Experts pick their best new beers from York Beer & Cider Festival 2015

If you haven't yet made it to Yorkshire's biggest ever beer festival, then it's now or never.

At 11pm on Saturday, the curtain will come down at Knavesmire, after four days of beer, cheer and spectacular choice.

Congratulations must go to the York branch of the Campaign for Real Ale, who made the whole thing possible.

Yorkshire breweries have been showcased in all their wonderful glory, with around 200 beers of every imaginable style. And those from outside Yorkshire weren't half bad either.

But what were the stand-outs? As in years gone by, we asked brewers, landlords and members of the festival committee to pick out their best new discoveries.

And my own best new finds, for what it's worth?

Zaka by Track Brewery was a superb pale ale, with a rip-roaring hop burst; the Stout by Seven Bro7hers was rich, smooth and very moreish; and the Whiter Shade of Pale by BAD Co was a brilliantly-refreshing session ale, with a flavour that seemed scarcely credible for such a light beer (3.2 per cent).

Here are the experts' best new finds....

John Lewis, Treboom Brewery: "I thought the beers from Tarn Hows looked interesting - all in wooden casks. I tried the Beertrix Porter from a whisky cask and it had nicely balanced maltiness with a touch of liquorice."

Tom Renshaw, Waggon and Horses in Lawrence Street: "I really enjoyed North Riding Brewery's mosaic, and their Citra pale and was also pleasantly surprised by Box Social's Kaffir lime leaf IPA. It sounds odd but it worked really well."

Dave Shaw, Hop Studio Brewery: "I quite liked Allendale Forge as a good, well made example of a crafty IPA. Mat, our head brewer, was rather fond of Bad Seed's Secret Sour."

Tony Rogers, Half Moon Brewery: "For me it was Harrogate Brewery's 7.5 per cent Kursaal Imperial Stout - I thought it was a real belter!"

Paul Marshall, Rook and Gaskill in Lawrence Street: "Ghost brewery Spectre was my favourite - apart from the Bad Seed range!"

Kev Jones, Brigantes in Micklegate: "My best new discovery? Probably a tie between Box Social Kaffir for its incredible flavour for a 3.9 per cent beer, and North Riding's Eve Hypo. Also, a big shout out for Brass Castle's Snow Eater in wooden cask, making a great beer an incredible beer."

Chris Waplington, from Bad Seed Brewery: "Beer of the festival for me so far has been New World IPA from Northern Monk. I'd had it on keg before but it was astonishingly good on cask - such depth of flavour with an amazing hop bite. Also the Wylam Jakehead was on exceptional form, with an up front barrage of hops. Wonderful stuff!"

Jamie Hawksworth, Pivovar: "Founders Rubaeus, on the foreign beer bar, was an absolutely beautiful beer. It's a raspberry beer and the amount of fruit in it must have been outrageous!"

Nick Love, York Camra: "I'd go for one of the surprise foreign beers from Spain: Beer Cat's Barcelona Blonde. It was a refreshing, hoppy and fruity IPA."

Paul Holden-Ridgway, BAD Co Brewery: "Raspberry Red, the winning beer by Bad Seed and North Riding, was really nice. That was my favourite. A few years ago there's no way a beer like that would have won, and it shows the thinking of the judges is moving away from traditional beers, which is great."

>>> FLASHBACK: Video, 26 photos and the winners from Day 1 of the festival

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