Buxton Brewery

You might have noticed that we like beer - something about the name, maybe? We do our best to try and track down both solid classics and new-wave icons, and our range reflects that. We love solid, brown beers like Orkney Red MacGregor with as much passion as we do the over-excited hop-bombs that everyone is talking about at present.

So we were delighted when one of our favourite new breweries managed to combine our love of solid maltiness with the exquisite tickle of hops in their new beers. Buxton Brewery High Tor is an India Red Ale. India Red Ale is set to be the new black (IPA) for 2012. It's got just the right balance of spicy caramel malt to bitter, fruity hop to make it full-on, and yet strangely more-ish. If that sounds too much, Wild Boar is currently setting peoples' palates alight with it's pale-malt-and-hops blast - really hoppy, but really easy drinking. And if the higher strength beers leave you cold, Moor Top is their delicious session ale, chock full of pithy hop character.

We love them, and as ever, we think you will too. Have a look at their full range here.