Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Yes it’s another session IPA, they’re ubiquitous and ever popular. Whilst the trend is for ever stronger and complex beers there will always be a ready market for easy drinking sub 5% ales, I just wish they would drop the ‘India’ from the name. Well here goes.Continue reading “Bosun’s Brewing Co – King Neptune Session IPA (4.3% ABV)”
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T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #15 – Big Eagle, West Coast IPA (6.4% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, Sam has a giant wooden eagle kite in his house from Singapore, so we thought a beer called Big Eagle would be right up his street. Let’s see what he thought! This one is definitely on the hoppy side of the spectrum, there is a slight fruitiness but notContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #15 – Big Eagle, West Coast IPA (6.4% ABV)”
T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #3 – Turning Point Brew Co – Disco King (ABV 5.1%)
Hi there fellow beer lovers, Today we are revisiting a tipple we have already looked at, but as it’s part of the 12 beers of Christmas series, it didn’t feel right to just miss it out. So tonight we are re-entering boogie town and trying Turning Points Disco King. Like our previous review, this isContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #3 – Turning Point Brew Co – Disco King (ABV 5.1%)”
Camden – Canape Session IPA (4.4% ABV)
Camden Town Brewery were one of the vanguards of the UK craft beer revolution, hip, trendy and well known. They were, of course, purchased by AB InBev the Belgian mega brewing conglomerates to be run as a niche craft brewer. As a so-called session IPA it is ‘… lighter than the usual IPA, with allContinue reading “Camden – Canape Session IPA (4.4% ABV)“
Northern Monk X Floc Brewing , Patron Project with Thought Bubble, Alex Norris (7.0% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists! Over the weekend, Sam and a group of his friends went to the Thought Bubble Comic Convention in Leeds/Harrogate. Where they stumbled upon this beauty, its a Limited Patrons Project DDH IPA which was brewed in conjunction to the festival. This Particular Patron is sort of a Two-fer asContinue reading “Northern Monk X Floc Brewing , Patron Project with Thought Bubble, Alex Norris (7.0% ABV)”
Fierce – Have a break (6.5% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, You could be forgiven into thinking that Have a break from Fierce Beer is a stout or porter. For a start the black can and flavour profile of choc wafer epitomises what you would normally find in a dark beer, however, It is only when you readContinue reading “Fierce – Have a break (6.5% ABV)“
Avaans Kviek IPA (5.5% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, In this review we take a look at a recent Beer 52 purchase from Avaans contract brewery based in Edinburgh in the form of their heavily hopped Kviek Ipa. This is the first beer that I have had from this brewery but being somewhat of a KviekContinue reading “Avaans Kviek IPA (5.5% ABV)“
Cerdos Voladores Session IPA (4.5% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, You know those occasions when you are shopping in a discount food store that sells a limited range of alcohol and something suddenly jumps out at you…..well this was one such occasion. I will admit that I have never seen or heard of this Spanish session IPAContinue reading “Cerdos Voladores Session IPA (4.5% ABV)“
BrewYork – Mallowed be thy name, Dark Berry & Marshmallow Pastry Sour (6.66% ABV)
Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. We’re back this time we are definitely crossing the streams as we take a look at Mallowed be Thy Name, by @brewyorkbeer Whoooo-eyyy this is a good one, its sour, sweet and definitely a treat. This one certainly packed a punch in the flavourContinue reading “BrewYork – Mallowed be thy name, Dark Berry & Marshmallow Pastry Sour (6.66% ABV)”
Drekker Brewing Co – Braaaaaaaains, Strawberry, Passionfruit, & Apricot double fruit Smoothie Sour.
Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. We’re back again looking in all the abandoned spooky houses on the hill to find you the spookiest of beers! When we were sent this one, we told a few of our friends that we had acquired this £8.45 tipple, which is pretty terrifyingContinue reading “Drekker Brewing Co – Braaaaaaaains, Strawberry, Passionfruit, & Apricot double fruit Smoothie Sour.”
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