Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Today we are taking another look at my favourite thing to come out of Northallerton since former Hull City captain Michael Dawson. Of course, I am referring to Bayonet Brewing, who so far have impressed myself and the rest of The Eternal Hoptimists team. When we receivedContinue reading “Bayonet Brewing – One Pip Wonder Simcoe (4.5% ABV)”
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Bayonet Brewing – Final EX (10.5% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, It always excites me when I come across a new brewery and when Sam met the guys from Bayonet Brewing at Crafty Dog festival recently, he fed back what a great bunch they were and as for the beers he gave a glowing review. So, when weContinue reading “Bayonet Brewing – Final EX (10.5% ABV)”
T|E|H : Meet the Brewers – Bayonet Brewing
Hello, my fellow beer drinkers! Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s! Its been quite a while since we did our last brewery interview, but fear not as the wait has been worth it as today we sit down with Bayonet Brewing! Now there might be many of you who are saying Baya-who? but trust meContinue reading “T|E|H : Meet the Brewers – Bayonet Brewing”
Thornbridge – Melba (5.2% ABV)
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, “Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches Peaches………“ Let’s get one thing clear, this beer has nothing to do with Jack Black or Super Mario other than it has peaches. Yep, this one from Thornbridge is a peach IPA, hence the name Melba. I am personally a big fan ofContinue reading “Thornbridge – Melba (5.2% ABV)”
T|E|H: St Johns Hotel (Hull) May Bank Holiday Beer Festival
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, It would be fair to say that St Johns Hotel is one of the most consistently good pubs in Hull and licensee Adrian Martin runs a very fine establishment. The pub is held in such high regard that it has won numerous local awards, is a regularContinue reading “T|E|H: St Johns Hotel (Hull) May Bank Holiday Beer Festival”
T|E|H : Into The Mild.
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists! You guessed it, its May so it wouldn’t be complete without the obligatory look at the modern mild! It is Mild Month after all! Now when we think of mild, we tend to think of flatcap wearing grandads sitting in a wooden clad dark traditional drinking holes.Continue reading “T|E|H : Into The Mild.”
T|E|H – The Crafty Dogg Festival 2023
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hopimists, Stuart, Sam and the rest of the gang took a short train journey to Ilkley to check out this years Crafty Dogg festival. We also visited last year, but didn’t have the time to give it the write up it deserved! a fact that we are lookingContinue reading “T|E|H – The Crafty Dogg Festival 2023”
Augustiner-Brau Munchen Maximator (7.5% ABV)
Today we are visiting our German friends to review a bottle of Audgustiner-Brau Munchen’s Doppelbock named Maximator. Doppelbock is a style of beer that I usually enjoy but really do not drink enough so when I came across this one it goes without saying that I had to pick up a bottle or two andContinue reading “Augustiner-Brau Munchen Maximator (7.5% ABV)”
T|E|H – Henshaw’s Beer Fest 2023
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hopimists, John, Sue and Sam all got on a train bound for Knaresborough last bank holiday to visit the budding beer festival that is the Henshaws Beer Fest. The charity ran festival, put on a variety of local tipples from Cold Bath, Daleside, Harrogate Brewery, Turning Point andContinue reading “T|E|H – Henshaw’s Beer Fest 2023”
Left Handed Giant Brewing X Box Car, Whistling Winds, Baltic Porter (6.8% ABV)
Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimist. Today we are looking at another collab, this time between left handed giant and Box Car. I thought the cold weather was over but there has been a cold snap lately so I thought a Baltic porter might just be the medicine to see off the chill! 1. NameContinue reading “Left Handed Giant Brewing X Box Car, Whistling Winds, Baltic Porter (6.8% ABV)”
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