Castanea, a 4.5% ABV pale ale from Vibrant Forest, combines Mosaic with Centennial hops. The aroma brings forth all the tropical goodness of Mosaic, and on the palate the Centennial adds clean lychee, grape, and citrus to the mix.
Denim, Denim, Denim is a new 6.2% ABV NEIPA from Neon Raptor, inspired by classic gaming memories, particularly the denim of Mario’s overalls. “With every sip, you’ll feel like you’ve just powered up, bursting through levels of juicy, tropical hop goodness,” says the brewer. It’s hopped with Idaho 7 CGX, Motueka, and Pacific Sunrise.
Badger Brewery has added Black IPA to its Outland craft beer range. “Our brand-new hybrid perfectly balances dark malt notes with bright, citrussy, and piney hop aromas to create a symphony of flavours that dance on the palate,” says the brewer.
The Scottish government has announced a review of the evidence on potential restrictions to alcohol advertising and sponsorship. “It is surprising that the Scottish government have decided to revisit this area, especially after the previous proposals were rightly withdrawn after the consultation analysis showed overwhelming opposition to every single measure,” said Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the Scottish Beer & Pub Assciation.
Thunder Clap (4.4% ABV) is a new ice lager from Docks Beers, brewed to honour hometown Grimsby’s deep Icelandic roots. It’s described as a well-rounded beer with a sweet, mellow finish and subtle haze. There are notes of wildflower honey and herbaceous hops with a cracker-like malt undercurrent.
Nottingham’s Brewery’s best bitter Legend (4% ABV) is back in bottle and with new branding. It’s a traditional amber session ale, with a flavoursome malt character and lively hoppy finish, says the brewer.
On Fait La Bise is a new 6.1% ABV IPA from Polly’s. It pays tribute to four French bars which have helped the brewer build a following in that country. A hot-side Columbus addition brings a robust and prominent bitterness, while a trio of the most powerfully intense aroma hops — Citra, Mosaic, and Strata — create a burst of fruit forward flavour while maintaining drinkability.
Eko Brewery has collaborated with London-based Nigerian artist Caroline Chinakwe on Eko Shandy. “When we initially discussed the possibility of a collaboration, Caroline said one of her favourite drinks when it came to relaxing after a long day at work is a Shandy,” says the brewer. “Based on our original coconut palm sugar recipe, we created this well-balanced Shandy that gives zesty citrus and honey notes, quickly followed by the smooth taste you’ve come to love with the Eko Gold.”
Harvest (5% ABV) is Crafty Devil’s showcase of the freshest New Zeland hops. The DDH hazy pale combines Waimea, Riwaka, and Superdelic hops for a mix of intense tropical fruit aromas that perfectly complement the super pale and fluffy hazy pale base.
Owner Halewood is to close Hawkshead Brewery’s production base and beer hall in Satveley, Cumbria, and move production 20 miles away. Halewood said the site was not energy efficient and could not cope with increases in production. It also said the introduction of parking charges by the landlord had made the beer hall uneconomic, somewhich which the landlord disputes.
Talk It Over (5.4% ABV) is a new NZ Pils from Wild Horse. Showcasing Pacifica, Motueka, and a dash of German Blanc hops, it is inspired by the brewers’ shared love of easy-going beers for talking over.
Track has collaborated with Great Notion Brewing on Haze Division, an 8.1% ABV DDH DIPA. “We’ve had the good fortune of brewing this beer previously with the good folks over at Great Notion Brewing, whilst in Portland, Oregon, for a hop selection last year, and we felt it was about time we brought it home to brew in Manchester,” says Track. It’s hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Citra Lupomax, Nectaron, and Simcoe. Also new from Track is Against The Day, a 6.2% ABV American Red IPA, hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Cascade, Simcoe, and Riwaka. This is a collaboration with Muted Horn, a bar and bottleshop in Neukölln, Berlin.
Five Points Brewing Co have collaborated with DEYA on Starburst Galaxy (4.5% ABV). Described as “juicy, clean, easy.” by the brewers, it’s a fruity burst of flavour with a light, refreshing bitterness.
Juicy Details is a 6% ABV juicy IPA from Siren Craft Brew. In a similar fashion to recent favourites Leapling and Idea Machine, it pours light and opaque, with a tropical saturation of Citra, Strata, and Nelson Sauvin hops. “If you fell in love with either of these previous beers, we guarantee that Juicy Details will be right up your alley,” says the brewer.
Mocha The Weekend, a 6.5% ABV mocha stout from Electric Bear, is the big brother of the simply-named Mocha Stout from earlier in the year. “We’ve ramped up the ABV to a hearty 6.5%, loaded it with chocolate and biscuit malt, and packed it with oats for a smooth, creamy mouthfeel,” says the brewer.
