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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 added a new beer Culture Shock by Shapeshifter Brewing Company
8 months ago

SimonF updated a brewery: Shapeshifter Brewing Company located in Australia
8 months ago

SimonF updated a beer: Sun Showers brewed by Shapeshifter Brewing Company
8 months ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Sun Showers from Shapeshifter Brewing Company

8 months ago

6.9/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7

(Can) Pours clear pale gold with big white head. Pleasant fruity aroma with pine notes. Light body with plenty of soft carbonation giving good texture. Pine resinous hops present from start to finish, developing at the end into a pleasant long bitter finish. Some tangy fruit at start. Very drinkable.

Tried from Can on 25 Nov 2025 at 11:39

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Everest from 2 Sherpas

8 months ago

6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

(Can) Pours clear golden with big loose white head. Pleasant citrus aroma with notes of pepper. Light body with bright carbonation. Taste has a pleasant start with citrus and peppery spice, but it then gradually gets thinner through the palate, with a modest long pleasant peppery bitter finish. Quaffable.

Tried from Can on 24 Nov 2025 at 11:51

SimonF added a new beer Everest by 2 Sherpas
8 months ago

SimonF added a new brewery: 2 Sherpas located in Australia
8 months ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Passionyeah! from Good Land Brewing Co

8 months ago

6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

(Can) Pours clear pale gold with a faint green hint and no head. Intense passionfruit aroma with some funky hints. Light bodied with lively carbonation. Taste is somewhat sour and very passionfruity. There’s some yogurt and earthy hints. Unusual, and great if you like passionfruit.

Tried from Can on 21 Nov 2025 at 12:31

SimonF added a new beer Passionyeah! by Good Land Brewing Co
8 months ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Pink Pony Pils from Good Land Brewing Co

8 months ago

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

(Can) Pours clear cherry red with good pink head. Subtle pilsener aroma with bready and grassy notes. Maybe a hint of citrus. Light body with plenty of lively carbonation. Taste is surprising, in a good way. For a brief moment, it’s another pils, and then a wave of nice tart lime hits, and stays there’s some sweetish hints too, which I assume are hibiscus, but it’s not something I can identify. Unusual, very drinkable.

Tried from Can on 16 Nov 2025 at 12:06