The story starts on a kitchen stove in a flat on Balduinstr, metres from the Elbe river in St Pauli. Simian Ales had a microbrewery and taproom open in Elmshorn for 6 years before moving West to Krefeld Hüls..

With a core range of beers such as a North German Pilsner, modern American style IPAs and Pale Ales, Red Ale and table beer, and collaborations with breweries including Fanø Bryghus (Denmark), Ratsherrn & Bunthaus (Hamburg), Simian is being found in more and more cities across Germany and continental Europe.