Northern Monk describes La Great Northen Cerveza (4% ABV) as a Span-ish lager. It’s a crisp and clean lager inspired by the Iberian peninsula. Also new is Sloth (8.4% ABV), an imperial pastry stout, the latest in a Patrons Project series created with artist Adrian Baxter. It’s a collaboration with Netherlands brewery Moersleutel.
Amity has collaborated with Lost Cause on Autumn (4.6% ABV), an apple and cinnamon hazy pale. “Pouring a golden, hazy straw in the glass, Autumn rewards a deep sniff with the aromas you love from a warm apple pie,” say the brewers. “Oven-baked pastry, vanilla, and cinnamon hit you first, with an apple sweetness lurking beneath the lid.”
Night of the Owls (6.3% ABV) is a fresh IPA from Pomona Island. “A combination of concentrated lupulin pellets, CGX, in Strata, Centennial, and Azacca gives huge pineapple weed aromas with freshly squeezed yellow grapefruit and blood orange,” says the brewer. Also new this week is Too Much Television Watchin’, a 5.5% ABV pale hopped with Cryo Motueka, Taiheke, Hallertau Blanc.
Staropramen 0.0%, the zero-alcohol beer, has partnered with Drinkaware to help promote its Drinking Check resource this weekend’s T20 Blast Finals Day. A Staropramen 0.0% truck will be visiting Edgbaston on Saturday to encourage fans to use the online Drinking Check, to gain insights into how much they are drinking, to find out whether they are putting their health at serious risk, and to receive personalised results and guidance.
Seven Bro7hers Brewing Co has launched its Advent calendar, containing 24 of the Salford-based brewery’s most iconic beers, including Easy IPA, Helles Lager, and Juicy IPA. The calendar will feature the brewery’s Mango Crazy for the first time.
Stacking Boxes is a new 5.5% ABV hazy IPA from Left Handed Giant. Hopped with Citra, Mosaic, and Galaxy, there’s also a load of naked oats and white wheat on a super pale base that all makes for a full and fluffy texture. Expect a smooth grapefruit bitterness, sweet peach, and a green freshness. Also this week, autumn seasonal Woodland Creatures, a 6.9% ABV milk stout, makes a return.
Charnwood Brewery, of Loughborough, which celebrates its tenth anniversary in November, has opened its third micropub. The Fox Cub is located on North Street, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire.
Festival Helles is Braybrooke Beer Co’s first collaboration with Kirkstall Brewery. Thanks to Braybrooke’s state-of-the-art reverse osmosis water treatment system, it could replicate Dortmund’s water profile, giving this beer an authentic touch.
The beer has the malt profile of a helles, the hop character of a pils, and is slightly stronger than both. Pils malt and noble hops are in balance with a touch of malty sweetness.
Quaff, a 4% ABV New Zealand session IPA, is Hammerton Brewery’s 10th anniversary beer. “Dry-hopped with some of our favourite New Zealand hops, Kohatu and Rakau, it possesses a powerful aroma of citrus, stonefruit, and pine,” says the brewer.
Comma (4.3% ABV) is a seasonal session IPA from Great Newsome Brewery. It’s “packed with luscious, juicy, stonefruit flavours”, says the brewer.
Slayer is a hazy 7% ABV NEIPA from SALT Beer Factory. With jumbo oats for smoothness, it’s hopped with Citra and Mosaic for big tropical flavours.
Front Stage (4.4% ABV) is a new cryo session IPA from Bristol Beer Factory. Riwaka hops offer stonefruit and tropical citrus, while Ekuanot energises with lemon and lime.
Verdant has released its 2024 edition of Festbier (5.5% ABV). “Bestmaltz Munich malt brings added bread crust and slightly more hops than usual by way of the Hersbrucker variety, selected from our preferred German farmer, Florien Seitz,” says the brewer. “A truly special lager to celebrate our migration into autumn.”
Overtone has collaborated with Vault City on a Vanilla Ice Cream Sour (8.4% ABV). “Infused with Alphonso mango, pineapple, peach, and passionfruit, and conditioned with vanilla ice cream mix for a smooth, creamy taste,” say the brewers.
Dance (6.2% ABV) is a new hazy IPA from Double-Barrelled Brewery. “With a hefty dry-hop of Mosaic, Citra, Idaho 7, Enigma, and Nelson Sauvin, you can expect a smooth and delicious IPA with loads of stonefruit and citrus notes,” says the brewer. “Perfect for those of you who were fans of our Repetitive Beats Hazy IPA.”
Beverly Hills Hop (7.1% ABV) is a new West Coast IPA from Brew York. “This West Coast IPA is bursting with bold, piney, and resinous hop flavours,” says the brewer. “This crisp, golden brew balances robust bitterness with refreshing citrus and tropical fruit notes, delivering an true West Coast experience.”
