Powder Monkey Brewing Co – Bravo Zulu, Pilsner(4.4% ABV)

Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, As part of our special feature on Powder Monkey Brewing Co I will be dipping my toes into the lagery waters for their pilsner named Bravo Zulu. For those who may be wondering where the name comes from, Bravo Zulu is a naval signal meaning well doneContinue reading “Powder Monkey Brewing Co – Bravo Zulu, Pilsner(4.4% ABV)”

Powder Monkey Brewing Co – Scuttlebutt, Munich Helles (4.5% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Regular readers of this blog will probably be aware that we are not big lager drinkers. It may not be our preferred pint, but that doesn’t mean that we are not partial to the occasional cold one in summer or on holiday. Today I am trying aContinue reading “Powder Monkey Brewing Co – Scuttlebutt, Munich Helles (4.5% ABV)”

Powder Monkey Brewing Co – The Mary Rose, Pale Wheat Beer (4.6% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Welcome back to our two week showcase of all things Powder Monkey! If you missed yesterdays interview, fear not as you can check it out here. Today we are taking a closer look at their pale wheat beer, the Mary Rose. This one states; “it was InspiredContinue reading “Powder Monkey Brewing Co – The Mary Rose, Pale Wheat Beer (4.6% ABV)”

Vault City – Peach Ice Tea, Sour Table Beer (3.4% ABV)

Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists! The weather over the past week has been sub tropical, and so Michaela has been taking advantage of it and has been on a bit of a beery binge, not only did she do several reviews at the Saltaire brewery beer festival, but she’s been popping the sours too.Continue reading “Vault City – Peach Ice Tea, Sour Table Beer (3.4% ABV)”

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!”

Tring Brewery Co – Centenary Ale (4.4% ABV)

Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Recently, my eldest daughter’s boyfriend’s parents came up from Bushey near Watford for a visit as they are big Watford Football Club fans, and they were playing Hull City. As part of their visit, they very kindly brought us a nice gift. Knowing that I am aContinue reading “Tring Brewery Co – Centenary Ale (4.4% ABV)”

North Brewing Co X Field Recordings – Green Tomocdachi, Macha IPA (5.7% ABV)

Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimist. Sam is finally putting his feet up and is taking a look at this Matcha IPA (that’s Green tea to plebs like me). we have done a Green Tea Beer on the blog before and it has a mixed review, lets see if North Brewing and Field Recordings canContinue reading “North Brewing Co X Field Recordings – Green Tomocdachi, Macha IPA (5.7% ABV)”

Wild Beer Co – Millionaire Milk Stout (4.7% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Fans of old movies will remember the song ‘Who wants to be a millionaire’ from High Society. Celeste Holm replied ‘I don’t’ to Frank Sinatra, but I think most people now would reply yes please. After all a million pounds/dollars is worth nothing like as much asContinue reading “Wild Beer Co – Millionaire Milk Stout (4.7% ABV)”

Vault City – Cloudy Lemonade, Citra & Nelson Sauvin (4.2% ABV)

Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, When it comes to beers from Vault City one can usually expect a somewhat bonkers, yet remarkably good array of flavours, however every now and again you come across something that seems safer but often proves equally as good as other beers in their portfolio. In thisContinue reading “Vault City – Cloudy Lemonade, Citra & Nelson Sauvin (4.2% ABV)”