Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, HoHoHo! its Christmas! I hope you all had a great time opening those prezzies! Its now time for me to crack open a bottle of beer with my Christmas dinner! What could be better Christmas dinner by the fire with your loved ones next to the treeContinue reading “Ridgeway Brewing – Santa’s Butt (6.0% ABV)”
Category Archives: Real/Craft Ale Review
TEH- Tiny Rebel Christmas Selection 2023 -Hank, Session IPA (4.2%% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Today John is back again with another Christmas Selection box review for 2023, this time its Tiny Rebels Hank! 1. Name : Hank 2. Brewery: Tiny Rebel 3. Hops : N/A 4. Grain : N/A 5. Aroma : Grapefruit tones with a hoppy accompaniment. 6. Appearance : Clear AmberContinue reading “TEH- Tiny Rebel Christmas Selection 2023 -Hank, Session IPA (4.2%% ABV)”
TEH- Tiny Rebel Xmas Selection 2023 – Superhero Landing Salted Caramel Popcorn Imperial Milk Stout (13.0% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, The superhero genre leaves this old boy cold. Yes, I watched the early Superman and Batman movies, but the myriad of Marvel and DC stuff from the last fifteen years has passed me by. So, the quote on the can “Superhero landing she’s doing a superhero landing”Continue reading “TEH- Tiny Rebel Xmas Selection 2023 – Superhero Landing Salted Caramel Popcorn Imperial Milk Stout (13.0% ABV)”
TEH- Tiny Rebel Christmas Selection 2023 -Tutti Fruitti ICE BLAST! (4.4%% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Today John the sour king is trying this unusual Christmas offering from Tiny Rebel! Lets see what he makes of this one! 1. Name : Tutti Fruiti Ice Blast 2. Brewery: Tiny Rebel 3. Hops : N/A 4. Grain : N/A 5. Aroma : Raspberry and Tutti Frutti withContinue reading “TEH- Tiny Rebel Christmas Selection 2023 -Tutti Fruitti ICE BLAST! (4.4%% ABV)”
TEH- Tiny Rebel Christmas Selection 2023 -Juice Shack (3.4% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Juice Shack is a little old place where we can drink a beer, well actually, no it’s not. In this case it’s the beer, not the venue that is the Juice Shack and it is an intriguing sounding tropical session IPA coming in at a very lowContinue reading “TEH- Tiny Rebel Christmas Selection 2023 -Juice Shack (3.4% ABV)”
TEH- Tiny Rebel Christmas Selection 2023 Cherry Amaretto Bomb- (4.5% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Those of you may have noticed that we have not done a true advent this year, this is because due to work commitments and holidays we were a little short on time this year. But fear not as we have found the time to crack open thisContinue reading “TEH- Tiny Rebel Christmas Selection 2023 Cherry Amaretto Bomb- (4.5% ABV)”
Ridgeway Brewing – Reindeer’s Revolt (6% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Whenever I see a bottled beer with the words ‘Christmas Beer/Ale’ written on the label I tend to approach with a sense of caution, why? Well, let’s be honest, many breweries have tried, some have been successful whereas many have failed and on numerous occasions some justContinue reading “Ridgeway Brewing – Reindeer’s Revolt (6% ABV)”
Glen Cannich Brewery – Christmas Spice Red Ale (4.5% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Well, the boss asked us Minions/Elves/Grinches (delete as appropriate) to seek out some Christmas themed beer. Bah Humbug. That said whilst shopping in Home Bargains for dog treats, I spotted a suitably festive beer from the range brewed specially for them by Glen Crannoch Brewery. With aContinue reading “Glen Cannich Brewery – Christmas Spice Red Ale (4.5% ABV)”
Amunsden Brewery- Raspberry & Custard Christmas Berliner (0.5% ABV
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Today our guest reviewer Kayla is checking out this Raspberry & Custard Christmas Berliner from Amunsden Brewery! This one feels more like a juice or a cordial than a beer. Maybe this one is market towards the non beery market like myself, as I feel any trueContinue reading “Amunsden Brewery- Raspberry & Custard Christmas Berliner (0.5% ABV”
Neonraptor Brewing Co – Carol!, IPA (6.6% ABV
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, The can art and name apparently refer to a streaming show Mythic Quest (Carol in HR) but as Midge Ure famously sung ‘this means nothing to me.’ Still Carol is a name associated with Christmas so that’s good enough for me. Intense explosion of hops on theContinue reading “Neonraptor Brewing Co – Carol!, IPA (6.6% ABV”
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