Gipsy Hill has announced the release of three special beers. Toppler (3.4% ABV) is a mango and passionfruit sour brewed with 1,000kg of mango and passionfruit puree. Hello Lofty (5.5% ABV) is a New England IPA hopped Mosaic Cryo, Citra Cryo, and Azacca. And Atelier (2.6% ABV) is a table saison brewed with orange, rosehips, and pink peppercorns.
Holy Goat Brewing has three new beers in its webshop for September. Wrath of the Tyrant (11% ABV) is a Norwegian imperial stout brewed in collaboration with Turning Point Brew Co. It is fermented with Norwegian Kveik yeast. Yuzu Crusher (5.9% ABV) is a golden sour beer refermented and conditioned with the juice and zest of Japanese yuzu, which is prized for its intense citrus character and aromatic zest. Finally, Blood Magick (8% ABV) is a barrel-aged Flanders Red with Scottish Blackberries.
Production of Brixton Brewery beers is moving to Enfield, North London, where sister brewery Beavertown is also based. Brixton say there is no room to expand on their present site as they experience increased demand for their beers.
Celeste (4% ABV) is a September seasonal session IPA from Oakham Ales. There are robust New World-style aromas and flavours of tropical fruits, grapefruit, and blackcurrant from UK-sourced Jester hops, supported by delicate citrus, floral and herbal notes from Sterling and earthy, peppery spice from Willamette, with a little Citra in the mix, too. The imagery for the pumpclip is by Olivia Bartram, of Stamford College.
As part of its tenth anniversary celebrations, there’s a new brew of Banchmark IPA, “the beer that started it all” for UnBarred Brewery. “The recipe for Benchmark was the springboard from which we developed our flagship hazy pale, Joosy,” says the brewer. “Benchmark boasts a generous fragrance of fresh hops and soft fruitiness alongside a palate of gentle, biscuity malts. It finishes with a crisp dryness that shines a spotlight on the citrus character of Amarillo and Simcoe hops.”
Proper Pubs, the wet-led operator division of Admiral Taverns, has launched a new estate-wide fundraising campaign, Heroes of Hunger, to support foodbanks across the UK. As part of this initiative, each pPub will be taking part in FoodFest and hosting a fundraising event such as a kids fun day or music festival between 6th and 8th September, coinciding with National Foodbank Day on 6th September. To collect as many items as possible to support their foodbanks, each person that brings an item for donation will be given a raffle ticket — the more items each individual brings, the more raffle tickets they will be given — to be in with a chance of winning a bar tab at their local.
Good as Hell (4.9% ABV) is Rooster’s first Helles lager bier, out just in time for Oktobefest. It’s a crisp, golden lager, balancing malt sweetness with a light bitterness, and floral notes, from a combination of Liberty and Tettnang hops.
Muirhouse Brewery, in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, has announced that it will be closing. In a social media post, owners Richard and Mandy Muir said: “We’ve enjoyed the last 13 and a half years, but all good things comes to an end. Unfortunately, we’ve made the decision to close our brewery, a choice that has been extremely difficult to make. We’d like to thank you all for supporting us and, importantly, enjoying our multi-award-winning ales. We’ve made some amazing friends along the way, too.” The future of the Weighbridge Inn, which Richard and Mandy manage, is not affected.
St Austell Brewery has acquired The Bell at Broadway pub, near Ilminster, in Somerset. The 17th century pub, sold by local businessman Robert Doak, will join St Austell’s estate of leased and tenanted pubs.
Cider subscription service Crafty Nectar has been placed in administration. The move is blamed on “significant cashflow issues”
The beautiful beer garden at the front of Shepherd Neame’s Swan and Dog, in Great Chart, Kent is creating a buzz with punters and passers-by alike. It’s not just the bees visiting the plethora of blooming plants now adorning the spacious garden of the village pub which are keen on their addition. General manager Joanne Rodwell reports that even passers-by stop to remark on its new look.There was a four-week project to refurbish the garden, repaint the front of the pub, and install a newly-designed swing sign.
Hammer & Tongs, a 5.5% ABV West Coast IPA, is the stronger brother of Three Hills‘ most recent West Coast session IPA, Unturned Stone. “Only moderately bitter, as far as West Coast IPAs go, we’ve made this remarkably sessionable, with pine, earth, and citrus pith notes,” says the brewer. Also new is Swimming Upstream, a 5.2% ABV NEIPA and a stronger brother to another recent release, Jump In & Swim.
Anthem (3.9% ABV) is a new amber ale from Bishop Nick. “Zesty lime and floral notes delight the nose, whilst vanilla fudge and summer fruits take the flavour to 11,” says the brewer.
