BUSINESS NEWS
Gweilo is added to Keystone Brewing network
PUB NEWS
Cider and perry pub of the year revealed
BEER NEWS
20th anniversary for Hook Norton’s Flagship IPA
• Tickets are now on sale for Double-Barrelled Brewery’s seventh anniversary bash, on Saturday, 15th November. There will two sessions, from noon until 5pm and 6.30-11.30pm. Find out more and pick up tickets here.
• Brew York have a low-alcohol (0.5% ABV) version of their famous Juice Forsyth fruited IPA. It’s is bursting with California vibes and tropical flair, says the brewer. “Expect all the flavours you love, wrapped up in a lighter, super-refreshing brew.”
• Northern Monk’s annual Dark & Wild special is here, and this year it’s an 8.4% ABV tiramisu stout, a collaboration with Evil Twin, Factory, and Beak. “Plenty of coffee and chocolate in both flavour and aroma, and more mouthfeel than we know what to do with,” say the brewers.
BEER NEWS
Espresso Martini-inspired stout gets national listing
EVENT NEWS
New venue for the Love & Beer Festival
BEER NEWS
Bomb fears delay Oktoberfest opening
PUBS NEWS
Greene King celebrates hard work of its franchisees
BEER NEWS
Historic brews, and a new collab from Yorkshire
• Whipp (6% ABV) is a new Pina Colada pastry sour from Left Handed Giant. “We start with milk sugar and Jersey soft serve ice cream, then blend together ripe pineapple, rich coconut cream, and the requisite squeeze of lime juice,” explains the brewer.
• Cherry Pie (6.3% ABV) is UnBarred’s latest pastry sour. “This decadent pastry sour is loaded with juicy, sweet-tart cherries, and layered with cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla for all the flavours of a freshly baked pie,” says the brewer. “Brewed with a generous base of oats and wheat, it pours full-bodied and bright cherry red.”
• Autumn is mulled cider season, says Purbeck Cider. It has released its offering, a still cider infused with warming winter spices, in a 3-litre pouch, with a tap, offering some 15 servings. It can be served warmed or cold.
• Points is a new 5% ABV DDH pale ale from Beak. Drinkable, yet punchy and piquant, it is dosed with double helpings of Simcoe, Mosaic, and Australian-grown Eclipse for flavours of blueberry, mandarin, and grapefruit zest.
• Wiper and True have collaborate with hop grower Hopstiener on their 5.8% ABV Oktoberfestbier. It’s single-hopped with an experimental German-grown varietal, HS5433. “Its gentle bitterness and herbal balance work perfectly in an Oktoberfestbier, with hints of green tea and marmalade,” says the brewer, the first in the UK to use this hop.
• Neon Raptor has a trio of Halloween beers coming, inspired by, of all things, “scary UK public information films of the 70s and 80s”. The beers are: Shockball (6.5% ABV), a blue bubblegum and banana ice cream sour; Fluttering Kite , a 5.5% ABV IPA; and No Swimming, an 8% ABV “worms and dirt stout”.
BREWING NEWS
Dates for 2026 European Brewery Convention Congress
PERRY NEWS
Heritage trust wins CAMRA’s Pomona Award
BUSINESS NEWS
Pub closure fears ahead of Budget
BEER NEWS
Vocation reveals Christmas specials line-up
EVENT NEWS
Line-up revealed for Beer Is For Everyone fest
Events | This week get out to … well, pretty much everywhere! There are beer festivals of all sizes up and down the country. Click here to find out more…