Craft Beer
Alpacalypse Beer: Why SALT’s Session IPA Has Been Making Headlines
Alpacalypse beer is a 4.3% session IPA from SALT, launched with Molson Coors in January 2025. Its story brings together a national pub rollout, an…

3 great reasons to take on a beer shop franchise this year
It’s the kind of thing that sounds, in many ways, like the dream job: the opportunity to operate your very own beer-store business, including the…

Could 2023 be the year you become a franchisee of a thriving beer store?
Whether or not you’re a great believer in using the onset of a New Year to make big pledges about what you would like to…

Are you tempted to do ‘Dry January’… or even ‘Sober October’?
We’re coming up to that time of year again… no, not Christmas preparations, or even necessarily ‘Dry January’, but a phenomenon that – at least…

Low-alcohol or no-alcohol drinks: a mere trend, or here to stay? 
If it feels to you that more and more people have been talking about no-alcohol or low-alcohol beers lately – a phenomenon often referred to…

Pivovar Matuška – Pepper Apollo Galaxy
Apollo Galaxy with chilli

Downlands Brewery – Persistent Squirrel
A Hazelnut porter inspired by the squirrel that keeps on trying to get into the brewery .....

Old Dairy Brewery – Chocolate & Vanilla Belgian Imperial Stout
A very special Imperial Stout brewed with the finest speciality malts from Paul’s Malt. We have also added Madagascan vanilla beans and Ecuardorian chocolate which…

Cattle Shed Brew Co. – NEIPA
5% abv Our Review in under 140 characters: "Really enjoyable. Probably the first proper craft IPA. Nice hop profile with a not overpowered bitterness." @lovebeeruk…

Cattle Shed Brew Co. – Craft Lager
4.5% abv Our Review in under 140 characters: "Nice and crisp. I do like a Kolsch. Tastes like a proper beer!" @lovebeeruk http://www.cattleshedbrew.co 3.75/5

Vibrant Forest Brewery – Elmo
Dual hop ipa with el dorado and mosaic

Oedipus Brewing – Kinderyoga
A thick malt bill trying to showcase brown malt, besides chocolate, roasted and some caramel malts. Hopped with East Kent Goldings and some Chinook as…



