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Eyam Brewery – Quarantine, Blonde Ale (4.5% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Eyam AKA the Plague Village, have a brewery that doesn’t like to take itself too seriously. It has a number of tipples across a number of styles all of which have embraced the villages heritage as they definitely follow the same naming theme! AllContinue reading “Eyam Brewery – Quarantine, Blonde Ale (4.5% ABV)”

Eyam Brewery – Black Death, Vanilla Stout (7.0% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Eyam AKA the Plague Village, have a brewery that doesn’t like to take itself too seriously. It has a number of tipples across a number of styles all of which have embraced the villages heritage as they definitely follow the same naming theme! AllContinue reading “Eyam Brewery – Black Death, Vanilla Stout (7.0% ABV)”

Eyam Brewery – All Fall Down, IPA (6.5 ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Eyam AKA the Plague Village, have a brewery that doesn’t like to take itself too seriously. It has a number of tipples across a number of styles all of which have embraced the villages heritage as they definitely follow the same naming theme! AllContinue reading “Eyam Brewery – All Fall Down, IPA (6.5 ABV)”

Eyam Brewery – Bubonic Orange (6.0% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Eyam AKA the Plague Village, have a brewery that doesn’t like to take itself too seriously. It has a number of tipples across a number of styles all of which have embraced the villages heritage as they definitely follow the same naming theme! AllContinue reading “Eyam Brewery – Bubonic Orange (6.0% ABV)”

TEH – Halloween Two Week Special – From Plague to Phantom’s

Hello my fellow beer lovers. MUWAHAHAHAHA!….Welcome back to the eternal hoptimist’s. Its nearly the spookiest time of the year… So in celebration of that we are looking at all things Ghastly & Ghoulish! From the 17th-21st we are taking a closer looks at Eyam Brewery, based the Peak District in a small village called ‘Eyam’. Continue reading “TEH – Halloween Two Week Special – From Plague to Phantom’s”

Encoder Beers – Limiter (5.5% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Encoder Beers is a brewery that I am not too familiar with however after a bit of digging I find that they have an interesting backstory in which two brothers were talking to an elderly gentleman who told them that there was once a microbrewery in theContinue reading “Encoder Beers – Limiter (5.5% ABV)”

Kirkstall x Noonchi Cake – Cherry Chip Imperial Chocolate Cherry Cake Porter (9.0% ABV)

This is a collaboration beer inspired by cult Leeds bakehouse Noonchi Cake’s cherry-chocolate flecked signature flavour, ‘Cherry Chip.’ For me porters can be a little bit dull with muddy flavours, so it will be interesting to see how this one comes out. Being an Imperial Porter, it is brewed to a stronger ABV but willContinue reading “Kirkstall x Noonchi Cake – Cherry Chip Imperial Chocolate Cherry Cake Porter (9.0% ABV)“

Hops & Dots – Do you want to buy a Speedboat (3.9% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the eternal Hoptimists. Hops & Dots are a very unique brewery in that a lot of their beers, in fact I think all of them have Braille right there on the can meaning that the beer is more consumable for the visually impaired booze hound! This oneContinue reading “Hops & Dots – Do you want to buy a Speedboat (3.9% ABV)”

Hops & Dots – Fat Fingers (5.1% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the eternal Hoptimists. Hops & Dots are a very unique brewery in that a lot of their beers, in fact I think all of them have Braille right there on the can meaning that the beer is more consumable for the visually impaired booze hound! This oneContinue reading “Hops & Dots – Fat Fingers (5.1% ABV)”

Thornbridge -Allott, Pink Lemonade Sour (4.8% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, As Peter reviewed Magic Rock Brew Co’s Cloudy Lemonade IPA yesterday, it only seemed fitting that we have Mark review Thornbridge’s, Pink Lemonade Sour today! Take it away Mark! According to the description on the can Allott is inspired by the love and labour put into allotmentsContinue reading “Thornbridge -Allott, Pink Lemonade Sour (4.8% ABV)”