Simple Things Fermentations

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

Established in 2020

Contact
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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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

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask side pull at Inn Deep. It pours murky dirty blonde with medium fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, sappy, resinous, apricot, peachy, pineapple, candy, fizzy candy, pineapple cubes, bready, pie crust and pop each cobbler. The taste is drying upfront, bitter - sweet, juicy, bright, fruity, pineapple cubes, tangy, peach, apricot, fruit salad sweets, fruit cocktail, juicy and and tang with a drying finish. Medium body and fine, but lifting carbonation. Interesting and good depth. Fun stuff. Nice to finally try their beer on cask, where a lot of it belongs.
Tried from Cask on 25 Aug 2023 at 19:17

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - murky yellow to orange, thin white head. Nose - orange, melon and bread. Taste - apricot, melon and orange zest. Palate - medium bodied, creamy and tangy middle, dry, tangy finish. Overall - good stuff.
Tried from Can on 25 Aug 2023 at 18:47

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pineapple and peach. Golden clear pour with decent head. Light bitter finish. Some florals, hay. Lemon. Nice stuff. Can.
Tried from Can on 24 Aug 2023 at 14:00

7/10
Keg at lakes... Hazy amber.. Hazy amber... Thin white lacing.. Soft floral fruit... Juicy sweet floral fruit.. Light sweet berries
Tried on 28 Jul 2023 at 12:33

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can thanks to Phil. Appearance - cloudy, deep, golden yellow. Creamy, nicely proportioned, white head. Nose - peach, candied orange and light spice. Taste - fresh peach and apricot, dried orange and spicy yeasty notes. Palate - light to medium bodied, creamy texture, tangy with the Saison yeast and balanced bitterness on the finish Overall - good.
Tried from Can on 14 Jul 2023 at 19:26

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can at Joe's. Pours hazy orange, nose is funk, pickled onion, savoury, taste is zesty, floral, oak, harsh finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Hoppy Sour - STF X Campervan on 06 Jul 2023 at 15:53 - Score: 6
Tried from Can on 06 Jul 2023 at 14:53

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours clear dark red-brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of Brett funk, sherbet, spruce. Taste is toffee up front, dry funk, sherbet again and faint spruce. Dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2023 at 20:02

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of tropical fruit, ripe mango and pineapple. Taste is tangy orange and pineapple again. Sour and bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 29 Jun 2023 at 16:17