Hello there my fellow beer lovers, Welcome back! Once again the beers have been poured, and the music’s and chatter echo’d of the ruined walls and cloisters of Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds This years Leeds International Beer Festival was a four-day epic celebrating both UK and international brewers alongside street food, and music. Set in theContinue reading “T|E|H – #LIBF 2025, the 13th Leeds International Beer Festival”
Category Archives: Beer Festivals / Brewery Open Days
T|E|H – Quirky Ales 10yr Birthday Bash
Hello there my fellow beer lovers, This weekend we joined the party at Quirky Craft Ales as they celebrated their 10th birthday in style. The afternoon had everything you’d want from a brewery bash, a line-up of tasty beers, fresh pizza to keep us fuelled, and live music that set the tone perfectly. Stuart andContinue reading “T|E|H – Quirky Ales 10yr Birthday Bash”
T|E|H – Brewed In Leeds 2025, Horsforth Brewery
Hello there my fellow beer lovers, So we were out again on Friday, kicking off the bank holiday in style we arrived at Horsforth Brewery around 6pm for their Brewed in Leeds Festival which promised to be a showcase of all things local and beery. The set-up was smart: the majority of the guest alesContinue reading “T|E|H – Brewed In Leeds 2025, Horsforth Brewery”
T|E|H – Northallerton Craft Beer Festival #NCBF 2025
Hello there my fellow beer lovers, Relatively fresh off our riverside session at Piglove Brew Co, Kayla, Luke and Sam packed their bags and set off for the very first Northallerton Craft Beer Festival. We were kindly invited along by our friends at Bayonet Brewing Co, who organised the event, and lets just say itContinue reading “T|E|H – Northallerton Craft Beer Festival #NCBF 2025”
T|E|H – Pig Love (Brewing Co) by the River
Hello there my fellow beer lovers, Fresh off the buzz of our triumphant 2025 Ale Train (still nursing a few hazy memories), I managed to coax a few brave colleagues on a whopping 20 minutes walk from work to check out Pig Love Brew Co’s riverside taproom. Nestled in Leeds’ increasingly green and trendy cityContinue reading “T|E|H – Pig Love (Brewing Co) by the River”
T|E|H – Saltaire Brewery Beer Festival 2023
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hopimists, Another weekend, another beer festival! I apologise for the delay and lack of posts recently. I have been burning the candle at both ends a little and after drinking the amount of beer at these festivals I thought it best to give the liver a little timeContinue reading “T|E|H – Saltaire Brewery Beer Festival 2023”
T|E|H – Tartarus’ Third Birthday Bash!
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hopimists, Somehow I blinked and a week has passed by! so I apologise for the delay! Last bank holiday weekend we were luckily enough to get a couple of tickets to Tartarus’ Birthday event! Despite the railway strikes hampering over half of our number from attending (Mark, JohnContinue reading “T|E|H – Tartarus’ Third Birthday Bash!”
T|E|H – Beer Festivals – Yarnbury 2023
Hello my fellow drinkers! Its that time of year again, so Sam and the usual suspects went to check out the annual beer festival festival that’s on his doorstop, just a mere 25 min walk from his house. This was the 13th Annual Yarnbury Beer & Music Festival, this year it was pouring 62 beersContinue reading “T|E|H – Beer Festivals – Yarnbury 2023”
T|E|H – On Tour – Alnwick 2023: The Alnwick Brewery Co.
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists! As there were two breweries in the area, it seemed like a crime to not visit at least one of them. As Alnwick seems to be the larger of the two, and was on a direct bus line, Sam chose to give them a visit. The historyContinue reading “T|E|H – On Tour – Alnwick 2023: The Alnwick Brewery Co.”
T|E|H: St Johns Hotel (Hull) May Bank Holiday Beer Festival
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, It would be fair to say that St Johns Hotel is one of the most consistently good pubs in Hull and licensee Adrian Martin runs a very fine establishment. The pub is held in such high regard that it has won numerous local awards, is a regularContinue reading “T|E|H: St Johns Hotel (Hull) May Bank Holiday Beer Festival”