SimonF Profile - Brewver (Dev)

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 has a new beer style achievement

Level 7 for IPA - New England / Hazy ticks with a total of 100 ticks of this sub style.
Majestic Haze from Mountain Culture Beer Co was the one that did it!
1 year ago

SimonF (3450) reviewed

Majestic Haze from Mountain Culture Beer Co (Katoomba, Australia 🇦🇺)

1 year ago

7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7

(Can) Pours opaque lemony gold with big white head. Very fruity aroma with stone fruit, hints of lime and mango. Medium body with good bright carbonation. Taste, like aroma, is very fruity. Stone fruit, grape, citrus. There’s some pleasant peppery spice too. Restrained bitterness. Very good.

Tried from Can on 23 Jul 2025 at 12:16

SimonF updated a beer: Majestic Haze brewed by Mountain Culture Beer Co
1 year ago

SimonF updated a beer: Alpine XPL brewed by Bright Brewery
1 year ago

SimonF (3450) reviewed

Alpine XPL from Bright Brewery (Bright, Australia 🇦🇺)

1 year ago

6.4/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

(Can - labelled Alpine Lager but the description is Alpine Extra Pale Lager, and from the aroma I am pretty sure this is the XPL) Pours clear gold with decent white head. Lovely aroma of of orange with stone fruit hints. Medium body with fine carbonation. The fruity orange notes are present in the start and mid palate. From then bread notes follow and then peppery spices. Subtle biscuit malt. Modest bitterness. Very drinkable.

Tried from Can on 22 Jul 2025 at 12:08

SimonF updated a beer: Fainters Dubbel brewed by Bright Brewery
1 year ago

SimonF (3450) reviewed

Midnight in the Mountains from Bright Brewery (Bright, Australia 🇦🇺)

1 year 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
1 year ago