Best World Cup Beers

Food editor and beer amateur Jane Curran picks her top tipples for footie watching this summer

Morrisons Sainsbury’ Waitrose
4% ABV

£1.99/500ml This is delicious and refreshing and what’s more, a fantastic match with a curry.

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Perroni beer

Majestic, Sainsbury’s
5.1% ABV

24 bottles, £26.88 Your classic summer beer from Italy – light and fresh.

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Erdinger Weissbier beer

Majestic5.3«V12 x 500ml bottles, £19.92German wheatbeer is a lighter beer in both body and flavour and it’s slightly sweeter with no bitterness. As with all beers in my book, serve really chilled.
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Black Sheep Ale

Sainsbury’s (2 for £3)
4.4% ABV

Bottle 1 x 500ml This is a really British ale from North Yorkshire, a favourite also of our mate James Martin. It’s crisp, dry and slightly bittersweet.

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Singha Thai Beer

Ocado 630ml £1.99. Also Tesco
5% ABV

The original Thai beer, light and crisp on the palate.

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Kasteel Cru and Cru Rose

Waitrose, selected Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Booths
5.2% ABV

Brewed from Champagne yeasts, this is the ultimate girly lager, crisp, zesty and light. The rose version with hints of elderflower and elderberry is SO summer 2010!

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Sol beer

Widely available, 24 pack around £28
4.5% ABV

This is the one to serve with a wedge of lime in the bottle, a light taste of malt and hops, crisp and refreshing.

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Hoegaarden beer

Widely available, around £4.75 for 4 x 330ml
5% ABV

This is a Belgian wheat beer with aromatics added such as orange and coriander, with a second fermentation in the bottle. Cloudy and not bitter, it’s pronounced 'whogarden'!

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