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Hop Back Brewery, Summer Lightning (England) This bottle-conditioned beer has a light gold colour with a hint of amber, and a white head that leaves a pronounced lacing on the glass. The nose is very fresh and floral, with a nice grassy herbal quality. On the palate it is dense and creamy, with a raft of bitter hoppy flavours that are resinous and waxy sweeping over the tongue. There is lemon and a grapefruit pith element, and just a background hint of sweet malt adding a layer to these very grown-up flavours. Lovely stuff. 5.0% ABV, 50cl, �1.59, Asda, Waitrose.

Innis & Gunn Brewery, Ltd Edition Blonde Beer (Scotland) The regular Innes & Gunn oak-aged beer is a five-star favourite of beer-pages, so this 37,000 bottle edition, in a presentation box, launched November 2004 promised much. The colour is perhaps a shade lighter, with an off-white, creamy head. The nose is fantastically nutty and toffeed, with notes of buttered popcorn, roasted sesame seeds and Seville orange. On the palate a caraway and burnt toast depth is layered with espresso beans, dark cholate and more of that marmalady fruit quality. There's a complex and unfolding quality to this beer, with a tang of bitter hops and a sweet suggestion of vanilla pods as well as a brightly-focused acidity that really lifts and extends this beer in the mouth. Brilliant, unusual and a must try beer. 5.3% ABV, 33cl, �1.99, Sainsbury's.

Innis & Gunn Brewery, Oak-aged Beer (Scotland) One of the most innovative products in the beer market today, this Edinburgh ale is aged in brand new malt whisky barrels, made from American oak. The colour is a glowing gold, with a creamy head. On the nose it is intensely aromatic, with really fresh, grassy hop character and quite a deep, almost briney note. The oak influence is more noticeable on the palate, where a luscious vanilla and caramel note permeates the beer. This adds an unguent sweetness on the mid palate, but the freshness of the hops cuts through and the acidity is clean in the finish. I thought this beer was delicious. 6.9% ABV, 33cl, �1.69, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Sainsbury's, Tesco.

Isle of Skye Brewery, Oyster Stout (Scotland) Native oysters are part of the recipe for this beer, I believe being steeped in the mash for a period. That does not give an overt "fishy" character, but I did detect a clean, ozone-like note of sea freshness on the nose. It is a dark stout, with plenty of malt and bitter chocolate as well as that intriguing salty freshness. On the palate it is quite dense and creamy, with lots of malty dark flavour and a sourdough note that is quite grown-up and very pleasant. An unusual seasonal beer, that may be hard to track down. 4.6% ABV, 50cl, �2.00, WineRak Scotland.

James Boag's, Premium (Australia) This Tasmanian lager is aromatic, with hoppy and lightly malted notes, and a creaminess on the nose. That impression really follows through on the palate, which is quite thick-textured and very rich, with a rolling, milky quality, and only very gentle effervescence. Its flavours are clean and dry, with a nice bite on the finish, but this is a very gentle and grown-up style of beer that I really enjoyed. 5.0% ABV, 37.5cl, �28.50 for 24, Surf4beer.

Jennings, Sneck Lifter Strong Bitter (England) Sneck is a dialect word for a door latch, and the sneck in question in this beer's name is that on the door to the pub. This bitter pours a very deep amber/brown colour, with a capuccino-coloured head that is thick and persistent. The nose strikes a really nice balance between warming malt notes and crisp, apple fruit, with just a gentle hoppy influence. On the palate this beer really comes into its own, with a great depth of chocolaty malt and a sweet caramel edge to citrus fruit. There's a nice bitter, leafy hop finish, playing against the sweet malt in a lovely beer that may lack a little complexity, but is utterly delicious. 5.1% ABV, 50cl, �1.83, Safeway.

Koningshoeven, La Trappe Dubbel (Holland) This beer is, famously, the only non-Belgian genuine Trappist beer. This was the version in the striking "Crock" (stone bottle), exclusive to Waitrose in the UK I believe. It pours a very dark chocolaty red colour, with a caramel-coloured head. On the nose there are all sorts of sweet summer fruit notes, a hint of briar, and plenty of toffee and chocolate. On the palate it is medium-bodied, with an immediate burnt toast flavour adding an interesting edge to mollasses and brown sugar. Some hops show through, and though I'd have liked a little more staying power - it rather dies away - it is a very good beer if not over-chilled. 6.5% ABV, 5.0, �2.99, Waitrose, quite widely available.

Kronenbourg, Premier Cru (France) This is a special beer from Kronenbourg (brewed in France) that is a big step up in class from the standard 1664, coming in a dramatic opaque blue bottle and weighing in at 6.0% ABV. It pours quite dark and golden, with an off-white head. The nose is aromatic, with hoppy, quite estery scents of herbs and spices over rich malty, toasty notes. On the palate a clove-like edge adds bite to fine crystal malt flavours that have lots of bittersweetness about them, with a good oily hop bite. To me it is a style half-way between a strong lager and a lighter bitter. 6.0% ABV, 50cl, �2.19, Safeway, Sainsbury's.

Kronleins Brewery, Original Crocodile Lager (Sweden) This light-coloured and light-bodied lager has a definite fruity note on the nose, with a gentle hoppiness. On the palate it is a touch bland, with some dry, lightly-fruity flavours, but it maybe lacks a bit of bite (no pun intended) and could do with a little more edge to it. 5.2% ABV, 33cl, �27.99 X 24, Surf4beer.

Leffe, Blonde (Belgium) A medium gold colour and incredibly thick, creamy head. The nose is dazzling, with all sorts of estery, bright aromatics of herbs and spices, resins and fruits. There's a deep, toasty malt note too and a suggestion of mashed banana. On the palate it is thick and creamy-textured, with a lovely sour, bittersweet hoppy tang, and bags of pithy grapefruit sharpness to counteract all that sweet, fudge-like fruit. Impressive, delcious, yet I don't know if I could drink a lot of it. This "Abbey" beer upsets purists because it is blonde, not made by Trappists (but by the giant Interbrew), however I enjoyed it. 6.6% ABV, 33cl, �1.35, widely available.