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.
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
On tap @ BPBW. Pretty damn heavy brew, this is. Packed with grainy, chocolatey notes and has a huge boozy character too. I dig it tho.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2025
at 07:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
On tap @ BPBW Saturday session. Decent NEDIPA, showing the Mosaic characteristics nicely.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2025
at 07:15
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
On tap @ BPBW, Saturday session. Jet black colour, thin head. Nose and taste are grains, chocolate, coffee, booze, woody and earthy notes, touch of vanilla and some sweet notes. Has a heavy, smooth body, and soft carbonation. Delicious stuff, full of flavours.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2025
at 07:15
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2025
at 20:56
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2025
at 20:55
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
15/2/2025. Bottle at the ITFC vintage and rare Saturday share part 2. Courtesy of Boris, huge thanks. Pours black with a small tan coloured head. Aroma is strong, nutty, pistachio, dark chocolate, roasted malt, liquorice, toffee, vanilla. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness. Full bodied, very smooth, soft carbonation. Rich finish. Very good indeed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2025
at 20:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Lattina. Il gusto al naso è indirizzato verso caffè e cioccolato. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera elevata e l'esistenza olfattiva è apprezzabile. Il cappello di schiuma resiste poco. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il colore è come l'inchiostro nero. Il corpo è strutturato. Il dolce è medio in buona armonia con l'amaro medio. La forza gustativa è elevata e la permanenza è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è intenso. Al gusto vengono donati toni di miele, cioccolato fondente, caffè, liquirizia e agrumi.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2025
at 04:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at Planet Oediupus 2018. Strong citrus aroma with orange, citrussy hops, tropical fruits, tangerine, bit candied citrus, fruit peel, light weedy. Pretty bitter flavour with a light sweetness. Body is medium. A heavy dose of citrus, pleasant IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From tap at Planet Oedipus 2018. Tart and sour with an aroma of lemon, soft wheaty malt, and some sweet passion fruit. On-point fruit Berliner, fairly sour but has some sweetness from the passion fruit as well.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at Planet Oedipus 2018. Aroma is lots of apricot with tart fruits, citrus, and stone fruits. Flavour is tart and mild sour with a light saltiness. Apricot yoghurt with a medium body and a light sweetness. Pleasant stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:16