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SimonF

Sydney, NSW, Australia 🇦🇺 Supporter Trusted Member

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Grew up in England and developed a taste for English ales. Traveled a lot to Belgium and surrounding countries and grew to appreciate these European styles. Traveled to USA a fair bit, starting in the dark days when it was a beer desert, and then enjoying the flourishing microbrewery scene. Moved in 1994 to Australia which was then a beer desert, so grew to appreciate the excellent Aussie wines and my own homebrew. Now there is a flourishing microbrewery scene in Aus, which is great. I travel a lot to Asia, which was generally grim for beer, although with some interesting pockets of excellence there if you looked hard; but now several countries have good craft beers. I was a RateBeerian for 18 years (Oct 2007 until its demise in 2025), with username Pyobon.

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SimonF updated a beer: Yum Yum Yuzu Dry Lager brewed by Duncan's Brewing Co.
5 days ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Yum Yum Yuzu Dry Lager from Duncan's Brewing Co.

5 days ago

6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

(Can) Pours clear pale golden yellow with big loose white head. Aroma of yuzu with a herbal hint. Light body with a lot of soft loose carbonation. Taste of lemon and yuzu at the start. Very light bread malt in the middle. Grassy herbal hops with a rather harsh bitter in the finish. It’s ok.

Tried from Can on 08 Jun 2026 at 12:59

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout (2024) from Hawkers Beer

6 days ago

8.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 8.5

(Can) Black with a small tan head. Lovely rich complex aroma. Full bodied with lovely soft carbonation giving a great mouthfeel. Excellent complex rich taste too. The richness is well balanced with bitter and somewhat tart notes towards the finish. There’s dark roast grain and dark toffee, notes of coffee and wood. The booze is very apparent with a nice warm burn. Excellent.

Tried from Can on 07 Jun 2026 at 12:58

SimonF updated a beer: Panama Orange Wheat Beer brewed by Urbanaut Brewing Co
1 week ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Panama Orange Wheat Beer from Urbanaut Brewing Co

1 week ago

7.3/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

(Can) Pours hazy lemon good with tiny white head. Good aroma with notes of citrus and coriander and a funky hint. Excellent mouthfeel with mouth filling soft carbonation. Great taste too. Plenty of citrus, mainly orange. Spice, mainly coriander, Vanilla. Excellent.

Tried from Can on 06 Jun 2026 at 12:58

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Betelgeuse from 8 Wired Brewing

1 week ago

6.9/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7

(Can) Pours slightly hazy mid brown with big pale tan head. Aroma with notes of toffee, pine and lemon. Medium body with plenty of soft mouth filling carbonation. Toffee with notes of bread crust and lemon to start, develops a robust bitterness. Very good.

Tried from Can on 05 Jun 2026 at 13:25

SimonF added a new beer Betelgeuse by 8 Wired Brewing
1 week ago

SimonF updated a beer: Maple Nectarine Hazy IPA brewed by Urbanaut Brewing Co
1 week ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Maple Nectarine Hazy IPA from Urbanaut Brewing Co

1 week ago

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

(Can) Pours opaque golden amber with small white head. Love aroma of stone fruit with notes of citrus. Full bodied with plenty of prickly carbonation. Somewhat tart citrus start with stone fruit developing. Some toffee hints and a little bitterness at the end. Very nice, but this was designed to be mixed with another beer, and I think it needed that (my paired cans were separated because of problems with the other half).

Tried from Can on 04 Jun 2026 at 13:43

SimonF updated a beer: Gesundheit brewed by 8 Wired Brewing
1 week ago