Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, This was a can that I got in a box from Beer 52 that caught my eye. A simple bold, striking can design, a US brewed porter and a bloody stupid name. I love a decent porter and this one promises plenty of flavour and at 6%Continue reading “Evil Genius – Purple Monkey Dishwasher Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter (6.0% ABV)”
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Amity Brew Co X The Coven -Galere, Dry-Hopped Saison (6.0% ABV)
Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimist. Today Sam is checking out this Saison from Amity Brew Co X The Coven. It has quite the striking can design, and promises to be quite the spicy tipple. Lets see what he thinks! 1. Name : Galere 2. Brewery: Amity Brew Co X The Coven 3. Hops : MeridianContinue reading “Amity Brew Co X The Coven -Galere, Dry-Hopped Saison (6.0% ABV)”
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”
Saltaire Brewery -Zipwire (4.5% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, It’s time to delve into another beer from Saltaire Brewery as part of our special’s week, this time in the form of a citrus pale ale named Zipwire which according to the can uses real orange and grapefruit. This sounds like it could be the perfect beerContinue reading “Saltaire Brewery -Zipwire (4.5% ABV)”
Saltaire Brewery – No.5 (4.2% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Everybody in the car come on, let’s ride…… Yep, I cannot look at this beer without thinking of the late 90’s hit Mambo No.5 by Lou Bega. I’m pretty certain that when Saltaire came up with the name for this English stoutContinue reading “Saltaire Brewery – No.5 (4.2% ABV)”
Saltaire Brewery – Velocity (4.1% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. John is back again with another one of Saltaires beers, today he is taking a look at the sessionable Velocity, but will it be as good as the Full Tilt? This one was a great easy drinking all rounder, it had a really good hoppy flavour to it whichContinue reading “Saltaire Brewery – Velocity (4.1% ABV)”
Saltaire Brewery x Ellie Way – Acadia New England IPA (6.0% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, A collaboration beer but not between two breweries. The collaborator here is a local designer Ellie Way on the can artwork. “Inspired by 20th century Travel Posters, Ellie’s designs celebrate the diverse scenic, architectural and cultural landscapes of West Yorkshire.” Well, we can agree the can artContinue reading “Saltaire Brewery x Ellie Way – Acadia New England IPA (6.0% ABV)”
Saltaire Brewery – New World (5.4% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, In over ten years of drinking ales I have come across Saltaire New World on cask on several occasions however for some reason do not seem to see it in bottle all that often, and when I have, I seem to have left it on the shelves…..untilContinue reading “Saltaire Brewery – New World (5.4% ABV)”
Saltaire Brewery – Full Tilt (5.2% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Today John is kicking off our look into Saltaire’s tipples, by going full tilt on this New Zeland / AUS Pale Ale.. This is a good example of a juicy IPA, the AUS/NewZeland hops give it that fruity edge over some of the more common hops, not bad atContinue reading “Saltaire Brewery – Full Tilt (5.2% ABV)”
Bayonet Brewing – Night Nav, Oatmeal Porter (5.8% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. This isn’t brewed too far away from where I hail, so its not had too far to travel (if you ignore the fact it went to Leeds first!) Had a little issue with the can as the ring pull sheered and didn’t pop the can, luckily I didn’t needContinue reading “Bayonet Brewing – Night Nav, Oatmeal Porter (5.8% ABV)”
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