Greene King has announced two summer seasonal beers Ale Fresco and New Tricks, a collaboration with nearby Nethergate brewery.

Ale Fresco is a 4.3 per cent ABV golden ale. It is brewed using Centennial hops to deliver a light citrus flavour, which the brewery says is the perfect choice for the summer months.

New Tricks is the brewer’s second collaboration with Suffolk neighbour Nethergate. The 4 per cent golden beer combines ginger and lemon to deliver delicious fruity characters and refreshment.

Greene King also recommends topping it up with a ginger beer to add extra zing.

The beers are packaged in firkins and pins. The brewer believes smaller pins will help secure the future of cask beer.

Greene King head brewer Jack Palmer said: “We’re passionate about the cask sector and launching pins is a great achievement for us, and the category, in helping to address some of the key challenges that serving this unique product can bring.

“Cask ale is part of our heritage and the core of a great pub, and we continue to invest and innovate to secure its future. Our Fresh Cask Releases calendar shows the many styles and flavours that ale can offer, and we’re excited to be able to provide this in a smaller format for operators to explore with guests.”

The beers form part of the wider Fresh Cask Releases calendar, a portfolio of 18 limited-edition cask beers available during specific times of the year.

From July, the seasonal ales will have the option to be purchased in a firkin or in a pin format, with the exception of the Christmas Rocking Rudolph.