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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: Bungwahl Barrel Aged Baltic Porter brewed by The Coastal Brewing Company
3 days ago

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SimonF has a new beer style achievement

Level 1 for Porter - Baltic ticks with a total of 5 ticks of this sub style.
Bungwahl Barrel Aged Baltic Porter from The Coastal Brewing Company was the one that did it!
3 days ago
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SimonF (3450) reviewed
Bungwahl Barrel Aged Baltic Porter from The Coastal Brewing Company (Forster, Australia 🇦🇺)
3 days ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
(Can) Pours black with a tiny tan head. Lovely aroma. Plenty of wood. Toffee, hints of maple. Medium body, smooth with good carbonation. Great taste. There’s a very dark roast / burnt bitterness and dark toffee. There’s chocolate notes towards the finish. There’s some dark fruit notes at the start along with hints of bourbon. Hints of maple in the mid palate. Very enjoyable.
Tried from Can on 14 Aug 2026 at 12:58