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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.

This week, we received the first of Azvex’s new beers. You know Azvex, yeah?

Just in case you don’t, Azvex is the brand new, Liverpool-based brewery spearheaded by a former head brewer of Neon Raptor!

So for sure, I was excited to try their launch beers this week.

Here’s what I thought – plus my comments on 9 other epic beer releases this week.

Pomona Island’s birthday beers are here.

Of the 5, which is best?

Read this for the answer.

(You’ll also see which unusual Nerdbrewing wax-top you should definitely gather up.)

Between the new Emperor’s collabs and the To Ol/Omnipollo stouts, this week was probably one of the best week’s for dark releases the beer world has ever seen!

So let’s get straight into it.

Here are the beers we’ve loved this week.

Polly’s New Core Range is finally here!

Plus, Northern Monk have released their 8th Anniversary NE DIPA, and Howling Hops have brewed a coffee sour that’s a true optical illusion.

To Øl aren’t exactly headline stealers.

And to be honest, that’s a crime.

Because this little Danish brewery has been producing some outstanding stuff for years now, and it just keeps getting better and better and better and better.

Not heard of em yet? Or not tried their stuff?

Well, you’re in luck. Their customary Christmas drops have just landed.

Let’s discuss one or two, shall we?

It was all set to be relatively quiet on the new beer front this week. But, apparently, neither Track nor Overtone got the memo.

Both weighed in with belters, including a big juicy Overtone TIPA brewed with unusual zappa hops, and a West Coast IPA from Track that’s as good as they come.

However, when Track release a new Gold Top, it’s always hard to beat. So that’s exactly where this list starts this week.

This week, we look at some mammoth darks (that reach as much as 18% ABV!) and sours as good as I’ve ever, ever seen from the likes of Vault City, Pastore and the upcoming brewery Tartarus.

Kicking things off though, with the seasons changing, there are some great value hoppy beers to grab right now. A 500ml DEYA pale for under a fiver? Say hello to MUD, the new DEYA pale…

It was as I tucked into a new DIPA from Boxcar this week that I started thinking one thing:

Boxcar are surely one of the most – if not the most – underrated breweries in the UK.