• If you play your cards right you cold get to try Bru-C Bonus, from Electric Bear. The 5% ABV West Coast pale is clear, crisp, and hop-forward, with a recipe featuring BRU‑1, Chinook, US Cascade, and Columbus. Sticky‑sweet resin on the nose, with crisp citrus rind bitterness and a cheeky spicy kick on the palate.

• Kinder to Crib (4.7% ABV) is a new pale ale from Wild Horse, a collaboration with Thornbridge. Bright and modern, it has been brewed to showcase clean hop character. With Citra, Simcoe, Luminosa, and Chinook, it’s crisp, refreshing and balanced with citrus, tropical fruit, and soft pine.

• Northern Monk’s latest Fresh From The Flax Store brew is a 5.3% ABV pale ale using Lórien, the third hop developed and released by the Indie Hops team. Lórien has pungent aromas of mixed citrus, fresh wildflowers, and cinnamon spice, bringing an earthiness to the fruit-forward sweetness of Nectaron and Melon Hops.

• New Bristol’s third stout of Christmas is a Winter Spice Ginger Cake Stout, a 6% ABV collaboration with Brew York. Dark and sumptuous, it has lashings of sticky caramel malts and a spicy ginger kick.

• Beak have collaborated with Finland’s Factory Brewing on Kin (8% ABV). It’s a DIPA loaded with Nectaron, Motueka, Nelson, and Citra, bursting with fuzzy stonefruits, passionfruit, and bright citrus zest.

• Eastern Embers (6% ABV) is the newest beer from 71 Brewing. The smooth, crisp, and malty winter amber ale is infused with warming spices. “Perfect for the colder weather,” says the brewer.