Simian Ales

Microbrewery in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 🇩🇪

Established in 2018

Contact
Mühlenweg 57, Krefeld, 47839, Germany
Description
Brewery in Elmshorn closed in december 2024. Owner moved from Elmshorn to Krefeld, bought the former brewery of "Third Sector Brewing" and started brewing his beers there in early 2026.

Former address:
Langelohe 65A, 25337 Elmshorn.

The story starts on a kitchen stove in a flat on Balduinstr, metres from the Elbe river in St Pauli. Fast forward six years and after a gentle enthusiastic push from the owners of Alles elbe, a brew pub across the Reeperbahn, Simian Ales now has a microbrewery and taproom in Elmshorn, outside Hamburg.

With a core range of beers such as a North German Pilsner, modern American style IPA, Red Ale and table beer, and collaborations with breweries including Fanø Bryghus (Denmark), Ratsherrn & Bunthaus (Hamburg), Simian is being found in more and more cities across Germany and continental Europe.

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can, Bierkiste. Murky yellow, white head. Citrus, pear, fermenting melon nose. Medium body, sparkly mellow, grassy bitterness, orangepeel, light fruit salad, tropics, Pleasant bitter finish, quite drinkable.
Tried from Can on 13 Nov 2023 at 17:02

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can, Bierkiste. Murky yellow, white laceing foam. Fresh citric, apricot, gooseberry nose. Medium mellow body, chewy fruity notes, tropics, apples, gooseberry, light grassy finish, light herbal kiwi aftertaste.
Tried from Can on 12 Nov 2023 at 17:25

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can, Bierkiste. Cloudy to murky amber, white lacing cream. Nice melon, kiwi, mint nose. Medium full chewy, dry mineral, berry notes, leafy, grassy, mint bitterness, fizzing, zingy finish.
Tried from Can on 10 Nov 2023 at 19:48

29/01/2020. CRAFT BIER BAR HAMBURG, Max-Brauer-Allee 275, HAMBURG, Hamburg, Germany
Tried on 05 Jun 2023 at 12:30

7/10
Tried on 30 May 2023 at 16:03

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Darkest brown colour with small to average, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Roasty, toasty, minimally smoky, dark malty aroma, notes of dark chocolate, hints of roasted nuts, cold coffee, a touch of burnt caramel. Taste is roasty, slightly chocolately and smoky, dark malty, slightly bitter hoppy, notes of coffee, burnt coffee, hints of burnt caramel, toasted nuts, a minimally ashy touch. Slightly oily palate, smooth, simultaneously slightly dry and minimally greasy palate, fine, prickly carbonation. Not the most neat flavours assembled here, but I like this dirty and dark smokiness - good.
Tried from Can on 05 May 2023 at 22:38

7/10
44cl can. A black beer with a mid sized beige head. Aroma of roasted dark malt, chocolate, liquorice. Taste of mild roasted dark malt, chocolate, caramel, some liquorice.
Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2023 at 11:08

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. Hazy deep goldeny amber colour with a small white head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is fruity, floral, some resin and mild wooden tones with a wee bit of diacetyl lurking. Flavour is fruity, floral, some wooden and mild sweet malty tones with a nice bitterness to it as well.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2023 at 11:59

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
44cl can. A clear yellow golden beer with a white head. Aroma of pale malt, grains, straw, hay. Taste of dry grainy malt, pale malt, straw. Moderate bitterness.
Tried from Can on 21 Jan 2023 at 19:43

5.8/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Heller, süß getreidiger Beginn. Süffig ohne Kanten und Ecken, kein Hopfen, geringe Herbe, einfach. OK. 8/7/9/7/11/8
Tried from Can on 21 Jan 2023 at 19:42