• Electric Bear has tweaked the recipe of its8% ABV Cherry Blackout cherry chocolate stout. “Smooth, rich chocolate meets bold cherry puree,” says the brewer. “Embrace your dark side with a liquid twist on the classic Black Forest gateau.”

• St Austell Brewery has gained a listing for its first ever low-alcohol IPA with Morrisons. Proper Job 0.5% is due to launch in the supermarket on 23rd October and will be available in 286 stores across the country.

• Chromium, a 10.5% ABV barrel-aged imperial stout, is being launch by Double-Barrelled Brewery today (Thursday). A blend of two earlier barrel-aged stouts, it offers full-bodied layers of coffee and chocolate notes, followed by hints of peaty Scotch, caramel, raisin, and spice.

• The cleverly-named Mellow Doubt is a new 8% ABV DIPA from Overtone, inspired by by Teenage Fanclub’s 1995 album Grand Prix. Hopped with Nelson Sauvin and Motueka, it balances juicy citrus flavours with a subtle lime zest.

• Mysterious Forces (6.5% ABV) is a new hazy IPA from Left Handed Giant. Hopped with Peacharine, Taiheke, and Nelson Sauvin, little pops of blueberry come through along with a hint of gooseberry.

• Stancill’s autumn seasonal Treason, a 4.5% ABV spiced Yorkshire parkin porter, is back. There are toasty, roasty notes from a nine-malt blend, with added ginger giving a spark of warmth.

• Gorgon is a new 7% ABV Belgian dubbel from Neptune. Rich, malt-forward, and complex, it offers notes of ripe raisins and dark plums, balanced by smooth caramel sweetness. Hints of clove add a touch of spice, and the finish is warming and dry.

• There are two new brews from Docks Beers. Rock The Kazbah (5% ABV) brewed with southern hemisphere hops for flavours of melon, passionfruit, dank citrus, orgeat, and over-ripe peach. After Hours (5.5% ABV) is a smooth chocoate and orange stout with a zesty kick.

• Siren has released its second XPA, a collaboration with Adnams. Light The Horizon (4.5% ABV) offers “wave upon wave of tropical flavour from fruit-forward hops”.

• Isle of Man-based hospitality group Heron and Brearley has appointed former Liberation Group chief executive Mark Crowther as its chairman. Mark also chairs Portobello Pub Co and Pub People.

• Shaky Tail (5.6% ABV) from Polly’s is described as “a love letter to one of the true superstar hops”, Simcoe. Expect apricot, passionfruit, and citrus notes bursting out, before being reeled back by earthy pine bitterness.

• Glass container manufacturer Croxsons has joined Giving What We Can’s 10% Pledge, committing at least 10% of its net profits to local and global charities.

• Flora (5.5% ABV) is a new IPA from Newbarns. Super crispy, it’s hopped with hopped with Azacca, Chinook, Cascade, and plenty of Nelson Sauvin

• Eight Arch has released a new brew of Square Logic, a 4.2% ABV pale ale. “It’s everything you need for a go-to pale ale, filled with Citra and Mosaic, producing plenty of tropical goodness,” says the brewer.

• The Warehouse Taproom Bar and Restaurant, in Setchey, Norfolk, is temporarily closed following a kitchen fire. The other businesses on site, including Beers of Europe, are undamaged and open for business as usual.

• Track has collaborated with Crosby Hops and Hop Revolution on Double Denim (8.2% ABV), a double-dry-hopped DIPA hopped with Idaho 7 T90 and CGX, and Nelson Sauvin T90 and CGX. “We first brewed the original recipe a little over two years ago and loved it so much that we had to revisit it and make it bigger and better than ever,” says the brewer.

• Abyss is marking its third anniversary with Triptych (5% ABV), a double-dry-hopped pale. Hopped with Citra and Idaho 7, it offers a triple hit of tangerine, pine, and passionfruit.

Events | This week get out to Alton, Belper, Birmingham, Burton-on-Trent, Buxton, Cheltenham, Crediton, Dartmouth, Dunsford, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Norwich, Penzance, Reading, Sheffield, Tunbridge Wells, Twickenham, Yeoford, York