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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.

Activity

SimonF added a new beer Triple Nelson Triple IPA by The Coastal Brewing Company
1 week ago

SimonF updated a beer: Back Bommie brewed by The Coastal Brewing Company
1 week ago

SimonF added a new beer Bungwahl Barrel Aged Baltic Porter by The Coastal Brewing Company
1 week ago

SimonF updated a beer: Cashed Up Bogan brewed by Mountain Culture Beer Co
3 weeks ago

SimonF (3450) reviewed

Cashed Up Bogan from Mountain Culture Beer Co (Katoomba, Australia 🇦🇺)

3 weeks ago

7.4/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

(Can) Pours hazy pale golden with small white head. Good aroma. Grapefruit with herbal hints. Medium bodied and smooth with fine carbonation. Good taste too. Citrus, mainly grapefruit, up front. A growing herbal and peppery bitterness through the palate. Some creamy hints. Very good.

Tried from Can on 01 Aug 2026 at 13:25

SimonF is visiting Sydney Brewery Rozelle located in Rozelle, Australia
1 month ago

SimonF (3450) reviewed

Choc Coffee Imperial Stout from Sydney Brewery (Surry Hills, Australia 🇦🇺)

1 month ago

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

(On tap) Clear deep brown with good tan head. Aroma of coffee and roast grain. Medium body with good soft carbonation. Taste is unusual and doesn’t quite all hang together for me. There’s plenty of chocolate. There’s some quite strong coffee bitterness. There’s dark roast grains with some burnt hints. It’s good but a bit odd.

Tried from Draft at Sydney Brewery Rozelle on 25 Jul 2026 at 06:48

SimonF added a new beer Choc Coffee Imperial Stout by Sydney Brewery
1 month ago

SimonF (164) reviewed

Sydney Brewery Rozelle (Rozelle, Australia 🇦🇺)

1 month ago

7.2/10 — Setting 6 Selection 8 Service 8 Food Value 7 Overall 7

It’s a huge cavern of a place in a location you probably wouldn’t stumble across by accident. The service was excellent. They seem to have 16 of their own beers on tap. Loads of space and seating. Hugest tv I’ve ever seen. Pleasant atmosphere. Brewing plant at back.

Visited on 25 Jul 2026 at 06:36

SimonF (3450) reviewed

Bat Currant from Sydney Brewery (Surry Hills, Australia 🇦🇺)

1 month ago

6.6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

(On tap) Clear deep red, small white head. Sour apple aroma with notes of berries. Medium body with plenty of good soft carbonation. A nice balance of sweet and sour, maybe a little on the sweet side. Apples and black currants. Very drinkable.

Tried from Draft at Sydney Brewery Rozelle on 25 Jul 2026 at 06:29