Best Summer Beers To Try

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Five Summer beers – three colourful cans and two bottles lined up

Summer beers to try

Pillars New Zealand Pils, £3.50/330ml, Pillars Brewery

Brewed using punchy New Zealand hops and malted oats for a crisp finish and tropical fruit flavours, this is a perfect summer session drink.

Vault City Triple Fruited Mango Sour Beer, £3.75/440ml, Tesco

A fresh, juicy sour, crammed with mango flavours and aromas, gentle tanginess and a slightly saline edge.

A can and a full glass of Vault triple fruited mango sour beer

Bruha East Anglia Lager, £25/12 pack, bruhabrewing.co.uk

A pilsener-style lager from East Anglia using Amarillo and Cascade hops, this is winningly crisp and chuggable. A great everyday beer.

Brewgooder fonio session IPA, £22/12 x 330ml, Brewgooder

This fruity, crisp IPA is a collab from purpose-led brewery Brewgooder and NYC brew legend Brooklyn, made using fonio – a West African heritage grain sourced from smallholder farms in the region. Sales go towards clean water initiatives and further investment in growers.

Sober Brummie, £2.85/330ml, birminghambrewingcompany.co.uk

We were really impressed with this award-winning 0.5% pale ale. Triple hopped, it's absolutely rammed with bold citrus and piney flavours that makes for one of the best non-alcoholic beers we've tried.

A glass and can of Sober Brummie pale ale with other cans of beer in the background

People’s Captain Legend APA, £20.99/6 pack, peoplescaptain.co.uk

A classic American pale ale with a piney, citrus kick, this is great served with spicy summery food like tacos or kebabs. A percentage of each beer sold also goes to the People's Captain Foundation to support mental health initiatives.

Fourpure Citrus Session IPA, £2/330ml, fourpure.com

Fourpure’s whole range has undergone a summer makeover. This crisp, refeshing IPA (previously known as Easy Peeler) packs in the citrus fruit for a light and lovely thirst-quencher.

Signature Brew C-Sharp Sicilian Lemon & Citra Sour, £3.15/330ml, signaturebrew.co.uk

A slightly hazy, beautifully crisp sour that doesn’t tip over into mouth-puckering, C-Sharp Sicilian Lemon & Citra Sour balances the lower acidity and perfume of Sicilian lemons with crisp Citra hops. A perfect intro to the sour style, this is a tart summer refresher. Check out more sour beers to try.