Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hopimists, Another weekend, another beer festival! I apologise for the delay and lack of posts recently. I have been burning the candle at both ends a little and after drinking the amount of beer at these festivals I thought it best to give the liver a little timeContinue reading “T|E|H – Saltaire Brewery Beer Festival 2023”
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T|E|H – Tartarus’ Third Birthday Bash!
Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hopimists, Somehow I blinked and a week has passed by! so I apologise for the delay! Last bank holiday weekend we were luckily enough to get a couple of tickets to Tartarus’ Birthday event! Despite the railway strikes hampering over half of our number from attending (Mark, JohnContinue reading “T|E|H – Tartarus’ Third Birthday Bash!”
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”
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”
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!”
Wild Card- Pale Ale (4.3% ABV)
Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. John is pulling out a wildcard this afternoon and trying their Pale Ale! Let’s see what he made of it! at 4.3% this is firmly in the session category, and i certainly wouldn’t mind sessioning this one, it isn’t full on flavour, but itContinue reading “Wild Card- Pale Ale (4.3% ABV)”
Marble Beers Ltd – Earl Grey IPA (6.8% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, This beer was originally produced in collaboration with Kees Bubberman (now Brouwerij Kees) and John de Vries (now of Brouwerij de Molen) so it has some pedigree. Adding Earl Grey tea during fermentation initially seems a strange thing to do, but as it is oil of bergamotContinue reading “Marble Beers Ltd – Earl Grey IPA (6.8% ABV)”
Coral – Stout (5.1% ABV)
Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Coral is the local brewery on the Island of Madeira. Doing a little research before I departed for the Island on a recent holiday, I noted that as well as brewing the expected thirst-quenching lagers, they also brewed this stout. Naturally this warranted some investigation, and aContinue reading “Coral – Stout (5.1% ABV)”
Hawkshead Brewery Solar Sour (3.3% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Today we are paying a visit to the Lake District with a Berliner Weisse from Hawkshead Brewery. This beer is described as ‘A very pale, highly refreshing kettle-soured Berliner Weisse. Unfiltered and cloudy with a lemony tartness. So named as it was first brewed on the day of aContinue reading “Hawkshead Brewery Solar Sour (3.3% ABV)”
Magic Rock Brewing – Salty Kiss, Gooseberry Gose (4.1% ABV)
Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, As we are currently doing our spring cleaning and looking at Gose and Berliner Weiss beers I thought it would be a great time to revisit the first beer that introduced me to sour flavours. That beer in question is the classic gose from Magic Rock named Salty Kiss.Continue reading “Magic Rock Brewing – Salty Kiss, Gooseberry Gose (4.1% ABV)”
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