Simple Things Fermentations

Microbrewery in Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Established in 2020

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The Bakehouse, 6 Hazel Avenue Lane, Glasgow, G44 3LJ, Scotland
Description
A small independent brewery based in Glasgow's Southside, established 2019. We value quality, tradition, innovation, and doing things a bit differently.

​Simple Things is about brewing beer with a sense of place, exploring beer styles that aren't always easy to find and using ingredients that extend the flavour spectrum beyond current trends. The beers are often modern takes on traditional styles, or contemporary styles with a twist.

We love to drink big, juicy hazy IPAs with Ctira, Mosaic, Simcoe etc but that’s not what we do. There are plenty of people already making a really good job of that.

Exploring beer styles and ingredients that are not so well represented is what gets us excited. Our Big Ideas Series is where it all began; a range of styles that includes crowd-pleasing favourites such as Golden Ale, Table Beer and Session Stout alongside the more esoteric likes of Wheat Wine, Scottish Light, Peated Pale and Bretted 80/-. We recently introduced our Core Range, comprising a US-style Pale Ale brewed with only European hops and a Czech-style Pilsner. Our new Seasonals range is where you’ll find beers that are right for the time of year.

​We use local and foraged ingredients when we can. All our beers are vegan friendly, unfiltered, unpasteurised and naturally carbonated through re-fermentation. We hope you enjoy them.

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Can ordered from Indiebeer, Holloway. Aroma is sweet. Malta. Ho ey. Doughy. Jammy fruit. A hint of booze. Clear amber. Thiickkk foamy white head. A boozy and resinous bitterness. This is alongside jammy fruit. Develops candy sweetness. Malts. Medium bodied. Slick. Sticky. Soft carbonation. Long astringent finish. Lovely beer. Warming. Sweet but with a bitter boozy streak. Autumn is a fitting season.
Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2024 at 21:20

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at Joe's. Pours deep reddish brown, nose is caramel, raisin, smoked bacon, taste is raisin, toffee, caramel, smoky.
Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2024 at 18:24

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Tried from Can on 23 Oct 2024 at 18:43

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours clear mahogany with a thin white head. Aromas of toffee and mixed dried fruit, then smoke. Taste is smokier. Sweet finish.
Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2024 at 09:50

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Can from Appellation Wines. Pours clear amber with a thick off-white head. Aromas of red fruit, brown bread, mixed peel. Taste is more of the same. Sweet finish.
Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2024 at 09:49

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Can from Against The Grain - canned on 20th June, enjoyed on 20th July. Hazy deep golden body with a few flecks beneath a white head that slowly fades. Steady carbonation. Patchy lacing. Aroma of rhubarb, chalky lemon, sea salt and white bread. Flavour is similar to the aroma - lots of yeast, orange pith and a hoppy, biting finish. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. This is an excellent beer and a true collaboration; you can taste the classic Pilot Blønd and the salty/tangy yeast from STF’s Belgian inspired beers is present. It all comes together beautifully. My only niggle is the powdery flecks floating around.
Tried from Can on 12 Oct 2024 at 07:46

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can online from Cork & Cask. Pours hazed orange gold with loose beige foam. Aroma: mild saison yeast, lime, wheat. Taste: wheat, lemon, spicy yeast. Towards dry on the palate. Medium body with loose carbonation. Another decent STF beer.
Tried from Can on 09 Oct 2024 at 18:46

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Bottle thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours clear deep red brown with a thin white head. Aromas of wood spice and light funk, red fruit. Taste has complexity, wood, fruit again. Sour finish.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2024 at 17:31

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - cloudy brown with an off-white head. Nose - balsamic and wood. A hint of sour cherry. Lanolin. Taste - more balsamic and woodiness. Some tart red fruit. Palate - medium bodied, tangy sour middle and finish. Great balance. Overall - very good. Maybe worth checking out in another 6 months too!
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2024 at 17:29

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Big bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden and fairly clear. Thin white head. Nose - elderflower, nettles and generally sour. Taste - more elderflower, a skoosh of lime and some green apple. Some underlying breadiness. Palate - medium bodied, long, lightly tart and dry finish. Overall - lovely, getting into Bretted Saison here.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2024 at 17:16