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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 (3410) reviewed

Little Mate from Good Land Brewing Co

8 months ago

6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

(Can) Pours hazy pale golden with small white head. Nice hoppy aroma. Medium body with plenty of fine bright carbonation. Good taste. Refreshing start quickly followed by biscuit malt and herbal hops. Modest bitterness in finish. For a mid strength this is very good.

Tried from Can on 30 Oct 2025 at 12:18

SimonF updated a beer: Full Flower Moon Band Beer brewed by Mountain Goat Beer
8 months ago

SimonF has a new beer style achievement

Level 3 for Kölsch ticks with a total of 15 ticks of this master style.
Full Flower Moon Band Beer from Mountain Goat Beer was the one that did it!
8 months ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Full Flower Moon Band Beer from Mountain Goat Beer

8 months ago

5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 7 Overall 5.5

(Can) Pours clear pale gold with good fluffy white head. Subtle aroma - a bit grassy, a bit apple with a hint of dough. Light body with plenty of very soft carbonation giving a pleasant mouthfeel. Gently tart start followed by some grassy herbal notes, some apple and a little hoppy bitterness. Not very pleasant.

Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2025 at 12:45

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Karaoke Kingu from Yulli's Brews

8 months ago

6/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6

(Can) Pours clear very pale gold with the tiniest white head. Aroma of grain with notes of lime. Light body with nice bright carbonation. Taste is pleasant. Starts with a nice lime note which I shortly joined by some grain, and that’s really it. Pleasant, easy drinking, but very simple.

Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2025 at 12:34

SimonF added a new beer Karaoke Kingu by Yulli's Brews
8 months ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Nomikai Japanese Style Lager from Australian Beer Connoisseurs / Liquorland

8 months ago

4.8/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5

(Can) Pours clear pale gold with decent loose white head. The aroma is a little unpleasant with hints of melon, candy and metal. Light body with reasonable carbonation. Taste is thin, with slight sweetness and a developing modest, rather unpleasant, bitterness. Not good.

Tried from Can on 18 Oct 2025 at 11:00

SimonF added a new beer Nomikai Japanese Style Lager by Australian Beer Connoisseurs / Liquorland
8 months ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Prime Pale from Meantime

9 months ago

6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6

(Can) Pours clear amber brown with small white head. Aroma of toffee and citrus. Medium body with good soft carbonation. Taste is ok with toffee, some herbal hoppyness, some citrus at the start. It’s drinkable but not very interesting.

Tried from Can on 06 Oct 2025 at 17:49

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Strawberry x Red Currant x Coconut x Pineapple x Lemon Smoothie Sour Ale from Ārpus Brewing Co.

9 months ago

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

(On tap, transiently in a can) Pours murky deep pink with no head. Fruity aroma with plenty of strawberries and notes of pineapple and coconut. Great mouthfeel- full bodied, soft with fine carbonation. Great taste. Plenty of fruit. Pineapple, lemon and coconut primarily. A nice tartness. A distinct creamy / yoghurt note. A hint of funk. Very unusual and very enjoyable.

Tried from Draft at Taphouse on 05 Oct 2025 at 19:29