TEH- Tiny Rebel Christmas Selection 2023 -Juice Shack (3.4% ABV)

Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, Juice Shack is a little old place where we can drink a beer, well actually, no it’s not. In this case it’s the beer, not the venue that is the Juice Shack and it is an intriguing sounding tropical session IPA coming in at a very lowContinue reading “TEH- Tiny Rebel Christmas Selection 2023 -Juice Shack (3.4% ABV)”

Beinn Brewing- Tropical Pale Ale (4.5% ABV)

Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Sam is checking out another Lidl Special today, he was pretty impressed with the Crimson Tide, but will this one cut the mustard also? This is quite a refreshing fruity tipple. But it lacks the bite of other craft beers in a similar vain. Again, this one is aContinue reading “Beinn Brewing- Tropical Pale Ale (4.5% ABV)”

T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #16 – Red Light, Green Light – Wild Strawberry & Kiwi Sour. (4.5% ABV)

Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, The game Red Light, Green Light has become a global sensation following its popular debut in the South Korean drama Squid Game. The aim of the game is simple! Upon hearing “green light” from the caller, players need to move across an enclosed field and reach the other side within aContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #16 – Red Light, Green Light – Wild Strawberry & Kiwi Sour. (4.5% ABV)”

T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #14 – Pining for the Fjords (4.5% ABV)

Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimist’s, When I was told that one of the beers that I was getting to review on the run up to Christmas was called ‘Pining for the Fjords’ my mind instantly turned back a few years to a beer that I had by the same name that tasted like aContinue reading “T|E|H Christmas Advent 2022 #14 – Pining for the Fjords (4.5% ABV)”

Bad News Beer Company – Snappy APA (5.1% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome Back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Today we are taking a closer look at another another beer from our Beer52 experiment. Regular readers may recall back in March we decided to try a short-dated case offered by Beer 52 through Money Savings Expert. We were so happy with the qualityContinue reading “Bad News Beer Company – Snappy APA (5.1% ABV)”

The Wild Beer Co – Pogo, Fruit Ale (4.1% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Fruit beers are wildly popular with younger drinkers so I guess your intrepid reviewers should give them a go. I quite like a traditional Belgian fruit beer. Whilst working in Belgium I asked for a Kriek one evening despite my local host insisting it was ‘girls’ beer’.  This one promisesContinue reading “The Wild Beer Co – Pogo, Fruit Ale (4.1% ABV)”

The Garden Brewery – New England IPA (6.0% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Today we are taking a closer look at another another beer from our Beer52 experiment. Yet another craft beer from Croatia included in the Beer 52 short-dated box. This one is the ubiquitous New England style IPA which just about every craft brewer produces. All that means is it needsContinue reading “The Garden Brewery – New England IPA (6.0% ABV)”

Third Barrel – Let Them Eat Hops! Strata & Citra DDH IPA (6.0% ABV)

Hello, and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists! Today we are taking a closer look at another another beer from our Beer52 experiment. This one is a double dry hopped (DDH) IPA so normally you would expect plenty of hops coming through. Will being towards the end of its shelf life have too much ofContinue reading Third Barrel – Let Them Eat Hops! Strata & Citra DDH IPA (6.0% ABV)

Merakai Brewing Co –NewZealand…Rocks! (5.2% ABV)

Hello My fellow beer drinkers, Welcome back to The Eternal Hoptimists! As you may know earlier this week we had a sit down chat with the lovely Emma & Olly from Merakai Brewing co and if you want to check out what they had to say in our meet the brewers interview here   NameContinue reading “Merakai Brewing Co –NewZealand…Rocks! (5.2% ABV)”

SALT X Wicked- Salt of the Earth, Pale Ale (5.0% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the eternal Hoptimists. Today we back again with another Collab, this one was donated to myself by my friend, and its a loving Juicy mashup created by SALT and Wicked. Name: Salt of the Earth Brewery: SALT X Wicked Aroma :  High citrus notes, with a slight hopContinue reading “SALT X Wicked- Salt of the Earth, Pale Ale (5.0% ABV)”