Tag Archives: real ale

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)”

Left Handed Giant brewing – Forever Buzzing, Fruited Gose (5.5% ABV)

Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimist. Today we are looking at our final beer of our Everything must Gose segment of 2023. We will of course be re-visiting the style throughout the year, but we will wait until the weather gets a smidge warmer! 1. Name : Forever Buzzing 2. Brewery: Left Handed Giant Brewing (Bristol)Continue reading “Left Handed Giant brewing – Forever Buzzing, Fruited Gose (5.5% ABV)”

Funky Fluid – Pink Splash, Double Fruited Gose (3.6% ABV)

Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimist. Not content with just one review, Kayla is back for another Gose review in our everything must Gose week!. This time she is checking out Pink Splash by Funky Fluid, another Gose with a somewhat unusual name. 1. Name : Pink Splash 2. Brewery: Funky Fluid (Poland) 3. Hops : Continue reading “Funky Fluid – Pink Splash, Double Fruited Gose (3.6% ABV)”

Duck Pond Brewing- Darkwing, Gose Blackcurrent & Vanilla(5.5% ABV)

Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimist. We couldn’t have a week on Gose beers without consulting the wife, Michaela has embraced her responsibility of looking at sours and Gose beers with open arms. I dare say she has even developed a taste for them. 1. Name : Darkwing 2. Brewery: Duck Pond Brewing (Sweden) 3. HopsContinue reading “Duck Pond Brewing- Darkwing, Gose Blackcurrent & Vanilla(5.5% ABV)”

Left Handed Giant brewing – Bending Spoons, Fruited Gose (5.5% ABV)

Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimist. Our everything must Gose segment is still going strong, today we are checking out this Gose from Left handed Giant brewing. If nothing else the can design is certainly eye-catching, now Gose are not really Sam’s thing but lets see what he made of this one! 1. Name : BendingContinue reading “Left Handed Giant brewing – Bending Spoons, Fruited Gose (5.5% 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)”

Belschnickel Brewery – Pfaffendorf, Gose (4.1% ABV)

Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Don’t let the German names fool you, this Gose is from closer to home then you think. So close in fact that it is brewed in my home town of Hull, so naturally I had to give it a try for our everything must Gose week. 1. Name : PfaffendorfContinue reading “Belschnickel Brewery – Pfaffendorf, Gose (4.1% ABV)”

T|E|H – Spring Cleaning, everything must… Gose!

Loves in the air at The air at the Eternal Hoptimists Towers! So starting Monday we will be looking at 6 beers that you can hold close to your heart! #valentinesbeers #beerlovers #beeroclock

Alphabet Brewing – Hyperlocal Delicacy Australian Crunch, Chocolate, Coconut & Tonka Imperial Stout (11.0% ABV)

Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Today we are checking out our first beer from Alphabet Brewing. This is a hefty 11% Chocolate, Coconut & Tonka Imperial Stout, i would be lying if I said I didn’t have high hopes for this one. 1. Name : Hyperlocal Delicacy Australian Crunch. 2. Brewery: Alphabet Brewing (Manchester) 3.Continue reading “Alphabet Brewing – Hyperlocal Delicacy Australian Crunch, Chocolate, Coconut & Tonka Imperial Stout (11.0% ABV)”

Marble Persephone Artisanal Summer Ale (4.1% ABV)

As the cold weather and dark nights lessen everyone dreams of summer, right? Well, we have managed to get our hands on a Vegetarian Society approved beer from Marble Beers that describes itself as ‘A light summer ale, perfect for a taste of summer year round’.  So, in the absence of the sunshine that weContinue reading “Marble Persephone Artisanal Summer Ale (4.1% ABV)”