I got a Beer52 box to try! Beer52 do a beer subscription box, it’s £24 per month and you get a great selection of 8 craft beers, a magazine (beer themed) and a snack. Initially, I thought 8 beers that cost £3 each is a tad expensive, however, my friend gave me a referral link to try, and I thought “why not!”, as they said it’s not an average beer subscription box! You can sign up using this link, and I got money off my second box too!

When you order, there’s an option for dark beers, light beers or a mix of the two. I got the light box, as they’re vegan!

My 8 beers arrived promptly along with a copy of “Ferment” magazine and pack of Love Corn Sea Salt Corn (which I adore, btw!).

I received 7 cans and one bottle. It included IPAs, pale ales, pale lager and lager-beer.

I am not a craft beer expert, by any stretch of the imagination, but I am a drinking enthusiast! I do like all sorts of beer; stout, bitter, some lagers, IPAs and pale ales! I’m a big fan of hop-py flavours and smooth beers and fruit beers. I am fussy though!

So, my reviews:

O’hara’s “White Haze IPA” (5%) – tangy, mild and fruity, gorgeous pineapple and mango flavours. Really very fruity but not too sweet, underlying hoppy-ness. Really enjoyed it!

Lost+Found ABL “Hold it Down” Session IPA (4.2%) – very hoppy and smooth, with grapefruit undertones. Gluten free! I don’t normally like grapefruit that much, but this is a really tasty IPA. It’s billed as “Crisp, Grapefruit, Tropical, Haze”. It’s definitely easy drinking, with a good yellow colour.

Salzburger Stiegl “Goldbrau” (5%) – tasty, light, well rounded. Thirst quenching.

Gipsy Hill “Hepcat” Session IPA (4.6%) – a little bitter, sort of tangy. Lovely fruity aftertaste. Mild hops, light.

Gipsy Hill “Dessert Haze” Hazy Pale Ale (4%) – smooth start with fruity and full bodied flavours with a strong, bitter, hoppy aftertaste. Hints of coffee.

Swannay Brewery “Ban Yan” (3.9%) – really delicious and smooth. Actually quite dark tasting with a strong hoppy aftertaste. Billed as a “Hoppy Session Beer, Hazy”.

Tiny Rebel CLWB TROPICA Tropical IPA (5.5%) – this has pure mango scent and oh. my. gosh. it just tastes like mango with pineapple aftertaste. That’s the fruitiest beer I’ve had other than a cherry beer in Germany (Cherry Kriek? I think?). Gorgeous!

The Wild Beer Co. “Sleeping Limes” (4.6%) – very lager-y and very sweet lime overtones. The sea salt flavour calms the after taste. Leaves a light hop-py aftertaste, like drinking Desperados and lime. Billed as “Clean and crisp with refreshing tangy limes and a moorish briny finish, this is our perfect summer beer”. They say they’re going for a Corona beer and lime kind of taste – I think they have absolutely nailed it.

Check out their beer subscription https://www.beer52.com/