New beer launches and collaborations, in store, on bars, and online, from brewers around the UK.
Labyrinth is the latest in Elusive’s series of 10th anniversary beers and, appropriately enough, it’s a 10% ABV barley wine made in collaboration with London Amateur Brewers. “It was brewed with two heritage malts in Chevallier and floor-malted Maris Otter,” say the brewer. “Hops take a back seat, but we used Target and Bramling Cross, in case you’re interested, before fermenting with a workhorse English ale strain. This one’s all marmalade and chewy malts.”
It’s Frog Week at DEYA, and there are three new releases to mark the occasion. The Salamander is a 4% ABV pale ale, Hotel Frog is a 6% IPA, and Sound Machine Groove an 8% ABV DIPA. All are hopped with Idaho 7, Nelson Sauvin, and Citra, but the proportions differ between each beer.
As they prepare to celebrate their first anniversary next month, Bearwood have released a quartet of new beers. The brews are: Goldfinger (6.5% ABV), a New England IPA hopped with HBC 630, Nectaron, and Superdelic; Summers in Nelson, a 5.8% ABV IPA, showcasing Eggers Special and Nelson Sauvin; Ship of Theseus, a 5.6% ABV collaboration with The Escapist; and Chetzemoka, a 5.4% ABV XPA with Simcoe, Nectaron, and Citra.
Northern Monk have collaborated with Haze Outdoors on a Yorkshire Stingo, a now rarely seen local style of beer, essentially only made by a certain Smith family of Tadcaster.
Soft caramel and bonfire toffee flavours come from a blend of Crystal malts, with a drier biscuit undercurrent from some amber malt, thanks to maltster Thomas Fawcett. Brewers’ sugar was used to boost the ABV, and the beer was hopped with traditional UK variety East Kent Goldings. After fermentation, it was conditioned on former whisky wood chips for notes of vanilla, dried fruit, and oak.
Power Sappingly Mundane is a new blackcurrant, raspberry, and redcurrant gose from Pomona Island. “Aromas of fresh raspberry and juicy blackcurrant,” says the brewer. “Lip smackingly sour with redcurrant prominent, yet balanced by the other sweeter fruits.”
Don’t let the ABV of Gangsta Sippin’ pale ale fool you, say Electric Bear. “This little belter punches well above its 3.8%, bringing pithy grapefruit, orange rind, and a crack of black pepper from Mosaic, Strata, Centennial, and El Dorado hops.”
Guava Lamp (5% ABV) is a guava, papaya, and lime fruited sour from Brew York. Made in collaboration with Mad Squirrel, it’s bursting with juicy guava and ripe papaya, with a splash of zesty lime. Soft, refreshing acidity keeps everything balanced.
There’s a new brew of Stancill’s summer seasonal Summer Breeze (4% ABV). The 2026 version of the pale ale has been created with the vibrant American Cascade hop for “a symphony of citrus and stonefruit flavours”.
Tape Hiss is a new 5% ABV IPA from Good Chemistry. Described as bold and deeply refreshing by the brewer, it’s hopped with Azacca, Citra, Motueka, and Mosaic. Expect bright citrus and tropical hop flavours.
Blurred (4.4% ABV) is a new hazy pale ale from Oakham, hopped with three big and bold USA varieties – Idaho 7, Krush, and Comet. It offers smooth, assertive and aromatic citrus, tropical and berry fruit flavours, with distinctive grassy, resinous, herbal hints.
Vapour DIPA (8% ABV) has hit the Beak webstore, saturated with fresh hand-selected Nectaron from New Zealand, paired with Citra. The beer is then dry-hopped with Nectaron Cryo, Citra Cryo, Hop Kief, and HyperBoost. “Never knowingly underhopped!” says the brewer.
