Frome Brewing Company Sunny Y Can Cases

Tasting notes: Gulp by name, gulp by nature. This light, amber-coloured English style IPA rarely stays long in the glass such is its appetising appeal on the palate. Light but assertive notes of peach and grapefruit drift by on the nose, suggestive of a beery fruit salad, and then each gulp reveals orange or maybe tangerine fruitiness, a hint of pepperiness alongside a juicy bittersweetness before the bracing dryness and bitterness in the finish. A thoughtful and subtle beer that demands much contemplation with each gulp.

Hops: Admiral, Amarillo

Food pairing: You won’t go far wrong with a hunk of proper Cheddar, various pickles and a sourdough baguette. Yum.

Tasting notes:

This luscious Australian pale ale is named after a hop variety from down under, rather than a reference to the outer reaches of the Solar System where C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate (so we’re told). However, it is still a celestial glass of beer with its deep orange golden colour being the launch-pad for a vibrant nose of citrus, stone fruit (peach?), ripe mango, papaya and pine (a pine forest after a rain shower) followed by a more tropical fruit, ripe peach, white grape and biscuity malt on the palate before its bittersweet and tantalisingly dry finish.

Hops: Galaxy

Food pairing: The vibrant and soul-stirring character of the Galaxy hop on evidence here suggests that the beer would dovetail neatly with a chicken jalfrezi or a lamb dopiaza.

Tasting notes: Pour yourself a long tall glass of this English Pale Ale and linger on the light amber gleam before taking in the captivating aromatics of ripe mango and freshly squeezed grapefruit on the nose thanks to Citra and Mosaic in the hop mix. There is more citrus and tropical fruit on the palate, which are balanced by a subtle bittersweetness, before finishing with a clean bitterness and lasting dryness that encourages you to take another swig (yes, this is a beer to swig rather than sip).

Hops: Idaho 7, Citra, Mosaic

Food pairing: Sit on a wall in the sun with a cold Funky Monkey in the company of fish and chips and your day is perfect