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Beers fans on the Dry Jan train will already be chomping at the bit to get into their first ‘proper’ beer of 2022, and this week there are some monster contenders for what that might be.

So in no particular order, here’s what I’d recommend from the new releases this week…

With Dry January and Tryanuary rumbling on, in this post, you’ll get tips for both wicked AF beers as well as great-but-out-there boozy brews.

We start with the alcohol-free stuff, and in particular Gipsy Hill’s two new AF sours – which are both top notch stuff.

Towards the end of 2021, in an effort to look a little bit more professional, we ran a quick survey asking people how we could improve. So often, when you answer surveys, it seems like nothing gets done. So we wanted to write down – publicly – what we’re going to do in 2022 in […]

The story Rob Fink, AF beer pioneer Traditionally, the World Beer Awards are unlikely to make Rob Fink nervous.  As the founder of the internationally acclaimed Big Drop Brewing, he’s been interviewed across major US TV networks. He’s negotiated contracts with multinationals. And his brewery’s beers have picked up multiple World Beer Awards in the […]

It’s Dry January. And ‘Tryanary’ too!

So in this post, we take a look at 3 great low-alc beers for those cutting back… and 4 new boozy beers from breweries we all should have tried…

Polly’s and Burnt Mill see out 2021 with a bang – with an end-of-year QIPA, a ‘green’ NEIPA and a lovely and tropical Black IPA.

Overtone have raised the bar with their new single malt cask aged imperial stout, and Northern Monk’s Bourbon Barrel-Aged Heaven 2021 is finally here!

There’s just one week left to stock up on glorious Christmas beer!

In need of a few tips?

If so, read on – these are the most exciting craft beers just in this week!

The Christmas beers are coming out thick and fast! So this week, we take a look at some of the best, including a Christmas Pudding Stout by Three Hills.