Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, Christmas is over for another year, but with our ‘Wilde’ new Year coming ever closer John and Sam thought they would crack out the big guns to get them in the mood! Today we will be looking at both of the BA Dradis barrel aged stouts by BrewYork, andContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #30- Brew York – State of Mind Edition/2022, BA Dradis, Rye Whiskey & Buffalo Trace Bourbon (12% ABV)”
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T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #28 – Broughton – Santa’s Stout oatmeal & chocolate (4.0% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, A sucker for Scottish beers still brewed in Scotland I spotted this one in my local Lidl and so it had to end up in my trolley. A chocolate stout with oatmeal added promises to be a decent Christmas beer rather than a seasonal gimmick. A nice stout whichContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #28 – Broughton – Santa’s Stout oatmeal & chocolate (4.0% ABV)”
T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #28- Unbarred – Chocy Chip, chocolate chip oatmeal stout (6.8% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, John being the oldest biscuit fiend of the bunch jumped at the chance to review on this one. So lets not deliberate, lets see what he thought of this one! This one was a tasty mouthful, a chocolate digestive in a can. I would have had another one ofContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #28- Unbarred – Chocy Chip, chocolate chip oatmeal stout (6.8% ABV)”
T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #27 – Sureshot – My Uncle is a chimney sweep (5.4% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, After all these years I finally found out my uncle is a chimney sweep?.. and here I thought he was a charted accountant, but when I think about it, it all adds up in the end. We are firmly in stout season, so it seems only fitting that weContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #27 – Sureshot – My Uncle is a chimney sweep (5.4% ABV)”
T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #26- Amundsen Choczilla (7% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, Amundsen Brewery is world renowned for their desert themed beers, so as I opened my latest box of beers for review this one jumped out at me straight away. Then, after reading the can my excitement grew seeing that this is a coffee, marshmallow, lava cake pastry stout. ThisContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #26- Amundsen Choczilla (7% ABV)”
T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #25- Amundsen – Christmas Morning, Breakfast waffle stout. (4.7% ABV)
‘IIIIIITS CHRISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!’ So today we are drinking Amundsen’s , Christmas Morning! There surely can’t be a better choice for our 25th Advent! As its Christmas and we wish good will to all, all four of us took a punt at this one. It promises to be a breakfast waffle and I cant think of aContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #25- Amundsen – Christmas Morning, Breakfast waffle stout. (4.7% ABV)”
T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #24- Brew York – State of Mind Edition/2022. BA Nightmare of Brew York (9.8% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, Beer lovers everywhere must be aware of the annual barrel aged State of Mind beers released by Brew York, if not, why not? Here at the Eternal Hoptimists we have managed to lay our hands on the latest version of Nightmare of Brew York which is a Heaven HillContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #24- Brew York – State of Mind Edition/2022. BA Nightmare of Brew York (9.8% ABV)”
T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #20 – Time Travelling Taxi, DDH (5.4% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, It’s day 20, were getting close to the end of the advent, so much so that Sam is looking for a Time travelling taxi to take him back to the start to do it all over again! Lets see what he made of this DDH Pale by Brew York.Continue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #20 – Time Travelling Taxi, DDH (5.4% ABV)”
T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #19 – Imperial Tonkoko, Imperial Milk Stout (7.5% ABV
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, Our NO.19, has a touch of Tonka Bean! so who better to review this one then our very own old bean John! This one is promising to be a supercharged version of their flagship stout Tonkoko so lets see if its up to scratch This one supplies a niceContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #19 – Imperial Tonkoko, Imperial Milk Stout (7.5% ABV”
T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #17 – The Nightmare of Brew York 2022 Gingerbread Imperial Milk Stout (9.8% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, An Imperial Stout at Christmas? Don’t mind if I do Sam, after all it is the period of overindulgence. Ginger might put some people off, it can be overpowering if not used wisely, perfect for a Whisky Mac but in a stout? It’s a milk stout so one canContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #17 – The Nightmare of Brew York 2022 Gingerbread Imperial Milk Stout (9.8% ABV)”