Well that’s the Loki done. An 11% black kveik triple IPA from Tartarus brewery.

Day 23 of #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar is pinning me to the sofa for NYE. Very tasty despite its strength, mind. And far too drinkable tbh

https://www.tartarusbeers.co.uk/pages/loki

Possibly day 20? Not sure, forgot to take a photo as it emerged from the #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar

It’s the Drekker Brewing Co with a F*ck Cancer Double Fruit Smooth Sour.

More prickly pear, guava & sea salt. It’s very sweet, and it’s gloopy like a smoothie. Feels like a few of my 5-a-day

Possibly day 22 of #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar - ashamed to say I’m not quite sure.

It’s one of the oddest things I’ve tasted - both sweet & tart, clove-y and sugary. Very strange.

It’s Sonic Painting from Wild Mind Ales described as a “smoothie style sour with mango, red prickly pear, pink guava, marshmallow, vanilla and milk sugar”. It’s weird. I _think_ I like it but not sure. It’s like chewing an alcoholic sweet from a 10-pence mixup

Well it’s a bit after breakfast but I’m calling this late lunch coffee digestif - I think this was day 4 that I skipped from the #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar - Oatmeal Coffee Stout from Three Hills Brewing. It wasn’t so much the 7% abv that put me off as the caffeine tbh. Anyway, it’s very good though reckon it could do with getting towards room temperature to bring out the flavours.

I was away from home over Christmas so didn’t get to open the last couple of windows of my #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar but I’m back now and I’ve done it.

Saving these two beauties for NYE, and I’ll be wearing the socks tomorrow!

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Day 21. #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar is Père Noël, a Belgian Christmas ale from De Ranke brewery. Got a lovely spicy taste, reminiscent of cloves & maybe banana. Lovely drop

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19th day of #BeerAdventCalendar from #AHoppyPlace is this American Pale Ale, King Street from Wild Weather, another #Berkshire brewery.

It’s very nice - drinkable and light. Nothing special but a perfectly enjoyable #fdotd

Day 18. #fdotd “Born to be a box salesman” from Berkshire-based Double-Barrelled Brewery. A very tasty #AmericanBrownAle at 4.8%. Not as sweet as I feared but with notes of burnt toffee & caramel. Highly drinkable, would buy again 8/10

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Took me until the second sip to get the orangey undertones but they are there in this chocolate stout from Siren, which is #beer 17 from the #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar

At 10% abv I’m reluctant to recommend a Cointreau chaser but it definitely would work!

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Gloriously sour, cherry imperial gose at 8% is day 16 of #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar

From Estonia, #Pohjala brewery. I reckon it’d be a superb food match but I’m not sure what to!

Day 14 of the #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar was this #IPA Bop from Beak brewery out of East Sussex’s Lewes. Also home of Harvey’s coincidentally as per previous toot. Anyway, this is a super-refreshing, zesty, grapefruity pale, right up my street

#fdotd is Day 15 of the #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar which is a Sticke Bier from #AnspachAndHobday

Apparently a sticke bier is usually a stronger version of an #altbier from Dusseldorf.

It’s only 5.5% abv though so not that strong. Very tasty though - lots of toffee, caramel notes. Reminds me of Harvey’s Bonfire Boy which I guess is just an English ‘old beer’

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#fdotd is #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar day 12

I don’t know this brewery, Stardust from Berkshire, but this tasty hazy pale is very good and at 4.8% fine for a Tuesday evening in my book.

I’m a bit behind - believe this was day 8 of #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar

#fdotd very nice indeed. I usually find west coast IPAs a little sharp for my taste but this hazy number with stone fruit notes is not really distinguishable from an NEIPA to my palate AND I LIKE IT!!

Catching up on day 9 of #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar

This one’s 100% my kinda thing. Pineapple-y, mango-y hazy 6% abv IPA from #Deya one of my go-to breweries. I love going out of my comfort zone with imperial stouts, porters & sours but it’s great to confirm my home turf with a hoppy pale like this #beer

Going back to day 9 of #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar as I skipped it during the week.

It’s Overtone Brewing Co from #Glasgow with a chocolate, nougat & honey imperial #stout 10% abv

Honestly a bit sweet for me but very good in front of the fire on a cold winter night. Substitute for a hot chocolate I guess #beer #fdotd

#BeerAdventCalendar day 8 - raspberry vanilla sour from Dig Brewing … not sure if this will be my sort of thing but will find out #AHoppyPlace #beer #fdotd

https://digbrewco.com/collections/beer/products/23-19

Day 6 of the #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar and appropriately for the rapidly descending temperatures it’s a lovely warming, rich Baltic Porter from Lost & Grounded brewery. Very much my cup of tea, or rather cup of coffee-notes (without the caffeine), burnt toffee & maybe dark chocolate. Delicious #beer

Loving the contrast between days 4 & 5 of the #AHoppyPlace #BeerAdventCalendar - both in terms of how the cans look and the contents.

Waiting a few days to give my opinion though as I don’t drink every day even in December!

So day 3 of #BeerAdventCalendar from #AHoppyPlace. It’s the famous Elusive Brewing with a none-more-seasonal Mince Pie Barleywine.

It’s certainly an interesting multilayered taste experience with notes of spices & caramel but mainly banana to my palate. Goes very well with an actual hot mince pie but at 9% abv this is very much a one-off #beer #fdotd