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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8/10
Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2022 at 21:37

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Grain Schooner. It pours hazy deep reddish - brown with a big fizzy yellowy beige head. The aroma is big filthy funk upfront, brett, zingy, tart, tangy, loads of tangy berry, cranberry, raspberry, cherry, tangy orange, Irn Bru, sherbet, loads of fizzy cola bottles and flying saucers. The taste is dry upfront, damp oak, musty, funky, barnyard, brett, brown bread, tannin, crazy fruity, jammy berry, cherry, cranberry, candy, fizzy cherry cola bottles and a splash of Irn Bru with a soft, funky finish. Medium body and moderate, fizzy carbonation. Proper bonkers stuff. The aroma in particular is standout.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2022 at 17:42

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can thanks to Phil. Appearance - jet black and opaque. Creamy tan head. Nose - rich chocolate and roasted malts. Taste - again roasty, some chocolate and caramel. Palate - surprisingly for the ABV, this is medium bodied. Roasty finish. Overall - pretty impressive!
Earlier Rating: 5/28/2021 Total Score: 3.9
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - deep brown to black with an orange chink around the bottom of the glass. Nose - meaty and generally savoury. Light smoke but mainly tar. Taste - tar, edge of blackcurrant and even a bit of liquorice going on. Palate - close to medium bodied, despite the low ABV. Light roasty middle and finish. Overall - really lovely stout.
Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2022 at 09:27

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Westhill Service Station. It pours deep lightly hazy reddish - brown with a bubbly beige head. The aroma is earthy roast, toasty, umami, puff of peat smoke, brown bread, malt loaf, touch of toffee, raisin, fruit cake and wood. The taste is dry upfront, toothy, brown bready malts, earthy roast, toasted malt loaf, dried fruits, fruit cake, raisin, mellow smoke, peat, wood and a touch of spice with a drying, bready finish. Light+ body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. This has to be the best Scottish light made. Has a complexity one would never expect from the style. Great stuff. Excellent with an dram.
Tried from Can on 11 Mar 2022 at 15:15

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - cloudy yellow with a snow white head. Nose - lemon, orange and lightly bready. Taste - more citrus and breadiness. Palate - light bodied, creamy middle and tangy, dry finish. Overall - better than most Kolsch from Germany, in truth.
Tried from Can on 10 Mar 2022 at 17:26

4.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle, online from Hoptimism. Pours murky amber to dark brown with a beige cap. Aroma: funk, wood, cherry, raspberry. Taste: light tart, funky, tangy, semi-dry, light sweet & biitter, bread, red berries, wood. Medium body with soft carbonation. An interesting flavour journey
Tried from Bottle from Hoptimism on 02 Mar 2022 at 22:50

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden with a slight haze. Snow white head. Nose - candied lemon, icing sugar and sweet spice. Taste - dried orange and lemon. Sweet spice again. Palate - medium bodied, tangy middle and finish. Overall - nice.
Tried from Can on 19 Feb 2022 at 07:07

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours hazy brown with a short-lived thin tan head. Aromas of raisin, brazil nut, spice, wood. Taste is bretty and funky fun, more dried fruit, general nuttiness. Dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2022 at 22:06

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from Cork & Cask. Hazy golden body with a white head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of earth, yeast and pot puri. Flavour of burnt orange, minerals and a tangy finish. Thin to medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. A tangy, interesting beer.
Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2022 at 21:41

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours clear golden orange with a thick off-white head. Aromas of marmalade and caramel. Taste is light bitter, more marmalade and malt. Light bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 04 Feb 2022 at 18:38