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Hawkshead Brewery Solar Sour (3.3% ABV)

Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Today we are paying a visit to the Lake District with  a Berliner Weisse from Hawkshead Brewery. This beer is described as ‘A very pale, highly refreshing kettle-soured Berliner Weisse. Unfiltered and cloudy with a lemony tartness. So named as it was first brewed on the day of aContinue reading “Hawkshead Brewery Solar Sour (3.3% ABV)”

Magic Rock Brewing – Salty Kiss, Gooseberry Gose (4.1% ABV)

Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, As we are currently doing our spring cleaning and looking at Gose and Berliner Weiss beers I thought it would be a great time to revisit the first beer that introduced me to sour flavours. That beer in question is the classic gose from Magic Rock named Salty Kiss.Continue reading “Magic Rock Brewing – Salty Kiss, Gooseberry Gose (4.1% ABV)”

Magic Rock Brewing – Lemon-dayz Cloudy Lemonade IPA (6.0% ABV)

Many beers have bold citrus flavours, mainly through hops, but some also have added flavouring. Lemon is not the most obvious one to add, I find that lemon flavouring added to food and drink can be overpowering, and this is an IPA not a sour. In this beer though, it is lemons rather than flavouringContinue reading “Magic Rock Brewing – Lemon-dayz Cloudy Lemonade IPA (6.0% ABV)“

Loch Lomond Brewery – In the Pink Raspberry Sour (5.0% ABV)

The style ‘du jour’ seems to be the sour. Once something of a niche beer in the UK now seems to be everywhere. This example was included within a recent Lidl ‘Beer Festival’ week so is clearly targeted at a wider range of drinkers. Name : In the PInk Brewery: Loch Lomond Brewery, Dumbarton, Scotland HopsContinue reading “Loch Lomond Brewery – In the Pink Raspberry Sour (5.0% ABV)”

Merakai Brewing Co –Everyday is Mangonificent (6.5% ABV)

Hello My fellow beer drinkers, Welcome back to The Eternal Hoptimists! As you may know earlier this week we had a sit down chat with the lovely Emma & Olly from Merakai Brewing co and if you want to check out what they had to say in our meet the brewers interview here This weekContinue reading “Merakai Brewing Co –Everyday is Mangonificent (6.5% ABV)”

Merakai Brewing Co –I’m your biggest fan, DDH Pale (5.2% ABV)

Hello My fellow beer drinkers, Welcome back to The Eternal Hoptimists! As you may know earlier this week we had a sit down chat with the lovely Emma & Olly from Merakai Brewing co and if you want to check out what they had to say in our meet the brewers interview here This weekContinue reading “Merakai Brewing Co –I’m your biggest fan, DDH Pale (5.2% ABV)”