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)”
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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)”
T|E|H – Alphabet Brewing Co – Gone but not forgotten!
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hopimists, Its a story thats becoming far to familiar these days, another Brewery has had to close its doors, this time its Alphabet Brewing Co. Sam visited Alphabet Brewing Co (ABC) late last year, and we were planning a full coverage and interview with them later this year.Continue reading “T|E|H – Alphabet Brewing Co – Gone but not forgotten!”
Sureshot Brewing – I;m Thinking about Thos Beans, DDH IPA(6.5% ABV)
Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimist. I took a trip to my local bottle shop the other weekend, I saw this one from Sureshot and had to give it a go But why ! ; “I;m thinking about thos beans” “I;m thinking about thos beans” (sic) is an intentionally misspelled catchphrase often used in tandem with an image featuringContinue reading “Sureshot Brewing – I;m Thinking about Thos Beans, DDH IPA(6.5% ABV)”
North Brewing Co X The Orielles – Tableau, Pale Ale (4.6% ABV)
Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimist. Stumbled across this one whilst I was at our local bottle shop, as its a Collab, and I’m getting into North Brewing Co’s Tipples recently, and who doesnt love a bit of Rock N Roll so as they made this with the Orielles to celebrate their new album, IContinue reading “North Brewing Co X The Orielles – Tableau, Pale Ale (4.6% ABV)”
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