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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.
7/10
Tried
on 07 Oct 2023
at 13:49
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Oct 2023
at 15:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - murky yellow, snow white head. Nose - pear, going into green pineapple. Taste - apple, gooseberry and mango skin. Palate - light bodied, creamy and then bone dry. Overall - decent.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Sep 2023
at 19:11
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.6
Can online from Cork & Cask, Edinburgh. Pours opaque orange brown and a white cap. Aroma: sweet grains, toffee. Taste: moderate sweet & light to moderate bitter, dry-ish, brown bread, toffee, some orange. Medium body with soft carbonation. Good one.
Tried
from Can
from Cork & Cask
on 28 Sep 2023
at 20:57
7/10
Tried
on 23 Sep 2023
at 11:14
6.5/10
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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
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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
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 15 Sep 2023
at 19:52
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
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
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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