It’s a tough time for the independent British brewer. While mandatory pub and taproom closures might be over, it has been a tough time for brewers to get their best real ales to punters.
Thankfully, there are a number of ways you can still show your support for your favourite brewers with mail order deliveries of some delicious ales. While you might already be a craft beer connoisseur, now might also be the perfect time to crack open some traditional real ales and help keep some of Britain’s most storied brewers afloat through the crisis.
UPDATE:Once you have chosen the best real ale for you, we recommend you head over to our best beer snacks guide. If you are fed up with dry roasted peanuts and stale crisps, then the snacks in this list are for you.
So what is real ale? The advocates at the Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA) recognise it as ‘live’ cask-conditioned beer served from a hand pump, or conditioned in a bottle or can. The term was coined as a counterpoint to the influx of processed, artificially-carbonated, mass produced beers that once flooded the UK market.
Here are 13 of our favourite real ale beers you can order online. They’ll save you a trip down the shops and might just provide a little comfort at the end of another long day in isolation.
- See more suggestion in our shortlists of the best craft beers and best beer subscription boxes
- Once you have finished with the best real ales, head to our best American beer guide.
- Fancy an AF alternative? Then our best alcohol-free beer guide is the one for you.
Best real ales
