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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 (3410) reviewed

Beijing Gose Modern Bayberry from NBeer

3 months ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

(Can) Pours opaque murky pinkish brown with the tiniest white head. Aroma is predominantly berries, there are strawberry and raspberry notes (I have no idea what a bayberry smells or tastes like). Thick with the feel of slightly diluted fruit juice with lovely fine carbonation. The taste is also very much berries. There’s some pleasant tartness, too much sweetness, and some interesting herbal notes, somewhat reminiscent of green tea. Enjoyable drink, if a little too sweet.

Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2026 at 13:09

SimonF added a new beer Beijing Gose Modern Bayberry by NBeer
3 months ago

SimonF updated a beer: Stout brewed by Hawkers Beer
3 months ago

SimonF updated a beer: Pale Ale brewed by Hawkers Beer
3 months ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Pale Ale from Hawkers Beer

3 months ago

7.1/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7

(Can - 4.8% now) Pours clear pale golden with decent white head. Good aroma with citrus and notes of pepper, pine, and biscuit. Medium body with excellent full carbonation. Good taste too. Nice citrus notes at the start continue well into the palate. Pepper spice building steadily. Pleasant restrained bitter finish. Biscuit malt hovering in the background. Very good.

Tried from Can on 24 Feb 2026 at 12:13

SimonF updated a beer: IPA brewed by Hawkers Beer
3 months ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

IPA from Hawkers Beer

3 months ago

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

(Can - 6.0%, down from reviews of six years ago) Pours slightly hazy amber with big white head. Great aroma - pine and biscuity malt. Medium bodied with good carbonation. Taste like the aroma. Plenty of resinous hops of a nice biscuit malt base. Nice bitter finish.

Tried from Can on 23 Feb 2026 at 11:31

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Cerveza Mexican Lager from Balter Brewing

3 months ago

5.5/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5

(Bottle) Clear pale gold. Modest malt aroma. Light body with modest carbonation. Taste is rather one-dimensional - a slightly bready malt. Pleasant easy drinking, but not interesting.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2026 at 12:56

SimonF added a new beer Somaq by Yulli's Brews
3 months ago

SimonF updated a beer: Gretchen Organic Honey Kolsch brewed by Yulli's Brews
3 months ago