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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6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
440ml can. Pours pitch black with a small beige head. Aroma of chocolate, liquorice, molasses, dark fruity malts. Taste is a bit odd, chocolate, liquorice and molasses there, dark fruity malts, strong bitterness but it turns almost metallic. Also the body is quite thin, something I'd expect of a stout half its strength. Not a great introduction to STF given their generally strong reviews.
Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2023 at 23:19

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from Against The Grain. Hazy amber body with an off-white head that slowly fades. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of copper and earth. Flavour of strawberry and lightly roasted malt. Medium body with a slick mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Rich and warming.
Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2023 at 22:35


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Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - cloudy yellow brown and a thin white head. Nose - brown bread, caramel and a hint of floral hops. Taste - brown bread, toffee then a rich note of hazelnuts going into praline. And there's rich, sweet spice thing to it too. On second sip some candied lemon and orange over sweet brown bread, ginger and sweet spice. Palate - light to medium bodied, chewy and rich middle, dryish finish. Overall - what a really interesting result from what is a relatively simple style. Lovely stuff.
Tried from Can on 15 Sep 2023 at 17:49

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Lupe Pintos. Hazy golden with a thin white head. No visible carbonation. Patchy lacing. Aroma of pine and grapefruit. Flavour of orange and lemon. Thin to medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. Bright and juicy.
Tried from Can on 05 Sep 2023 at 21:29


6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can from Good Spirits, Glasgow. It pours golden with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, bright, green, tropical vibes, coconut water, pineapple, nectarine, green banana and wheat bread. The taste is fairly crisp, dry, decent snap, pleasing and lingering bitterness, green, weedy, tropical vibes, green banana, coconut water, pineapple, lilt, slightly chalky and some peppery spice with h a short, dry finish. Average body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Decent saison with tropical hop character.
Tried from Can on 26 Aug 2023 at 14:12

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can at Pot Still. It pours clear deep reddish - brown with a medium fluffy beige head. The aroma is rich, toothy, brown bread, warming cinnamon, definite cinnamon bun vibes, nutmeg, doughy, raisin, sultana, touch of cinnamon custard and a touch of nuttiness. The taste upfront is dry, toasty grain, brown bread, bitter - sweet, light sourness, toothy, light tannin, dried fruits, sultana, raisin, nuttiness, cinnamon is there but well judged, nutmeg, toasted brown sugars, doug and sticky cinnamon bun with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Well judged all round. Not too sweet thankfully. Tasty.
Tried from Can on 26 Aug 2023 at 11:02

7/10
Tried on 25 Aug 2023 at 21:29