About this blog

Me!

The Hoptimist is a beer blog by me, Andrew Taylor. Inspired by other beer blogs and the growth in and quality of the craft beer scene in the UK, I decided to start my own blog.

For a number of years, I have written blog posts, features and reviews for a number of websites alongside my day job in marketing and copywriting. During 2012, I decided to combine my interests in beer and writing and start this blog!

The aim of this site is to showcase interesting developments in UK brewing and celebrate the best of the microbrewing scene. It doesn't matter if it's from a cask, a keg or a bottles, if it's a great beer I'll write about it.

In the first couple of months of its life, this site has attracted a decent amount of attention from beer fans and beer tweeters. Hopefully it will grow from there! Onwards and upwards...

If you want to get in contact with me, either tweet me (@thehoptimist1) or use the contact form on this site.