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Breweries are springing up across the country and experimenting with styles and methods of brewing that haven't been available for decades - sometimes even longer.
We asked David Jackson of Eebria and Andrew Reeve of Honest Brew to pick out some of their favourite
We cross-referenced Jackon's and Reeve's choices against scores on beer review site Rate Beer to get a ranking of the top 17 British craft beers you have to try right now - check them out below.