Session beers

TASTING PANEL JUDGES AND RATING SYSTEM

Yvonne Lorkin dish drinks writer and experienced beer, wine and cider judge

Gold Medal

Superb. Strongly recommended.

Silver Medal

A cut above the rest in quality.

Bronze Medal

A good-quality crowd pleaser.

(NB: All beers are judged blind under competition conditions. The scores of judges for their own beers cannot exceed those of other judges.)

Craft beer has a reputation for boasting big, buxom alcohol levels. Thankfully, there’s a rising tide of producers heading down the moderate, ‘sessionable’ road of sub-5% alcohol by volume (ABV) strength and our judges have found the best on offer…

Here at , we’ve noticed the words ‘session beer’ being bandied around with increasing regularity in recent years. A search of reveals this definition of ‘session’: “A beer that’s low in alcohol and has a balanced flavour of both hops and malt. The purpose being so that it can be drank over a long session of time without overwhelming the palate