• Leap is a new 4.5% ABV session IPA from Beak. Designed for easy drinking without sacrificing flavour, it has tropical, juicy notes with a soft, smooth body and a bright, refreshing finish.

• Amber Taverns has opened The Comet, in Helensburgh, following “a significant investment”. The pub company is aiming to add some 20 venues to its portfolio each year. “The opening of The Comet reflects Amber Taverns’ ongoing commitment to investing in local pubs and creating welcoming spaces at the heart of their communities,” said a spokesperson.

• Zero Visibility (0.5% ABV) is Docks Beers’ first alcohol-free beer. A hazy pale ale brewed to deliver full flavour without the booze, it’s soft, smooth, and packed with citrus brightness and stonefruit notes.

• Aurora Blush (5% ABV) is Polly’s take on a vanilla oatcream pale. “Featuring a robust dry-hop charge of lifeblood hop Mosaic, alongside one of the most sought-after hops in the world in Rakau, this beer drips with apricot, passionfruit, fig, and bubblegum notes, backed up with a lashing of fresh vanilla to amplify the fluffiness and mouthfeel of this incredible pale ale,” says the brewer.

• Sync Rate, from Amity, is a 4.8% ABV American red ale that fuses deep caramel malts with sharp, resinous hop energy. Pouring a deep, ruby red, it’s packed with a toasty sweetness from the malts, while flavours and aromas of bright pine and citrus lock in.

• There’s a limited amount of Thornbridge Necessary Evil, a 13% ABV stout which has been aged in Cognac barrels for eight months. The character of candied fruit and light spice from the cognac works beautifully to complement the silky and complex imperial stout, says the brewer.