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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T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #2 – Turning Point – Nova, Pilsner (4.6% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, We’re back with the T|E|H Advent calendar for 2022 and continuing our look at Turning points 12 beers of Christmas. As we have quite a lot to get through this month, we have recruited John’s friend Jean to help us out with this one. Jean works within the NHS,Continue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #2 – Turning Point – Nova, Pilsner (4.6% ABV)”
The Wild Beer Co – Pogo, Fruit Ale (4.1% ABV)
Hi there fellow beer lovers, Fruit beers are wildly popular with younger drinkers so I guess your intrepid reviewers should give them a go. I quite like a traditional Belgian fruit beer. Whilst working in Belgium I asked for a Kriek one evening despite my local host insisting it was ‘girls’ beer’. This one promisesContinue reading “The Wild Beer Co – Pogo, Fruit Ale (4.1% ABV)”
Not Another Beer co ltd -Lucky Saint 0.5%, Unfiltered Lager
Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. We are back with another low ABV beverage today, this one seems to be very popular at the moment and is attainable in most big supermarkets, but I must admit I was completely unaware of its existence until we looked at some AF andContinue reading “Not Another Beer co ltd -Lucky Saint 0.5%, Unfiltered Lager”
Fungtn- Chaga Lager (0.4% ABV)
Well, I don’t know where to start with this other than saying that this low alcohol dark lager from Fungtional Brew Company is brewed using mushrooms……yes that’s right, mushrooms! Nobody can deny that we at The Eternal Hoptimists are not up for a challenge, so as part of our October alcohol free/low alcohol specials weContinue reading “Fungtn- Chaga Lager (0.4% 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)”
SALT X Brewdog – H-Pinch, Dry Hopped Pilsner (6.0% ABV)
Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the eternal Hoptimists. Today we are looking at another cheeky Collab sent to use as part of the friends of Brewdog bundle. This time we have the formidable SALT teaming up with BD to create this dry hopped Pilsner. Name: H-Pinch Brewery: SALT X Brewdog Aroma : StrongContinue reading “SALT X Brewdog – H-Pinch, Dry Hopped Pilsner (6.0% ABV)”
Full Circle X Turning Point Brew co – Turning Circle DIPA (8.6% ABV)
Hi there fellow beer lovers, The can says, ‘Full Circle – we don’t do things by half.’ Weighing in at 8.6% ABV and brewed using 4 different types of hops suggests this isn’t going to be a half-hearted beer. Name : Turning Circle Brewery: Full Circle Brew Co, Newcastle upon Tyne, England Hops : Centennial, Idaho 7,Continue reading “Full Circle X Turning Point Brew co – Turning Circle DIPA (8.6% ABV)”
Yorkshire Brewhouse – Red Robin Chocolate Stout (4.9% ABV)
Hi there fellow beer lovers, Back to another local brewery today, this one being created in my home city five years ago. They produce several bottle conditioned ales reflecting the locality including three aimed at the main professional sports clubs. This one is Red Robin aimed at Hull Kingston Rovers the rugby league team basedContinue reading “Yorkshire Brewhouse – Red Robin Chocolate Stout (4.9% ABV)”
Brewdog and La Superbe – Zakur Czech Black Lager (5.4% ABV)
Hi there fellow beer lovers, I now seem to be the Hoptimist on lager review duties these days and there are a few more to come. This is an interesting collaboration brew between Brewdog and La Superbe who are French craft brewers based in Anglet in the French portion of the Basque region. It wasContinue reading “Brewdog and La Superbe – Zakur Czech Black Lager (5.4% ABV)”
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