EVERYWHERE you go in York these days, there is good beer to be found.

You don't even need to be in the pub. Awesome ales, brilliant bottles and cracking craft beers appear where you least expect them.

So we're briefly shunning the pub and looking at seven of York's hidden gems for beer lovers.

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1 - Your Bike Shed, on the corner of Micklegate and Toft Green. This place opened in late 2013. It's part bike shop, part workshop and part cafe. Alongside a range of coffees, snacks and meals, there is also a great range of bottled beers from local breweries including York, Treboom, Yorkshire Heart, Hop Studio, Great Yorkshire, Black Sheep and Ainsty Ales. Look out in particular for Yorkshire Heart's delicious Silverheart IPA - ideal whether you've completed a long cycle or a short stroll to the bar.

 

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2 - Bicis Y Más, on the corner of Walmgate and George Street. Another bike shop-cum-cafe, another tempting beer range. This place also sells bikes and accessories, has a workshop, and sells vegetarian food and drink in a spacious cafe. The beers here are all from mainland Europe, with highlights including Duvel, Chimay, Leffe and Omer.

 

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3 - Mannions in Blake Street. The long-standing greengrocer's shop closed in 2011 and was replaced by this brilliant cafe. The food and coffee are excellent, and the new beer range is the quirkiest and most exciting of all the ones in this list, with six to choose from, all from Spain or Italy. Options have included Baladin Isaac from Italy, a slightly spicy wheat beer, with apricot flavours, and Er Boquerón, a refreshing pale beer brewed with sea water.

 

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4. Middletons in Skeldergate (also accessible from Cromwell Road). Many hotel bars are bleak places, dominated by ubiquitous big-name brands. This place stands above the majority. There are regularly cask ales available from York Brewery, alongside Czech options Pilsner Urquell and Kozel lager. The bottled range has, at times, included St Stefanus Blonde, a fine Belgian beer. There's a small garden as well if you want to soak up the sun.

 

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5 - Dyls on Skeldergate Bridge. This spot is easy to overlook but the bridge's grandiose old motor station boasts a lovely little bar, with an excellent riverside garden. You can choose from Kozel, Pilsner Urquell and Black Sheep on draught, while the bottled range includes Sam Adams, Liefmans fruit lager, Duvel, Vedett and Flummoxed Farmer from local brewery Ainsty Ales.

 

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6 - City Screen in Coney Street. Whether you're popping in for a film or not, the City Screen Bar is a cracking little spot for eating and drinking. Beer-wise, the bottled range includes options from Curious, Brooklyn, Anchor, Brew Dog and Innis & Gunn. There are big-name brands on keg and rotating cask ales, recently including Leeds Midnight Bell, Rudgate Rok Runestone and Grey Hawk's 1492 New World.

 

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7 - The Nook, in Castlegate. This friendly little cafe has recently relaunched. It does excellent food and is a great evening alternative if you don't want an out-and-out pub or bar. There's no bee7 on tap, but the bottled range includes options from Brew Dog and The Hop Studio, alongside bigger names such as Amstel, Staropramen and Sam Adams.

 

If you're new to York, or just visiting, here's where they are...

 

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