SimonF Profile - Brewver

SimonF

Sydney, 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 updated a beer: Itaewon Freedom (이태원 프리덤) brewed by Artmonster
3 weeks ago

SimonF updated a beer: Chungdamdong Myuhnuri (청담동 며느리) brewed by Artmonster
3 weeks ago

7.1

SimonF (3322) reviewed Tropical Monster (트로피컬 몬스터) from Artmonster 3 weeks ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

(Can) Pours slightly hazy golden with decent white head. Lovely aroma - stone fruit with hints of caramel and lemon. Great mouthfeel. Smooth medium body with great carbonation. Good tasting beer too. Plenty hops. Nice stone fruit flavours upfront. Caramel malt. Peppery notes. Nice hoppy bitter finish. Very good.

Tried from Can at Artmonster (Myeongdong) on 16 Jan 2026 at 14:32

SimonF added a new beer Tropical Monster (트로피컬 몬스터) by Artmonster
3 weeks ago

7.2

SimonF (160) reviewed Artmonster (Myeongdong) 3 weeks ago

Setting - 8 | Selection - 6 | Service - 8 | Food - | Value - 7 | Overall - 7

Great location near Myeongdong station and a nice quiet little bar. Around 10-12 of their own beers which are all good. Service was very friendly. Comfortable place. Very quiet at 6pm on Friday.

Visited on 16 Jan 2026 at 09:13

SimonF is visiting Artmonster (Myeongdong) located in Seoul, South Korea
3 weeks ago

SimonF added a new venue Artmonster (Myeongdong) located in Seoul, South Korea
3 weeks ago

SimonF has a new country beer tick achievement

Level 8 for South Korea ticks with a total of 150 from this country.
Suda Sponsor from Artmonster was the one that did it!
3 weeks ago

6.8

SimonF (3322) reviewed Suda Sponsor (수다 스폰서) from Artmonster 3 weeks ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

(On tap) Clear deep amber brown with good off-white head. Subtle toffee aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with great fine bright carbonation. Flavours of toffee malt with some nice balancing bitterness in the end. Very good.

Tried from Draft on 16 Jan 2026 at 08:36

SimonF updated a beer: 경복궁 (Gyeongbokgung) Royal Pride IPA brewed by Kabrew
3 weeks ago