In a few weeks we’re hitting the Leeds–Harrogate Line, rolling through scenic Yorkshire with one mission: great beer, great company, and great stops along the way. This isn’t your average train ride, it’s a full-on craft beer crawl on tracks! Our main destination? The beautiful, beer-soaked streets of York! We’ll be stopping in at theContinue reading “TEH Ale Train 2025 – All Aboard for Ales & Adventure – Next Stop: York!”
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Summer Sourz 2024 – North Brewing Co X North Beer Club : Spiced Sour +Plum +Blackberry +Apple (4.5% ABV)
Hello and Welcome back to our Summer Sourz segment Here is a beer club collaboration beer with a lot going on, a sour with fruit and spices. Listed on the label we have plums, blackberries and apples for the fruit, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger for the spices, along with brown sugar and lactose. A longContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024 – North Brewing Co X North Beer Club : Spiced Sour +Plum +Blackberry +Apple (4.5% ABV)”
Summer Sourz 2024 – Merakai Brewing Co : Berry Berry Nice AF Fruited Sour (<0.5% ABV)
Hello and Welcome back to our Summer Sourz segment Something a little bit different today, an alcohol-free sour beer. This one is based upon the second beer in Merakai’s Frose series and it promises to be packed full of fruit judging by the zany cartoons on the label. A look at the ingredients shows thatContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024 – Merakai Brewing Co : Berry Berry Nice AF Fruited Sour (<0.5% ABV)”
Summer Sourz 2024- Yonder : Triple Citrus Popsicle (4.5% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists Summer Sourz 2024 special, Today Kayla is checking out another modern sour from Yonder, this time its their Triple Citrus Popsicle, she didn’t mind the last ice cream one from them, but what about this one? Lets see what she thinks of it. Refreshingly sour but with a aContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024- Yonder : Triple Citrus Popsicle (4.5% ABV)”
Summer Sourz 2024 – Vault City : Vault Dweller (4.3% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists Summer Sourz 2024 special, Today we have a guest reviewer all the way from Peterborough to try out this Vault Dweller Sour from Vault City, that’s right our friend Olivia “Radar” Brazier in town ready and raring to get her hands on this potentially Toxic sour modern beer. wouldContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024 – Vault City : Vault Dweller (4.3% ABV)”
Summer Sourz 2024- Yonder : Passionfruit + Nectarine Sorbet (Dairy free Fruit Sorbet Sour ) (5.0% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists Summer Sourz 2024 special, Today Kayla is checking out this Dairy free fruit sorbet sour from Yonder, and to say she is a little excited about this one! Lets see what she thinks of it. This isn’t so sour that it makes your face pucker, its rather pleasant. ItsContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024- Yonder : Passionfruit + Nectarine Sorbet (Dairy free Fruit Sorbet Sour ) (5.0% ABV)”
Summer Sourz 2024 – Firerock: I Thought You Was A Getaway Driver (6.4% ABV)
Hi there fellow beer lovers, Whilst I was at the Nottingham Beer festival at the end of June I stumbled across this little gem of a sour, with an interesting name, and I thought this is one for our Summer Sourz segment next month! I’m not a big sour drinker, but if you get theContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024 – Firerock: I Thought You Was A Getaway Driver (6.4% ABV)”
Summer Sourz 2024 – Vault City X Quality Beer Drops – Singapore Sling (6.4% ABV)
Hello and Welcome to the first of our Summer Sourz segment! Over the next few weeks we will be taking a look at some of the most interesting Sour beers we can find on the market. To kick us off we have Peter looking at this Singapore Sling Sour from non other that Vault CityContinue reading “Summer Sourz 2024 – Vault City X Quality Beer Drops – Singapore Sling (6.4% ABV)”
TEH Ale Train 2024 – To Skipton ‘n’ back again a drinkers tale
Hello fellow beer lovers, in late June we had our first ever Eternal Hoptimist Ale Train. Thanks to our Friends at Goose Eye and Kirkstall Brewery we had quite a few nice beers in the route! We managed to rope a couple of our friends along for the journey too and I believe a goodContinue reading “TEH Ale Train 2024 – To Skipton ‘n’ back again a drinkers tale”
Harrogate Brewing Co – Gold Top (4.0% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists! Today we are having another look at a beer in the wild this time its a stout from Harrogate Brewing Co. I have high hopes for this one, and I’ve found myself on a bit of a dark kick again recently! Now this is a cracking pint, malty, chocolateyContinue reading “Harrogate Brewing Co – Gold Top (4.0% ABV)”