On Friday, three panels of judges went through two rounds of blind tasting to select the Beer Of The Festival for 2025 from a shortlist of sixteen beers prepared by our volunteers.

Two semi-finals whittled down the sixteen to six finalists.

And the judges determined that the Beer Of The Festival 2025 is…..

Bank Top Brewery – Dark Mild

Runner up was Torrside – Beowulf

Third place was Brightside – Darkside