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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.
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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours murky pale yellow with a thin white head. Aromas of pineapple and light malt. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Aug 2024
at 18:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours murky orange with a thick white head. Strong kiwi fruit aromas, lime and some wheat. Taste is melon rind and more citrus. Some saison yeast character shows through.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Aug 2024
at 16:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Westhill Service Station. It pours hazy yellow - blonde with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, fragrant, grassy, spicy, floral, herbal, biscuity malt, cakey, Madelines and ladyfingers. The taste is crispy, dry, more citrus than on the aroma... candied lemon, orange, peach, pomelo, snappy, cracker, sponge cake, brioche, grassy and some florals with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Lovely stuff. Flavourful and pillowy. Crushable.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Aug 2024
at 12:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - cloudy orange with a decent off-white head. Nose - candied orange and orange barley sweets. Sweet spice. Taste - orange barley sweets and bready generally. Palate - medium bodied, creamy middle and lightly tangy finish. Overall - decent.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2024
at 18:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - hazy and bright yellow. Big fluffy suds. Nose - orange, herbal and floral. Some sweet wheat notes. Taste - more sweet wheat going into brown bread. Some lemon and herbal notes close it out. Palate - light to medium bodied, and fairly dry. Overall - good!
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2024
at 16:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
An at home from RAD. Hazy pale golden colour with a white head. Citrus and herbal and sweet. Crisp body.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2024
at 21:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black beer, thin off-white head. Good aroma of coffee and malty chocolate. Flavour follows suit. Coffee, sweet and toasty malt, a dash of anise, dark chocolate. Warming, with a decent body and a lovely balance between the dry, roasty and sweet flavours. For a session stout this is a hell of a thing.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2024
at 19:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - murky yellow to orange, big foamy white head. Nose - candied lemon, white pepper and jack fruit. Taste - yep, jack fruit, pungent melon and white pepper again. Palate - medium bodied, rich texture, dry tangy finish. Overall - good stuff!
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2024
at 23:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Against The Grain. Hazy golden body with a thin white head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of sea salt and flower stems. Flavour of lemon, lime and lemongrass. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. Light and juicy.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2024
at 06:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy golden beer, thin head soon fizzled away. Smells fruity, with some mango and citrus zest and a bit of grassy hop. Flavour has bitter lemon, grassy dry hops again, stone fruit, a little mango and pineapple. Really leans into those dry, bitter notes in the finish with some maltiness there evening it out too. I could live with some more of the sweetness of those fruits coming through but this is pretty decent!
Tried
on 12 Jul 2024
at 16:20