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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.
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 10
75cl bottle from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - cloudy brown with a beige head.
Nose - lovely aroma of Flemish brown, spice cake and lightly woody.
Taste - spiced cake, brown bread with a gentle edge of balsamic.
Palate - medium bodied, plus, with a dry, lightly tart, long finish.
Overall - lovely, one of the beers of the year.
Appearance - cloudy brown with a beige head.
Nose - lovely aroma of Flemish brown, spice cake and lightly woody.
Taste - spiced cake, brown bread with a gentle edge of balsamic.
Palate - medium bodied, plus, with a dry, lightly tart, long finish.
Overall - lovely, one of the beers of the year.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Appellation Wines (Comely Bank)
on 22 Nov 2025
at 13:10
6/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2025
at 18:28
6.5/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2025
at 14:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at the Epicure Festival, Stirling. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of brown bread, corn, light lemon.
Taste is cooked green beans and bread again. Light body, dry finish
Taste is cooked green beans and bread again. Light body, dry finish
Tried
on 02 Nov 2025
at 21:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard. Nose is toffee, sweet tobacco, caramel, red apple. Taste is a nice mix of the above. Malty sweet finish .
Tried
from Draft
at
Green Goddess
on 02 Nov 2025
at 10:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2025
at 20:50
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - golden and clear with a nicely proportioned, foamy white head.
Nose - brown bread, corn, a bit grainy and a hint of something citrus.
Taste - very bready again, maybe some green beans.
Palate - light bodied, mainly malty with a dry finish.
Overall - decent.
Appearance - golden and clear with a nicely proportioned, foamy white head.
Nose - brown bread, corn, a bit grainy and a hint of something citrus.
Taste - very bready again, maybe some green beans.
Palate - light bodied, mainly malty with a dry finish.
Overall - decent.
Tried
from Can
from
Appellation Wines (Comely Bank)
on 01 Nov 2025
at 20:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2025
at 16:31
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden. Clear gold. Thin foamy translucent white head primarily sticks to the rim. Aroma has resin and spice with underlying malts. Flavourwise it has resin and spice again, with watery citrus. Light-medium bodied..Sofy lazily fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Punchy stuff.
Tried
from Draft
at
Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden
on 31 Oct 2025
at 23:07
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden. Aroma is sour and dank , gooseberry and vinous. Hqzy orange. Thin foamy white head. Tangy citrus and gooseberry and vinous and all that. Underlying malts but at this point I may be fantasising. Light. Thin..Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Yo. Good stuff. An XPA on UT those mad chaps.
Tried
from Draft
at
Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden
on 31 Oct 2025
at 22:49