9 Fresh New Craft Beers To Try This Week

With Easter here breweries have broken out their big guns. This week, whether you’re into hops, sours or, of course, chocolate stouts, you’re in for a right treat. Here are the 9 best beer releases this week.

1. Verdant – Gus Knows! IPA

Verdant’s Don’t Tell Gus is a craft beer classic DIPA but then it seems like most Verdant beers are in that category these day’s such is their quality but I always get excited when they release a new variant of one of their brews. 

Gus Knows IPA is exactly what you’d expect; it’s crammed with juicy Citra and Mosaic hops and backing up a bit of bite and bitterness with Enigma and Idaho 7.

Another great addition to the Cornish beer club!

2. Track – Just Out Of View DIPA

Track are also another hoppy brewery I can’t get enough of at the moment…

I have a West Coast in Visibility Unlimited that is all pine and bite. Also in the mix is a black IPA with juicy Citra and Colombus balancing with rounded roastiness in Dawn Will Wait.

AND! I have IPA and DIPAs crammed with creamy oats and smooth thick hops in Just Out of View and Dreaming of…DDH Citra.

Wow, Track at right up there at the moment in the hoppy game, incredible stuff!

3. Beak Brewery – Pops DDH Pale Ale

It’s reading like a who’s who of hoppy UK legends this week but hell why not when the beer is this good!?

Beak are back with some belters. Pops is a DDH Pale and Beak rarely say DDH even when they hop the heck out of things so expect a real hop-overload here with Strata and Mosaic for a grapey and pulpy pale ale.

Also worth a nod to the brilliant Seb IPA which is not only up to Beak’s usual standards for a big IPA it features Seb who is one of the nicest and most polite drivers I’ve ever met who drops beer off at our warehouse each fortnight. Cheers to Seb!

4. Brew By Numbers / Emperor’s – 421 Cherry & Chocolate Imperial Stout

I have a couple of absolute beauties for you this week in the big ‘n’ dark category.

First up is the BBNo. collab with Emperors 421 imperial stout. The cracking bonus to this beer is it is in a handy wee 250ml can so just enough for a sip and share or a solo drink too.

The chocolate and cherries are very mellow and rounded and the barrel is also just bubbling under to complement this rather classy effort with very subtle oaky undertones. Rather nice.

5. Tartarus / Vault City – The Mackenzie Poltergeist Dulce de Leche Imperial Stout

Second up is a huge 14.1% monster from Tartarus called The Mackenzie Poltergeist. 

This beer actually has real dulce de leche in for a creamy and caramel sweetness and deep indulgence.

6. Burnt Mill / Newbarns – Imperial Measures Double Stout

On the more sessionable side of things Newbarns and Burnt Mill have got their heads together for a corking – if somewhat misleadingly titled – Imperial Measures Double Stout.

Loads of choc, lots of roasted malt and real clean-cut fresh feeling gem of a dark beer.

7. Vault City Brewing – Orange Soda Session Sour

The sours section is looking rather glorious this week with Vault smashing out some of their usual top-level sours.

I loved the Orange Soda for a straight up orange fizz-bomb!

8. Vault City Brewing – The Muffin Man: Mango & Blueberry

But, don’t miss Vault’s The Muffin Man and the Apple Rhubarb Maple Pecan which both nail all the advertised flavours with alarming accuracy.

9. Drop Project – Marge Margarita Sour

And don’t skip the new Marge from Drop Project this week either! This margarita sour gets it spot on and at 4.5% is the kind of brew you sink in ultra-fast time.

The suns here so let’s get the sour summer vibes on!

There’s just room here to wish you a huge Happy Easter and hope you get to enjoy a long and relaxing weekend. As ever, thanks a million for supporting and contributing to a small business, it means the world to us.

Cheers!

Oli, Charlie & Agnes
(The people behind Craft Metropolis)