BEER NEWS
Siren teams up with film studio for Predator brew
AWARDS NEWS
Guild of Beer Writers awards shortlist published
• Tropic Krush (4.7% ABV) is a new hazy pale ale from UnBarred. “Dive into waves of ripe tropical fruit and zesty citrus, with a light, smooth body that keeps every sip as refreshing as the first,” says the brewer. It’s hopped with Krush, Mosaic, and Enigma.
• Crisp Malt has collaborated with New Jersey brewery Bonesaw to create malt-forward Mo-Mo English Bitter. It makes use of Crisp’s Chevallier malt and is described as a “beautifully balanced pint with toasted biscuit, toffee, and dried fruit notes that showcase the depth of British malt flavour”.
• Bluntrock have collaborated with Pretty Decent on Lovely Day For It, a 5.5% ABV mango and guava sour. The brewers describe it as “a bright, juicy number that’s basically summer in a glass – because it’s scientifically impossible to drink something that tropical and not feel at least 10% better”.
CIDER NEWS
Cider Institute course is coming to the UK
BEER NEWS
Hundred Not Out: a unique brewing project
PUB NEWS
Major guide listing for refurbished Brakspear pub
EVENT NEWS
Early bird tickets on sale for FyneFest 2026
• 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.
• Amethyst Grand Cru is an 8.4% ABV imperial plum porter from Amity. Pouring with a jet black hue and a burnt caramel head, it’s all about the sweet plums upfront, melting into a dark chocolate and roasted coffee bean bitter finish.
• 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”.
• Vault City has reimaged a popular Halloween treat for grown-ups. Tangy Fangs (4.6% ABV) is a blood-red strawberry sour with a fruity sweetness and a sharp bite that lingers long after the first sip. “Halloween is one of our favourite times of the year because it gives us a chance to have a bit of fun with flavour,” said brewery founder Steven Smith-Hay.
BUSINESS BRIEFING
Licensing reform deadline this Thursday
BEER NEWS
Rare brew to ‘seed’ an anniversary re-creation
PUBLISHING NEWS
New insight into brewing in Lincolnshire
BREWERY NEWS
Plan submitted for new Wrexham Lager brewery
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