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Falter – Pichelsteiner Festbier (5.9% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, This beer was from a box of 10 assorted Oktoberfest beers from Bavaria. This one is brewed specially for the Pichelsteiner Festival. This is very much a festbier, a straightforward quaffable beer albeit at a punchy ABV. Could see myself putting a few of these away. VastlyContinue reading “Falter – Pichelsteiner Festbier (5.9% ABV)”

Augustiner-Brau Munchen Maximator (7.5% ABV)

Today we are visiting our German friends to review a bottle of Audgustiner-Brau Munchen’s Doppelbock named Maximator. Doppelbock is a style of beer that I usually enjoy but really do not drink enough so when I came across this one it goes without saying that I had to pick up a bottle or two andContinue reading “Augustiner-Brau Munchen Maximator (7.5% ABV)”

Great Central Brewing Co – Hefeweizen (4.9% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Today we are taking a closer look at another another beer from our Beer52 experiment. My knowledge of the German language is limited to a few words despite working with a German chap and business trips to Hamburg. Here hefe meaning yeast and weizen mean wheat means we have aContinue reading “Great Central Brewing Co – Hefeweizen (4.9% ABV)”

Great Central Brewing Co – Helles Lager (4.7% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Today we are taking a closer look at another another beer from our Beer52 experiment. The label states that Great Central beers are brewed under the German purity law (Reinheitsgebot) using hand-picked German hops. Only using malt, hops water a yeast to brew beer the traditional way is to beContinue reading “Great Central Brewing Co – Helles Lager (4.7% ABV)”

Mikkeller – Hallo Ich Bin Raspberry Berliner (3.7% ABV)

Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, today we have something slightly different on the cards, we have our first ever guest reviewer who is chomping at the bit to get to know you all. He is a seasoned veteran drinker (as are we all) so I will leave you in his capable hands. Hallo ichContinue reading “Mikkeller – Hallo Ich Bin Raspberry Berliner (3.7% ABV)”