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Beer Of The Festival

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

Champion Beer Of Britain Results

This evening the festival has hosted the North West round of the Champion Beer Of Britain Competition in the Speciality Beers (Differently Produced) category.

A panel of judges selected from the beer industry and CAMRA have judged seven of the best beers in this category, as voted by CAMRA members.

The results are:

Gold

Pied Bull – Minotaur

Silver

Serious – Matmos

Bronze

Storm – PGA

Other finalists:

Stubborn Mule – Donkey Punch
Stubborn Mule – Who Gose There
Brimstage – Elder Pale
Coniston – Thurstein Pilsner

All the entrants are available to drink at the festival (while stocks last).