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: SixTwelve Brewing located in Australia
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SimonF updated a brewery: Dangerous Ales located in Australia
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SimonF updated a beer: Hazy ⚡️ DC brewed by Balter Brewing
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SimonF updated a beer: Captain Sensible brewed by Balter Brewing
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SimonF updated a beer: Eazy Hazy brewed by Balter Brewing
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SimonF updated a brewery: Balter Brewing located in Australia
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SimonF updated a brewery: Southern Highlands Brewing Co. located in Australia
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SimonF updated a brewery: North West Bay Cider located in Australia
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SimonF updated a brewery: The Mussel Inn located in New Zealand
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SimonF updated a beer: XPA brewed by Hope Brewery
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