Northern Monk: Fruit Twist IPA (Tesco) By @SpectreUK

I do like a Twister ice lolly now and then, especially when we're adventuring somewhere on a hot sunny day out. I haven't had a Twister for sometime, mainly because it's rained for most of the year so far, and on the rare occasion when it is hot, we seem to be doing something else.

This Northern Monk Fruit Twist might go some way to help make up for the lack of adventure this year. Natural flavourings of strawberries and lime, as well as pineapple purée were added in the brewing of this 4.7% in volume Indian Pale Ale. I'm hoping it's going to wash down my home cooked fish and chips a treat tonight.

I haven't had a fish and chips takeaway for a long time now. The last three fish and chips takeaways we had were getting more and more expensive and all of them made me ill. Apparently due to cost cutting, many Chippies have changed their oil to a cheaper brand, which unfortunately doesn't agree with my stomach at all. So, unless perhaps the economy changes, I guess I sadly can't enjoy my favourite takeaway anymore.

On opening this Fruit Twist there wasn't a pleasing fizz from the can. However, this hazy IPA poured with a wholesome fluffy head. This Indian Pale Ale did smell like a beer mixed with a Twister ice lolly, on taste there was strawberries to start with and then a little herbal and citrus hops merging with lime and pineapple, the sweetness of pale malts showed up towards the aftertaste to see what was going on.

Usually when eating a Twister ice lolly there is the pineapple and lime first, with the strawberry flavour on the inside. Strawberry was the predominant flavour here, but that was okay by me. There was no adventuring to be had outside though. There was a thunderstorm over the house as I drank it, whilst washing down my home cooked fish and chips. Bizarre, but welcome to British summertime.