The 10 Best Autumn beers
From a brew that is re-fermented with champagne yeast to one of the oldest surviving examples of an India Pale Ale...
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This vineyard uses East Anglian malt, Saaz and cascade hops and then re-ferments the lager using the same champagne yeast that goes into its sparkling wines.
£1.97, waitrose.com
A top-selling, award-winning Traditional English Ale that's deep golden in colour and hoppy, refreshing and well balanced in taste. A great autumnal session ale.
£1.99, beersofeurope.co.uk
One of just four beers to win Champion Beer of Britain twice; voted World's Best Mild last year. Dark, a hint of nuttiness, with roasted and bittersweet flavours.
£30.25 for 12 bottles, thornbridgebrewery.co.uk
There's plenty going on in this dark stout, with stacks of aromatic notes and bitterness, and it's full-bodied, but not heavy.
£2.50, chilternbrewery.co.uk
Brewed in the style of a strong IPA, this is a golden-chestnut ale with citrus fruits, juicy malt and spicy hops. It is well tuned, perfectly balanced, with a lingering aftertaste.
£1.97, ocado.com
Dark but not cloying, this stout boasts malt and roast flavours with some hops. It is rich, delicious, with a creamy head. No wonder so many call it the perfect English stout.
7. Wye Valley Brewery Butty Bach
£25.44 for a case of 12, wyevalleybrewery.co.uk
This ale is brewed using Maris Otter and Crystal malts, flaked barley, malted wheat, and Fuggles, Goldings and Bramling Cross hops.
£1.95, ocado.com
Oz Clarke described this beer's flavour as "like making love in a hop garden". It's had many accolades, not least because it's so smooth, rich and malty on the palate.
£24 for 12, therealalecompany.co.uk
The play on words isn't the only thing going for this beer, which provides a clean, bitter taste that complements the warm malt flavours.
10. Worthington's White Shield IPA
£2.13, ocado.com
Feisty and full-flavoured, with a powerful hoppiness and a long, bittersweet finish. Dating back to the 1820s, it is one of the oldest surviving examples of an India Pale Ale.
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