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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.

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6.4

SimonF (3322) reviewed Exploration Pale Ale from Carbon 6 8 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Can) Pours clear golden with decent white head. Pleasant aroma of citrus and pine. Light body with slightly fuzzy carbonation. Nice balance of sweet malt, some tangy fruit notes and some peppery notes. Modest bitterness in finish. Pleasant easy drinking beer.

Tried from Can on 22 Jun 2025 at 13:11

SimonF added a new beer Exploration Pale Ale by Carbon 6
8 months ago

7.8

SimonF (3322) reviewed The Pioneer from Carbon 6 8 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Can) Pours very dark brown with good tan head. Lovely aroma with caramel and notes of burnt sugar. Great mouthfeel with a very smooth medium body and plenty of soft fine carbonation. Taste is a good bittersweet balance, tilted to the bitter. It’s a black coffee, burnt sugar bitterness. There’s chocolate and some toffee sweetness, some dark berry tartness and some nutty and creamy hints. Very enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 21 Jun 2025 at 13:25

SimonF added a new beer The Pioneer by Carbon 6
8 months ago

SimonF added a new brewery: Carbon 6 located in Australia
8 months ago

SimonF updated a beer: Fire Within Amber Ale brewed by Akasha Brewing Company
8 months ago

SimonF has a new beer style achievement

Level 6 for Amber / Red Ale ticks with a total of 75 ticks of this master style.
Fire Within Amber Ale from Akasha Brewing Company (Australia) was the one that did it!
8 months ago

6.9

SimonF (3322) reviewed Fire Within Amber Ale from Akasha Brewing Company 8 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

(Can) Pours clear amber brown with big off-white head. Pleasant aroma of citrus with notes of toast. Medium body with plenty of soft carbonation giving a good mouthfeel. Good taste too. Nice balance of sweet and bitter. There’s plenty of toffee malt. Good citrus tartness and growing peppery notes lead to a decent bitter finish. Nicely balanced and very tasty.

Tried from Can on 19 Jun 2025 at 13:07

6.8

SimonF (3322) reviewed Inner Circle West Coast IPA from Akasha Brewing Company 8 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

(Can) Pours slightly hazy amber with short lived white head. Pleasant aroma. Medium body with plenty of soft carbonation. Flavour has good earthy and spicy hop taste throughout palate. There’s some moderate bitterness in the finish. Pleasant tough malt notes in the background. Very good.

Tried from Can on 18 Jun 2025 at 13:47

SimonF added a new beer Inner Circle West Coast IPA by Akasha Brewing Company
8 months ago