Lots of weekends away this month including a trip up to Newcastle, a long weekend in Poznan, and a night in Cleethorpes for the Humber 10k. We managed to find some great craft beer bars and sampled lots of lovely brews. Plus we finally got around to trying our first homebrew. But which beers made it into our top five, and what was this month’s beer of the month?

Here’s a rundown of our favourite new brews for September 2025.

We found this on cask up in Newcastle and, having never tried it before, decided to give it a go. It was a lovely bitter with lots of fruit and malt flavours.

Brewer’s website: Sharp's Brewery

Although we only had three nights in Poznan, we made the most of our visit, sampling local brews at four different craft beer bars. Not surprisingly, many of the beer in this month’s top five are from Polish breweries, including this lovely full-bodied IPA from a one-person nano brewery.

Brewer’s Instagram: Browar Monsters (@browarmonsters)

We ordered this Fruited Berliner Weiss but the keg ran out as our beers were being poured so we only got a small pour. We’re glad we got to try it as it was delicious. Not too sour and not too sweet.

Brewer’s Instagram: Ziemia Obiecana (@browar_ziemia_obiecana)

Grodziski is a historical beer style from Poland made from oak-smoked wheat malt. We tried one on a previous trip to Poland and we were lucky enough to try two on our most recent trip. This one was one of the most interesting and flavourful 3% beers we’ve ever had.

Brewer’s website: Moon Lark

This was the last beer we tried during out Poznan trip and it seems we saved the best for last. We went with a black IPA because it’s such an interesting style (and you don’t see all that many about). This one sounded particulalry tasty being orange and coffee and it was. Imagine a dark Terry’s chocolate orange in liquid form and you’ve got something similar.

Brewer’s website: Browar Cztery Ściany

These new brews didn’t quite make it into our top five, but we still feel they are worth a mention.

We brewed this back at the end of July and it’s been conditioning in our fridge since the end of August. It was made using a Brew Bros “Brewery in a Box” kit and was our first attempt at a homebrew (excluding a few made in the Pinter).

We really enjoyed mking it and seeing the entire brewing process from end to end, but had no idea how it would turn out.

We needn’t have worried - it was lovely. Lots of malty flavours and it tasted great. We wouldn’t have been disappointed if we’d been served this beer in a pub. It was a little cloudy because we disturbed the sediment when moving it, but that didn’t impact the flavour. We have no idea what the ABV was (it didn’t taste boozy, but certainly made you feel like it was pretty strong).

We got eight pints out of it, enjoyed over two days and it kept it’s flavour well. We will definitely be trying a couple more Brew Bros kits and then we might even start experimenting with our own recipes.

Not a new brew but a beer we’ve revisited recently because it’s one of our favourites.

This beer made our top five back in November 2024 and it’s an excellent IPA. We saw it on tap in a fantastic little craft beer bar in Cleethorpes (Message in a Bottle) and decided to give it another go. It was just as good as we remembered and a solid hazy pale ale.

Brewer’s website: DEYA Brewing Company

Bass on cask could be described as the holy grail of beer given its incredible history. The distinctive Bass triangle was the first symbol to be registered as a trademark in 1876. The triangle was used to brand the barrels, which is why we use the terms brand and branding in marketing.

We first tried it back in March and agreed it was a lovely brew (just a shame the brand was taken over by AB-InBev). We were in our local watching the football and it was on cask again so we couldn’t resisit.