Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Recently, my eldest daughter’s boyfriend’s parents came up from Bushey near Watford for a visit as they are big Watford Football Club fans, and they were playing Hull City. As part of their visit, they very kindly brought us a nice gift. Knowing that I am aContinue reading “Tring Brewery Co – Centenary Ale (4.4% ABV)”
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Vault City – Cloudy Lemonade, Citra & Nelson Sauvin (4.2% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, When it comes to beers from Vault City one can usually expect a somewhat bonkers, yet remarkably good array of flavours, however every now and again you come across something that seems safer but often proves equally as good as other beers in their portfolio. In thisContinue reading “Vault City – Cloudy Lemonade, Citra & Nelson Sauvin (4.2% ABV)”
Vault City Double Blueberry Vanilla Swirl Doughnut (4.1% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Ah, the good old modern sour. Many say that this style should not be considered beer whereas others (including myself) embrace this style and more often than not enjoy what is in my glass when presented with a beer of this style. It is fair to sayContinue reading “Vault City Double Blueberry Vanilla Swirl Doughnut (4.1% ABV)”
Full Circle Brew Co. White Noise (6% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Today we are taking a visit to the North East of England, Newcastle Upon Tyne to be precise to showcase a beer from highly respected brewery Full Circle Brew Co. The beer that we are taking a look at is called White Noise and is a veryContinue reading “Full Circle Brew Co. White Noise (6% ABV)”
Wilde Child – Siege of Khartoum (6.5% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Those who know me know that I have quite a photographic memory when it comes to remembering beers and pubs, in particular if I have ever drunk a beer I can more often than not remember where. Well, on a cold December evening I had been onContinue reading “Wilde Child – Siege of Khartoum (6.5% ABV)”
Amity Brew Co X The Coven -Galere, Dry-Hopped Saison (6.0% ABV)
Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimist. Today Sam is checking out this Saison from Amity Brew Co X The Coven. It has quite the striking can design, and promises to be quite the spicy tipple. Lets see what he thinks! 1. Name : Galere 2. Brewery: Amity Brew Co X The Coven 3. Hops : MeridianContinue reading “Amity Brew Co X The Coven -Galere, Dry-Hopped Saison (6.0% ABV)”
T|E|H – Beer Festivals – Yarnbury 2023
Hello my fellow drinkers! Its that time of year again, so Sam and the usual suspects went to check out the annual beer festival festival that’s on his doorstop, just a mere 25 min walk from his house. This was the 13th Annual Yarnbury Beer & Music Festival, this year it was pouring 62 beersContinue reading “T|E|H – Beer Festivals – Yarnbury 2023”
Saltaire Brewery – No.5 (4.2% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Everybody in the car come on, let’s ride…… Yep, I cannot look at this beer without thinking of the late 90’s hit Mambo No.5 by Lou Bega. I’m pretty certain that when Saltaire came up with the name for this English stoutContinue reading “Saltaire Brewery – No.5 (4.2% ABV)”
Saltaire Brewery – New World (5.4% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, In over ten years of drinking ales I have come across Saltaire New World on cask on several occasions however for some reason do not seem to see it in bottle all that often, and when I have, I seem to have left it on the shelves…..untilContinue reading “Saltaire Brewery – New World (5.4% ABV)”
T|E|H : SPECIAL – Meet the Founder – Saltaire Brewery
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s! What’s this?! Two brewery showcases in as many weeks?.. they said it couldn’t be done.. but they were wrong! Those of you may know that aside from reviewing beers Peter also reviews books, and quite by happenstance we appear to have stumbled across quite the cross over, which hasContinue reading “T|E|H : SPECIAL – Meet the Founder – Saltaire Brewery”
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