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2014 at 17:01
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed
Black Magic from AF Brew
11 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
BOTTLE 50 CL from Sharky Dodson.

Some vinegar out of the bottle, that fortunately goes away rather fast. What’s left is a very faint aroma of fresh cut pumpkin and green grassy homebrew-ish hops. The flavour is dry burnt malts (no coffee or chocolate), light body, and (surprise!) quite a hoppy and bitter finish with notes of citrus. Not bad, but rather simplistic, and lacking the fruity chocolaty goodness that we like in a porter.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2014 at 13:23
DSG (26002) reviewed
Redrum IPA 2nd Edition from AF Brew
12 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at a tasting at Beer Market Jaffa. Thanks Vadim & Alexander for this bottle! Deep reddish amber with a beige head. Aroma of leafy, "green", piney and resinous hops and a bit of caramel. Flavor has a bit of sweetish malt, nice "green" hops and a big bitter finish. Medium-bodied. A good IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2014 at 11:17
DSG (26002) reviewed
Ingria Pale Ale from AF Brew
12 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at a tasting at kerenmk’s place. Thanks Vadim for this bottle! Nice clear reddish amber with a stable off-white head. Aroma of malt, mild fruity hops a bit of caramel and a skunky note. Flavor has some sweetish malt, a bit bready, with a caramelly hint, fruity hops, a bit piney, and a finish with pretty strong bitterness. Medium-bodied. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2014 at 09:59
Kraddel (16033) reviewed
Mosaic IPA from AF Brew
13 years ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
pours clear yellow, almost no foam . smell is very vege taste is bitter , but medicinal
Tried on 29 Sep 2013 at 15:17