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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.

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7.5

SimonF (3374) reviewed Structural Integrity from Hawkers Beer 2 months ago

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

(Can) Hreat looking beer - black with big tan head. Aroma is dark roast malt with notes of chocolate, toast and yeast. Medium body with good carbonation. Great taste. Dark roast malt with a burnt sugar bitterness that is subtle at the start but gradually grows through the palate. Chocolate. Very good.

Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2026 at 11:39

SimonF updated a beer: Golden Valley brewed by Slow Lane Brewing
2 months ago

7.9

SimonF (3374) reviewed Golden Valley from Slow Lane Brewing 2 months ago

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

(Can) Pours clear golden amber with big off-white head. Lovely aroma. Stone fruit to the fore, yeasty, peppery note and candy hints. Light body with full carbonation. Great taste. There’s peppery spice through the palate, that develops into a long pleasant moderately bitter finish. There’s fruit, but less than the aroma. Stone fruit and banana notes. There’s a yeasty taste in the mid palate. Very good.

Tried from Can on 26 Jan 2026 at 12:08

SimonF updated a beer: Tenfold brewed by Slow Lane Brewing
2 months ago

7.9

SimonF (3374) reviewed Tenfold from Slow Lane Brewing 2 months ago

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

(Can) Pours slightly hazy golden with no head. Aroma is complex and interesting. It’s fruity but hard to identify exactly what fruit. It vinous and a bit funky. There’s woody hints. Smooth medium body with bright fine carbonation. Like the aroma, the taste is complex and interesting. It is nicely sour, and fruity. There are woody and earthy notes. Very enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2026 at 13:22

SimonF updated a beer: Supersaturated brewed by Slow Lane Brewing
2 months ago

SimonF (3374) reviewed Supersaturated from Slow Lane Brewing 2 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

(Can) Pours hazy pale golden with big white head. Lovely aroma. Peach, citrus, notes of cream and pineapple. Smooth medium body with excellent carbonation. Excellent taste too. Short tart citrus start gives way to creamy stone fruit with peppery hints. A nice bitterness builds in the finish. Very good.

Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2026 at 13:49

SimonF updated a beer: Outback Sky brewed by Slow Lane Brewing
2 months ago

7.1

SimonF (3374) reviewed Outback Sky from Slow Lane Brewing 2 months ago

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

(Can) Pours clear red brown with small tan head. Aroma of cherries, bread, notes of wine and vinegar. Medium bodied with good fine carbonation. Great taste. Sour, as it should be. Citrus, cherries, wine vinegar, woody notes, burnt sugar and earthy hints. Very good.

Tried from Can on 23 Jan 2026 at 12:37

5.9

SimonF (3374) reviewed Ichiban Shibori White Beer from Kirin Brewery Company (Kirin Holdings) 2 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(Can) Pours clear golden amber with big loose white head. Grainy aroma with hints of fruit and spice. Medium body with fine carbonation. Some tartness at the start. Bready malt background. Some grassy notes. Some bitterness in finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Can on 21 Jan 2026 at 15:41