Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Today Sam is holding back the Crimson tide, by drinking as much of it as possible. Another Red Ale for me, I seem to be having a year of it so far. I liked this one, its cheap and readily available from LIDL, but despite this its a niceContinue reading “Off Axis Brew Co – Crimson Tide, New World Red Ale (4.8% ABV)”
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Donzoko x Little Leeds Brewhouse – Noble Fabric Export Lager (5.6% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Ah an ‘export lager’ another of those descriptions that have been misused over the years. Most have never been exported anywhere and would be more accurately described as being export strength. At 5.6% it is certainly that and a little stronger than those produced by the mass-marketContinue reading “Donzoko x Little Leeds Brewhouse – Noble Fabric Export Lager (5.6% ABV)”
Heist – Long Live The Lettuce, table beer (3.4% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Today Sam is standing firm, a beer in hand, and will probably spend more time typing this review up than the Lizzy did in office actually working! At 3.4% its quite a weak beer, which is typical of the style, and directly parody’s the strength of the conservative leadership.Continue reading “Heist – Long Live The Lettuce, table beer (3.4% ABV)”
North Brewing Co – Open Space (4.5% ABV)
Let’s face it, there are not many more consistent breweries with beers easily obtainable as North Brewing Co and it is always a pleasing sight to be able to walk into a supermarket and have a choice of a decent selection of their beers. In this review we are taking a look at Open SpaceContinue reading “North Brewing Co – Open Space (4.5% ABV)”
Vocation Brewery – Pure Pilsner (4.5% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, As chief lager tester at Hoptimist Towers I must keep an eye open for craft lagers in the shops as well as the more obvious stouts and IPAs. This can caught my eye, not sure if it was the simplistic design or that its brewed by theContinue reading “Vocation Brewery – Pure Pilsner (4.5% ABV)”
Vault City – Papa Doble- Grapefruit, Lime, Cherry & Banana Sour (7.5% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. We’ve raided out own beer vaults and found this fella hiding at the back, its time for Sam to open his first Sour of 2023! Now, I am not a sour connoisseur like John, but this one scratched an itch I didn’t even know I had. It was veryContinue reading “Vault City – Papa Doble- Grapefruit, Lime, Cherry & Banana Sour (7.5% ABV)”
Heist – Super Nintendo Chalmers, Lucky Charms Breakfast NEIPA (7.2% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Today we are looking at an unusual concoction of Lucky Charms + Beer, but will that equal the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, or is it not going to be a four leaf clover?.. This beer it the epitome of Peters favourite phrase, (no not,Continue reading “Heist – Super Nintendo Chalmers, Lucky Charms Breakfast NEIPA (7.2% ABV)”
Brewdog x Brasserie Sainte Cru – Interceptor Maibock (6.8% ABV)
This is a beer from the Brewdog and Friends pack for May 2022, appropriately enough seeing as the beer is a Maibock. Having worked a little in Europe one of the things I appreciated was the traditions still upheld, such as the appreciation of the asparagus season where every restaurant seemed to have their ownContinue reading “Brewdog x Brasserie Sainte Cru – Interceptor Maibock (6.8% ABV)”
Purple Moose Brewery – Navigator, Red IPA (7.0% ABV)
Welcome back to the eternal Hoptimists. Now this one is a rarity, this one was gifted to me by my friend Toni, she picked it up from one of her many daytrips out around the UK. We have not had a lot of experience with breweries in Wales aside from Tiny Rebel, so it willContinue reading “Purple Moose Brewery – Navigator, Red IPA (7.0% ABV)”
Freedom Brewery – IPL India Pale Lager (4.0% ABV
Cricket fans I know what you are thinking, IPL Indian Premier League! Much as we love cricket at Hoptimist Towers (well we are Yorkshiremen) this is of course a beer blog, and this is a new hybrid beer that caught my eye. The can states “an unholy alliance of beer styles that brings out theContinue reading “Freedom Brewery – IPL India Pale Lager (4.0% ABV”
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