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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 (3450) reviewed

The Matriarch from CoConspirators Brewing Company (Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺)

6 months ago

7.1/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7

(Can) Pours opaque amber with good white head. Great aroma. Stone fruit, pine, notes of wood. Medium body with modest fine carbonation. Great taste. Plenty of fruit and some gentle bitterness at the end. Very nice.

Tried from Can on 31 Jan 2026 at 12:16

SimonF has a new country beer tick achievement

Level 25 for Australia ticks with a total of 1500 from this country.
Ultra Low from 4 Pines Brewing Company (CUB) was the one that did it!
6 months ago

SimonF (3450) reviewed

Ultra Low from 4 Pines Brewing Company (CUB) (Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺)

6 months ago

4.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4

(Can) Clear and pale. Little aroma. Light body with bright carbonation. Taste is, as expected for a no alcohol beer, watery. There’s plenty of refreshing citrus notes at the start, but nothing really to follow up. As a beer it is disappointing but as a no alcohol beer alternative it is fairly acceptable.

Tried from Can on 29 Jan 2026 at 11:27

SimonF added a new beer Ultra Low by 4 Pines Brewing Company (CUB)
6 months ago

SimonF updated a beer: The Usual Suspects IPA brewed by CoConspirators Brewing Company
6 months ago

SimonF (3450) reviewed

The Usual Suspects IPA from CoConspirators Brewing Company (Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺)

6 months ago

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

(Can) Pours clear golden with tiny white head. Nice aroma of citrus and pine with some hints of biscuit. Medium body with great carbonation. Great taste too. There’s herbal hops through the palate strengthening into a moderately bitter finish. There’s citrus and tropical fruit at the start, slowly tapering off. Very good.

Tried from Can on 28 Jan 2026 at 12:10

SimonF updated a beer: Structural Integrity brewed by Hawkers Beer
6 months ago

SimonF (3450) reviewed

Structural Integrity from Hawkers Beer (Reservoir, Australia 🇦🇺)

6 months ago

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

(Can) Hreat looking beer - black with big tan head. Aroma is dark roast malt with notes of chocolate, toast and yeast. Medium body with good carbonation. Great taste. Dark roast malt with a burnt sugar bitterness that is subtle at the start but gradually grows through the palate. Chocolate. Very good.

Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2026 at 11:39

SimonF updated a beer: Golden Valley brewed by Slow Lane Brewing
7 months ago

SimonF (3450) reviewed

Golden Valley from Slow Lane Brewing (Botany, Australia 🇦🇺)

7 months ago

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8

(Can) Pours clear golden amber with big off-white head. Lovely aroma. Stone fruit to the fore, yeasty, peppery note and candy hints. Light body with full carbonation. Great taste. There’s peppery spice through the palate, that develops into a long pleasant moderately bitter finish. There’s fruit, but less than the aroma. Stone fruit and banana notes. There’s a yeasty taste in the mid palate. Very good.

Tried from Can on 26 Jan 2026 at 12:08