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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.
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - brown with amber chinks. Nice cloud like fawn head. Nose - hazelnuts and toffee, quite like what you'd expect from a Scotch Ale or a Brown Ale. Taste - honeycomb, light toffee again. Burnt toffee with a hint of dark chocolate. Palate - light to almost medium bodied (surprising considering ABV) and fairly good finish. Overall - this really packs a flavour punch despite teh low ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2020
at 18:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Clear amber, small foamy off-white head. Aroma is creamy toffee malt. Taste is very much focussed on caramel malt with an appealing sweetness, lightly bitter, some toasted malt notes. Nice light pale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2020
at 18:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Dark appearance, small tan head. Aroma of smoked roasty twiglets. Taste is distinctly earthy with a nice gentle smoked character, some twiglets re-appearing, woody with a refreshing balanced drinkability for a smoked beer. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2020
at 19:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Great Grog. Black body with ruby highlights and a thin beige head. Faint lacing. Aroma of rust and Twiglets. Flavour of smoked malt, wood and dark chocolate. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. An interesting beer. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2020
at 08:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Great Grog. Clear deep golden body with an off-white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of nuts, grass and toasted malt. Flavour of steel and lemon zest. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. This is a touch too sharp for me but I’m looking forward to trying more beers from this new brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2020
at 08:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at work. Pours clear dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of smoke, dark chocolate, earthy. Taste is more chocolate and smoke, hint of leather. A little thin maybe.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2020
at 13:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at work. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of citrus, dried herbs and faint malt. Taste is light sweet, marmalade, more dried herbs. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2020
at 13:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - dark brown, fawn head, again fitting into the STF glass perfectly. Nose - smoke, chocolate and going into brown sugar or molasses. Quite earthy. Taste - brown sugar, molasses and smoke again. Lightly burnt wood. Palate - creamy and smoky. The smoke helps it clean on the finish. Overall - very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2020
at 20:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden amber with nicely proportioned lacing. In the STF glass which holds it just perfectly. Nose - orange, canned pear. Soft malt and general fruit salad notes. Taste - more canned fruit salad. Malty backbone again. Palate - soft textured and light to medium bodied. Overall - interesting, very smooth pale ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2020
at 19:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is smoky, meaty, chocolate, burnt malts, taste is similar, salty, peppery. --- Beer merged from original tick of Smoked Rye Porter - Big Ideas Series 02 on 22 Jan 2020 at 08:02 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2020
at 10:41