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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 updated a beer: Fainters Dubbel brewed by Bright Brewery
11 months ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Midnight in the Mountains from Bright Brewery

11 months ago

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

(Can) Pours very dark brown with short-lived tan head. Aroma has plenty of coconut and notes of vanilla. Medium body with good bright carbonation. There’s a pleasant stout background to the flavour. There’s plenty of coconut and vanilla throughout the palate with a nice chilli bite growing in the finish. There’s also some pleasant chocolate notes. The flavours work well together. Pleasant and very drinkable.

Tried from Can on 19 Jul 2025 at 13:12

SimonF added a new beer Midnight in the Mountains by Bright Brewery
11 months ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Cloudy Pale Ale from Stone & Wood Brewing Co

11 months ago

6.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

(Can) Pours cloudy amber with small white head. Orange and stone fruit aroma. Medium body with bright carbonation. Taste has a good balance of fruity tartness, toffee malt and hoppy bitterness. Pleasant, easy drinking. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Cloud Catcher on 02 Mar 2018 at 13:16 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: (Bottle) Pours clear amber with tiny loose white head. Lovely aroma of grapefruit with hints of stonefruit. Light bodied with plenty of rather fizzy carbonation. Pleasant hop driven taste with background light malt. Very drinkable, but not a stand out.

Tried from Can on 16 Jul 2025 at 13:24

SimonF updated a beer: Kloud Krush brewed by Lotte Chilsung Beverage
11 months ago

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Kloud Krush from Lotte Chilsung Beverage

11 months ago

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

(Can) Pours clear golden with short-lived white head. Subtle aroma with notes of grain and candy and hints of apple and cardboard. Light body with bright carbonation. Quite unpleasant taste. There’s a sugary sweetness, subtle at first, that grows through the palate leaving an unappealing finish. There’s some tartness at the start, but it reminds me of carbonated water. There’s some grain in the mid palate. Really quite unpleasant… but, I did drink it, so not too bad. Might make a reasonable drink, served very cold, with some really fiery Korean food.

Tried from Can on 15 Jul 2025 at 12:50

SimonF (163) reviewed

The Duke of Clarence

11 months ago

7.4/10 — Setting 7 Selection 7 Service 8 Food 8 Value 7 Overall 8

Great atmosphere. Old style English pub. Wood panels. Shelves stacked with whiskey. Friendly helpful staff. Two cask ales on tap. About ten draugh beers, of which two were fairly common. Similar number of good bottled beers. Busy on a Saturday afternoon but got seat at bar. Excellent food.

Visited on 12 Jul 2025 at 23:44

SimonF (3410) reviewed

Dai Dai Ale from Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest

11 months ago

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7

(Bottle) Pours slightly hazy amber with small loose white head. Nice aroma of toffee malt and orange. Medium body with bright carbonation. Good and unusual taste. Plenty of bitter orange on a toffee malt base with a good hoppy bitter finish that cuts in at the end, leaving a long bitter orange and hop finish. There’s some peppery notes too. Very good, and unusual.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2025 at 13:27