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)”
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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)”
Bayonet Brewing – One Pip Wonder Simcoe (4.5% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Today we are taking another look at my favourite thing to come out of Northallerton since former Hull City captain Michael Dawson. Of course, I am referring to Bayonet Brewing, who so far have impressed myself and the rest of The Eternal Hoptimists team. When we receivedContinue reading “Bayonet Brewing – One Pip Wonder Simcoe (4.5% ABV)”
Bayonet Brewing – Endex, DIPA (8.0% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. John is continuing our showcase of the beers available at Bayonet Brewing, thus far they have been a resounding hit with the other a TEH, so what will John make of this DIPA. Despite this one being a 8% tipple, it was surprisingly non punchy in the alcoholic tasteContinue reading “Bayonet Brewing – Endex, DIPA (8.0% ABV)”
Bayonet Brewing – Millionaires Weekend IPA (6.5% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, When Hull had a fishing industry the trawlermen were often know as ‘three-day millionaires’ due to them packing so much into, and spending so much on, their shore leave. It was a brutal and dangerous job, where you could lose your life on your next trip, thatContinue reading “Bayonet Brewing – Millionaires Weekend IPA (6.5% ABV)”
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