Another Stop, another Business and retail park… except this one… has a Pyramid! But we had to leave the mystery of what lies within that for another time because we had just one place left to visit, and that is Roosters Brewing Co. Once inside we were greeted by a faux seaside photo op.. soContinue reading “TEH Ale Train 2025 – All Aboard – Fifth and final Stop: Hornbeam Park”
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TEH Ale Train 2025 – All Aboard – Third Stop: KNARESBROUGH
I’m not sure if it is wishful thinking, the beer.. or if its finally happening the rain appears to be stopping! however we are only just approaching the half way mark of the Ale Train, so we have still go quite a way to go yet! First up on our stop at Knaresborough is theContinue reading “TEH Ale Train 2025 – All Aboard – Third Stop: KNARESBROUGH”
TEH Ale Train 2025 – All Aboard – Train Beers!
We may have got to the point where the waterproofs are not longer well… water proof, but despite being wet we are all certainly still merry. We made it back to the train with five minutes to spare, just enough time to divvy out the train beers we acquired from Brew York earlier!. Name: TimeContinue reading “TEH Ale Train 2025 – All Aboard – Train Beers!”
TEH Ale Train 2025 – All Aboard – Second Stop: POPPLETON!
Determined not to let the rain dampen our spirits, we marched from Poppleton Station with gusto toward our next destination: The White Horse. Inside, we were met with the warm glow of familiar hand pumps—Timothy Taylors, of course—so it was Boltmaker all round. The telly was showing the Black and Whites (Hull FC) somehow pullingContinue reading “TEH Ale Train 2025 – All Aboard – Second Stop: POPPLETON!”
TEH Ale Train 2025 – All Aboard – First Stop: YORK
And we’re off! The Ale Train has left the Station. Its was a long old week but the engine sparked to life this weekend, and now our coverage of our TEH Ale Train 2025 can finally begin! First stop? York Tap, where the taps are flowing and the good times are already rolling. Spirits areContinue reading “TEH Ale Train 2025 – All Aboard – First Stop: YORK”
Summer Sourz 2024-Vault City : Capri Crush (4.3% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Here we are again with another beer from modern sour kings Vault City, This time the beer is called Capri Crush and is described as; A session sour for Summer, inspired by the beautiful island of Capri. This super crushable fruited sour beer was conditioned on ItalianContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024-Vault City : Capri Crush (4.3% ABV)”
Summer Sourz 2024 – North Brewing Co X North Beer Club : Spiced Sour +Plum +Blackberry +Apple (4.5% ABV)
Hello and Welcome back to our Summer Sourz segment Here is a beer club collaboration beer with a lot going on, a sour with fruit and spices. Listed on the label we have plums, blackberries and apples for the fruit, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger for the spices, along with brown sugar and lactose. A longContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024 – North Brewing Co X North Beer Club : Spiced Sour +Plum +Blackberry +Apple (4.5% ABV)”
Summer Sourz 2024 – Merakai Brewing Co : Berry Berry Nice AF Fruited Sour (<0.5% ABV)
Hello and Welcome back to our Summer Sourz segment Something a little bit different today, an alcohol-free sour beer. This one is based upon the second beer in Merakai’s Frose series and it promises to be packed full of fruit judging by the zany cartoons on the label. A look at the ingredients shows thatContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024 – Merakai Brewing Co : Berry Berry Nice AF Fruited Sour (<0.5% ABV)”
Summer Sourz 2024 – Mash Gang X Vault City : Virgin Kir Royal Sour (0.5% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Today John is on a mission to yet again prove that a decent beer in 2024 doesn’t need to high alcohol percentage. In fact this next sour in our Summer Sourz segment, is an alcohol free collab from Mash Gang & Vault City. This is the thirdContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024 – Mash Gang X Vault City : Virgin Kir Royal Sour (0.5% ABV)”
Summer Sourz 2024-rowar Nepomucen : Royal Ma-Noi (8.5% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Mark is back again looking at a particularly interesting sour today for our summer sourz segment, lets see what he has to say about it. My eldest daughter recently had a weekend break in Poland and seeing the photos reminded me that I still had a canContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024-rowar Nepomucen : Royal Ma-Noi (8.5% ABV)”
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