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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
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden with a very slight haze. Creamy white head. Nose - orange, floral honey and bready. Taste - marmalade and dried apricot. More honey and bread. Palate - medium bodied, a touch sweet through middle and finish. Overall - this is a little sweeter than I expected.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2022
at 17:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Westhill Service Station. It pours light hazy deep gold with a lasting white head. The aroma is fresh, juicy and fruity, tangerine, kumquat, pineapple, papaya, guava and a splash of lemonade. The taste is firmly dry, good hit of bitterness which lingers, piney resin, pithy, zesty, waxy rind, grapefruit, kumquat, tangerine, peppery spice, lemongrass, greenness, kick of booze and some floral accents with a drying, bitter lingering finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Reminds me of kernel a bit, which is big praise. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2022
at 11:18
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2022
at 19:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Great Grog. Clear golden body with a white head. Fine carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of pine and underripe peach. Flavour of lemon, grape and grass with a very dry finish. Medium body with an oily mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A tasty IPA - fruity and dry.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2022
at 16:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Monty's. Pour hazy yellow gold with a persistent thin white head. Aromas of red fruit, gooseberry. Taste has orange in the mix, some malts. Dry finish. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Big Ideas Series 10.2 - Pale Ale on 18 Jun 2021 at 16:57 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours hazy amber with a thin white head. Aromas of apple, orange and bread. Taste is more of the same. Nicely balanced finish.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2022
at 17:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Westhill Service Station. It pours lightly hazy golden - yellow with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh and fragrant, zingy lemon - lime, kiwi, tonic water, touch floral, honeysuckle and cracker. The taste is crisp, dry, snappy, some bitterness, floral, pithy, zesty, lemon - lime, bitter tonic water, peppery, cracker, grain and straw with a bitter - dry linger. Light+body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Crisp and very drinkable. A step up from usual low ABV. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2022
at 13:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can at Bourne woods. Light hazed golden colour with a white head. Floral, light sweet and slight citrus. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jun 2022
at 13:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can at home in the garden, 2nd June 22. Pours a light cloudy orange. Aroma is melon, yeast, peel. Taste is melon, light lemon, candied peel, aromatic, some lemon. Really lovely beer
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2022
at 17:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cans from Cork & Cask and Lupe Pintos. Black body with a beige head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of roasted malt and woody ash. Flavour of blueberry, cranberry and rich dark malt. Thin to medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Rich and roasty with a nice tangy edge. The body is a bit thinner than I’d like but the aroma and flavour is on point.
Tried
from Can
on 31 May 2022
at 18:32
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can, online from Cork & Cask, Edinburgh. Pours light hazed berry pale pink with a white cap. Aroma: cereal, tangy berries, saison yeast, hay. Taste: dry, light tart, more tangy berries light tart, blackberry jam. Medium body with fine carbonation.
Tried
from Can
from Cork & Cask
on 29 May 2022
at 13:43