SimonF Profile - Brewver

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.

Activity

SimonF updated a brewery: Spreyton Cider Co located in Australia
10 months ago

SimonF updated a brewery: The Satellite Brewing Company located in South Korea
10 months ago

SimonF updated a brewery: Jervis Bay Brewing Co. located in Australia
10 months ago

SimonF updated a brewery: Eden Brewery located in Australia
10 months ago

SimonF updated a brewery: South Australia Brewing located in Australia
10 months ago

SimonF updated a brewery: Dad & Dave's Brewing located in Australia
10 months ago

SimonF updated a brewery: Balmain Brewing Company located in Australia
10 months ago

SimonF has a new beer style achievement

Level 1 for Porter - Baltic ticks with a total of 5 ticks of this sub style.
Baltic Porter from Reckless Brewing Co. was the one that did it!
10 months ago

7.3

SimonF (3374) reviewed Baltic Porter from Reckless Brewing Co. 10 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Can) Pours black with small tan head. Aroma of roast malt with notes of coffee and berries. Great mouthfeel. Medium bodied, smooth, slightly sticky with moderate soft carbonation. Good taste too. Quite sweet with a backbone of toffee. There’s coffee notes and a coffee, burnt sugar bitterness. There’s some berry notes at the start. Very enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 30 May 2025 at 14:00

SimonF updated a brewery: Schwartz Brewery (ex Macquarie Hotel Brewery) located in Australia
10 months ago