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  Hello and welcome to my review of 2025! I really hate to use the phrase rollercoaster of a year because that is almost always used as a negative phrase and obviously a rollercoaster that doesn’t have ups and downs is really boring, I would know. But unfortunately rollercoaster of a year is what I will have to use as I can’t think of anything better. 2024 felt like a more consistently positive year ( I even calculated an anion gap) with one major negative whereas 2025 has been more up and down. Let’s get into it.  We start in January because that’s the first month of the year. The year started in a rather foggy (photo provided for evidence) Cologne with Aaron and Liz ( Full Cologne Blog ). See what I mean After enjoying a few slurps of Kolsch we headed to what’s probably my favourite place on Earth, Phantasialand ( Phantasialand Blog ). There’s nothing quite like riding Taron and Fly in sub zero temperatures and having a beer in between!  What a coaster Aaron where’s you...

 The annual trip to York is something that I always look forward to. York is a city of history, great coffee, excellent walking spots and most importantly excellent beer! I was super excited to hear that Northern Monk had opened a new bar in York and that is where this story both starts and ends (spoiler alert). Visiting York in December isn’t for the faint hearted, the Xmas market fills the centre with people walking as slowly as possible to get the best view of the tat on offer. The weather can also be rather wet and cold however on this trip we were mostly lucky with the weather and only had one wet day! Since I'm a beer man and not a weather man maybe I’ll stick to talking about what I know. Northern Monk can be found round the corner from the market and it’s also dry, which was nice! Sup was the first beer of the trip, a light golden ale with a crisp refreshing finish. More on Northern Monk later but following this pint it was time for lunch! We opted for some loaded fries fro...