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SimonF

Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 Supporter Trusted Member
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 updated a brewery: Happy Goblin Brewery located in Australia
8 months ago


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


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

(Can) Pours hazy golden with small white head. Subtle aroma with notes of citrus, dankness and biscuit. Medium body with good carbonation. Taste is dominated by the hops. Plenty of dank herbal flavours from start to finish. The start has some short-lived tropical notes. There’s a good bitter finish. Very good.

Tried from Can on 04 Jun 2025 at 12:06


SimonF added a new beer West Coast IPA by Reckless Brewing Co.
8 months ago


SimonF updated a brewery: Bluetongue Brewery located in Australia
8 months ago


SimonF updated a brewery: Reschs located in Australia
8 months ago


SimonF updated a brewery: Hawkes Bay Brewing Co. located in New Zealand
8 months ago


SimonF updated a brewery: Bucket Brewery - Kempsey located in Australia
8 months ago


SimonF updated a beer: Coffee Lager brewed by Bucket Brewery - Kempsey
8 months ago