Light citrus. Light bodied.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Today's ales have been brought to you by the January Rail Sale, I got a cheap ticket to York and back for some ales that at pint level the beer is more expensive!!! This penultimate beer of the day is amber-brown but very much the latter. A black IPA certainly, with a very dark malt character brew exemplified by tropical fruit in both aroma and taste.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

One of those beers I've seen many times so had thought I'd tried it before now. Glad I actually checked this time. A slightly deeper coloured beer with a bit of a glow, the German styling is decent, with its depth and body the main to compare, in flavour it's a little more hoppy to indigenous ways of brewing.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Wigan Beer Festival 2026, Beer#25. Mildly hazed slightly deeper golden coloured brew. The festival's low alcohol brew, but one of the fruitiest I've tasted so far, not feeling its strength for it. Its full of exotic notes and apricot, which has a full-on aroma here.