Craft Metropolis Online Craft Beer Blog

This week was, even by craft beer terms, experimental. We had the Vault City / Nerdbrewing Millionaire’s Shortbread Imperial Stout with Biscuit Caramel and Cacao Nibs come at us, plus some epic fresh, sharp and sweet sours by the likes of Elmeleven.
Still, before we get to all that, let’s talk juice. Verdant have done it once again…

Sensational Frau Gruber stouts, sour sorcery from Yoner and a Burnt Mill West Coast DIPA all make the cut this week… but there is of course only one place to start.

That’s right. PuTTTy is here!

Insane USA imports! Track’s 8th Birthday Sonoma! And BBNo. in affordable 250ml cans! This week’s list is looking suave – read on to see what you should be drinking this week.

This week saw the return of one of the daftest series of beers ever and some brilliant hoppy German brews – plus a Neon Raptor impy that never disappoints. Check it out!

It’s another week of heavyweights this week, with ABVs creeping past 10% in all corners. The faint hearted may wish to look away now. Those up for quality, though? Here’s what to check out.

This week saw the release of the biggest beer of the year in Putty (if we have any left, for gawd’s sakes, snap one up!), but the fun did not stop there. Putty aside, there were some belters released this week from Heist, Burnt Mill, and others. So read on!

These are the beers to be trying this week.

It’s mid-Jan and things are muted on the new beer front, but if you dig deep there’s still some gold to be found – so this week I present to you some great new hoppy stuff in particular… and a hoppy water.

On the new beer front, there are some serious gems awaiting this week. Let’s kick things off with the most popular beer we’ve ever, ever stocked…

A few of you will be cutting back on the booze right now – and some of you will be attacking Tryanuary with gusto. So this week, I’ve got all bases covered!

Whether you’re now exclusively no/low or hunting the loco… here are the best new beers to get stuck into this week!