Craft Metropolis Online Craft Beer Blog

It feels a lot like the doomy weather is here to stay, but I’ve collected a mega-haul of hops from Beak, Verdant and beyond this week to keep you snug on those nights in.

Need the moody brews?

I’ve got that covered with a Boxcar classic, HUGE Brew York BA beers and a cinnamon swirl porter. Let’s go!

I’ve collected some proper seasonal treats for you this week, including a pumpkin spiced porter, new Brew York Christmas beauties and a birthday treat courtesy of one of the best craft breweries you’re yet to try.

I’ve some classy brews for you this week, with a must-buy UK/Norway collab, and a 10% stout that tastes just like a Frijj milkshake.

Got your attention? Should think so. Let’s get into the best of the best this week!

I was worried after the last two weeks that we’d peaked but NO CHANCE PEEPS!

Out of nowhere this week we’ve seen some of the UK’s best double IPAs emerge, some unreal stouts and tons of gluten free offerings from friends old and new.

What a treat of a new beers list I have for you this week! 



Rare and limited bottles of the UK’s highest rated beer, absurd, cake-themed stouts, and hops a plenty, as per usual.



And of course, Oktoberfest is here! So read on. These are the cream of the crop just out this week…

It was a HUGE week this week on the beer front – especially on the hoppy side – but the best of the best of the best of the best this week include…

Fresh Verdant IPAs, a debut Baron TIPA and a To Øl dark monster you can’t miss – it’s been one helluva week on the new beer front!

The weather has turned and it looks like autumn has arrived, bringing with it a 16%(!) Neon Raptor imperial stout.


Tasting notes below – plus Beak’s new Witbeir, Polly’s hops and a host of Kirsch sours all get the same treatment.

After last week’s collabs with Finback and Fuerst Wiacek, we thought it’d be hard for Verdant’s new stuff to measure up. We were wrong!