Up State from Hatherwood Brewery Review

I picked up this bottle of Up State Pale Ale from Hatherwood Brewery which is the branch of Wychwood that brews for LIDL as part of their beer festival. The bottle says it's a collaboration with Stewart Brewing in Edinburgh so we'll see how this partnership goes.  The beer comes in a pretty bland 330ml bottle and offers a bang average 5% alcohol content, but I'm hoping for more from the taste. Up State pours quite a hazy golden colour with a decent white head, it's a good looking beer to be fair. The aroma is certainly hoppy and there's some nice grapefruit smells coming through too. 

The texture is nice and light with a good, sharp, crisp, refreshing feel, like a lager, but obviously better as everything is better than lager. The taste is nice and hoppy with some citrus and grapefruit flavours coming through nicely, and mildly, which is good as I hate overly citrus driven beers. This just has a nice twang to it though, it's a beer that will wake you up a bit, and that's no bad thing. I'm going to give Up State from Hatherwood a very good 7.5 out of 10, it's a decent step up from your usual generic pale ales.