Summer, for all its beer gardens and long evenings, can be a bloating nightmare. There’s nothing worse than being out in the sun and suddenly feeling that familiar ache start to kick in. Might months of cold rosé and Aperol spritz be partly to blame? We’ve been chatting to the gut experts to find out more about the relationship between alcohol and our microbiomes and to see whether you really have to ditch the booze to enjoy a bloat-free August.