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T|E|H – Spring Cleaning, everything must… Gose!

Loves in the air at The air at the Eternal Hoptimists Towers! So starting Monday we will be looking at 6 beers that you can hold close to your heart! #valentinesbeers #beerlovers #beeroclock

Williams Bros Brewing Co – March of the Penguins (4.9% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, As a stout lover this is one beer that I keep an eye open for. A standard stout, with surprisingly, orange peel added to the brew, which is consistently good. Mad name and a cracking label what is not to like? A beer that has never letContinue reading “Williams Bros Brewing Co – March of the Penguins (4.9% ABV)”

Bosun’s Brewing Co – King Neptune Session IPA (4.3% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Yes it’s another session IPA, they’re ubiquitous and ever popular. Whilst the trend is for ever stronger and complex beers there will always be a ready market for easy drinking sub 5% ales, I just wish they would drop the ‘India’ from the name. Well here goes.Continue reading “Bosun’s Brewing Co – King Neptune Session IPA (4.3% ABV)”

Mahou x Founders Brewing – Cinco Estrellas (tr. Five Stars) Session IPA (4.5% ABV)

What does a Hoptimist do on a Saturday lunchtime in a small town in La Palma (Canary Islands) on route to a football match? Go in the local Lidl of course! A mixture of curiosity and hunger compelled me see what beers were in store and what meat pies there were. This was one ofContinue reading “Mahou x Founders Brewing – Cinco Estrellas (tr. Five Stars) Session IPA (4.5% ABV)”

Magic Rock Brewing – Fruitfulness Elderberry, Blackberry & Juniper Berliner Weisse (4.8% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists,  Another traditional style of beer we are seeing more of in the supermarket. This one caught my eye with elderberry and juniper in the flavourings marking it down as a little unusual. Ticks all the boxes for a good Berliner Weisse, but I was left a littleContinue reading “Magic Rock Brewing – Fruitfulness Elderberry, Blackberry & Juniper Berliner Weisse (4.8% ABV)”

Donzoko x Little Leeds Brewhouse – Noble Fabric Export Lager (5.6% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Ah an ‘export lager’ another of those descriptions that have been misused over the years. Most have never been exported anywhere and would be more accurately described as being export strength. At 5.6% it is certainly that and a little stronger than those produced by the mass-marketContinue reading “Donzoko x Little Leeds Brewhouse – Noble Fabric Export Lager (5.6% ABV)”

North Brewing Co – Open Space (4.5% ABV)

Let’s face it, there are not many more consistent breweries with beers easily obtainable as North Brewing Co and it is always a pleasing sight to be able to walk into a supermarket and have a choice of a decent selection of their beers.  In this review we are taking a look at Open SpaceContinue reading “North Brewing Co – Open Space (4.5% ABV)”

Vocation Brewery – Pure Pilsner (4.5% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, As chief lager tester at Hoptimist Towers I must keep an eye open for craft lagers in the shops as well as the more obvious stouts and IPAs. This can caught my eye, not sure if it was the simplistic design or that its brewed by theContinue reading “Vocation Brewery – Pure Pilsner (4.5% ABV)”

Brewdog x Brasserie Sainte Cru – Interceptor Maibock (6.8% ABV)

This is a beer from the Brewdog and Friends pack for May 2022, appropriately enough seeing as the beer is a Maibock. Having worked a little in Europe one of the things I appreciated was the traditions still upheld, such as the appreciation of the asparagus season where every restaurant seemed to have their ownContinue reading “Brewdog x Brasserie Sainte Cru – Interceptor Maibock (6.8% ABV)”