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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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Wingman. A mostly clear golden orange coloured pour with a loose off white head.. Aroma is big estery fruits, apple, pear, biscuity grains, orangte rind, light grass. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, apple curd, pale grains, jammy fruits, green berries. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, moderate fine carbonation, little custard.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2021
at 21:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Cork & Cask. Pours black-brown with a lively, foaming beige head. Medium sweet flavour, lots of hard ashy roast, lightly tangy cherry, bitter dark chocolate, earth, raisins. Medium to full bodied, lightly oily, with active, massaging carbonation. Mellow warmth in the finish, bitter cocoa, black coffee, more raisins, dirt, ashy roast. Nice old-school impy stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2021
at 19:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle on 105&376, thanks to Dave, 16/07/21. Black with a good sized tan cap. Nose is cocoa powder, dark malts, charr, dried fruit rinds, faint red berries. Taste comprises tangy fruits, stewed fruits, dark malts, light roast, bitter fruit rinds. Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light rising boost. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2021
at 14:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Cork & Cask. Pours lightly hazed yellowy-gold with a huge, frothing white head. Lightly sweet, super dry, pleasant restrained grassy bitterness, crispy grain husks, wheat flakes, lemon peel. Light bodied, airy, with lively carbonation. Clean, dry finish, some biscuits, floral hops, further wheat flakes, lemony accents. Just massively drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2021
at 21:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Norrie's. Pours black, nose is chocolate, toffee, liquorice, taste is similar, a little dusty, funky. --- Beer merged from original tick of Imperial Stout - Big Ideas Series 17 on 04 Jul 2021 at 11:08 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2021
at 10:08
7/10
bottle at home... dark black... thin tan lacing... dark sweet chocolate roast malts... soft chocolate roast.. heavy malts.. dark roast.. soft roast
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2021
at 15:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - copper with a big generous creamy head. Nose - ginger biscuits and more leaning into ginger cake. Taste - ginger cake for sure, Jamaica cake. The ginger is warming without being too spikey. Palate - creamy in texture, light to medium bodied. Soft, tapered finish. Overall - I really liked this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2021
at 19:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours clear straw yellow with a thick white head. Aromas of lemon and spice. Taste is fruity, more spice and dough. Slightly thin finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2021
at 15:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of caramel wafer and light spice. Taste is light lemon, biscuit, grassy hop. Clean finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2021
at 15:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - hazy yellow with a big fluffy white head. Nose - biscuit, green herb and light hop spice. Taste - citrus, biscuit and again a light herb/spice note. Palate - light bodied but good bitter linger. Overall - much better than the first iteration.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2021
at 16:47