• Future Machine, from Black Iris, is a 4.2% ABV American pale ale, a collaboration with metal band Evil Scarecrow. With Citra and Mosaic in the boil, it has been dry-hopped with El Dorado, Chinook, and Azacca.

• Beak have collaborated with Pomona Island on Hug, a 10% ABV imperial stout. Inspired by the classic British dessert sticky toffee pudding, the luxurious stout layers roasted malt, dates, toffee, and vanilla for a rich, velvety finish. “It’s pure comfort in a glass,” say the brewers.

• Two IPAs –a West Coast and a New Zealand – close out Overtone’s Special Edition releases. Daunder (5.8% ABV), the West Coast, is “bright, zesty, and full of classic piney bitterness”. The New Zealand take on the style is Flourish (6% ABV), hazy, juicy, and vibrant, with tropical fruit flavour.

• Verdant have re-brewed one of their most popular IPAs, a collaboration with Barcelona’s Garage Beer Co. Uncensored Sports Parade (6.5% ABV) is light on malt and “hopped to high heaven” with Citra, Nectaron, and Riwaka. Expect citrus, tropics, and “hedgerow-weedy funk”.

• Brew York are getting festive (already!) with BA Blitzen, a barrel-aged chocolate and caramel imperial Christmas milk stout (8.5% ABV). It has been aged in St Augustine bourbon barrels for rich warmth and depth. “Creamy vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg sparkle with festive cheer, while decadent layers of chocolate and caramel swirl through a silky malt body,” says the brewer.

• Winkie’s Flight (5.5% ABV) is new from 71 Brewing. It’s a Cascadian dark ale, pairing roasted malt character with a bitter citrus finish. It’s inspired by Winkie, Dundee’s wartime hero pigeon who flew 120 miles through storm and darkness to save her stranded crew.