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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keg at Gravity Friday 2025 ...golden amber ..thin white lacing ..soft zezty lime nose ...juicy fruits ..dry hay big juicy juicy lime
Tried on 26 Sep 2025 at 12:33

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keg at Paisley beer festival ...hazy amber ...small white head ...big banana floral fruit nose ..little watery peally eally but right banana floral fruit ..little orange
Tried on 22 Sep 2025 at 12:46

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keg at Paisley beer festival ...dark dry chocolate Roast malts ..soft chocolate roast malts ..Light roast ..thin for 10 ..soft chocolate roast malts
Tried on 22 Sep 2025 at 12:45

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keg at Paisley beer festival ...brown black..thinest tan lacing ....soft smoke woody chocolate roast malts nose ..soft roast ...fruity malts ..soft smoke
Tried on 22 Sep 2025 at 12:39

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
keg at Paisley festival ...hazy mango amber ...thin white head ...soft sweet tropical fruit ..Light juicy sweet fruit ..Light green hop
Tried on 22 Sep 2025 at 12:30

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Kwg at Portcullis Tap. Opaque dark brown. Thin foamy off-white head. Aroma is low key. Spur and fruity. Flavourwise it's in fact similar. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Decent.
Tried from Draft at The Portcullis Taphouse on 20 Sep 2025 at 21:18

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Tried from Cask at The Portcullis Taphouse on 20 Sep 2025 at 14:22

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at the portculus taphouse. A hazed reddy copper coloured pour with a a lasting thin greyish head. Aroma is. Semi sweet, bruised banana, brown sugars, gooey banana. Flavour is composed of semi sweet z tangy green apple, banana, brown sugars, hint of chocolate. Palate is semi sweet, not great.
Tried on 20 Sep 2025 at 14:20

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Keg at the Portcullis tap, Portchester, South Coast Jolly Boys Day Out 20/09/2025.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that retains well.
Nose is tangy fruit esters, sultanas, brown bread, herb.
Taste comprises toffee, raisins, brown bread, clove, herb.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay if a little overly tangy for my liking.
Tried on 20 Sep 2025 at 09:07

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - pale yellow and cloudy. Thin white head, not particularly carbonated.
Nose - orange, floral and lime.
Taste - more of the same, light breadiness.
Palate - light bodied, dry and bitter finish.
Overall - decent. Not sure this can was properly carbonated, will have to try another.
Tried from Can from Appellation Wines (Comely Bank) on 17 Sep 2025 at 18:06