6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2016 - 500ml bottle, gift from a friend's dad, pours black with a white head. Aromas & tastes of spice, dried fruits, biscuit, wood, liquorice & roasted malt. Medium body. Dry finish

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

3rd December 2024
Cask at Pig's Ear. Near opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Nice cocoa dusted dark malts, a fairly sweet dark chocolate. Decent berry fruits, red and dark, generic but fairly obvious. Light coffee on the semi dry finish. A fairly tasty affair.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 07/03/21. Light black with a decent tan covering that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is dried fruits, chocolate biscuit, pinch of spice, light cinnamon bark, brown sugar dusting. Taste comprises dried fruits, cocoa powder, brown sugar dusting, light spice, liquorice, tobacco. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Ok stout.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Panda at home thanks to SHIG. A dark cola chestnut brown coloured pour with a loose dirty halo. Aroma is big spicy woody ginger, liquorice, woody bark, dried winter spices. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, woody spices, bark, dirty liquorice, farmyard char, Woody. Palate is little thin, mellow carbonation. Little dirty finish.

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

28/2/2021. Bottle sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Pours very dark brown with a small bubbly beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dried fruits, dark chocolate, touch of Christmas spice and winter berry. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Light body, a little watery, soft carbonation. Dry and somewhat bitter roasted finish.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle: Poured a deep black with a finger light brown head. Aroma is fruity cake, spices, malts. Taste is ashy, roasted malts, chocolate, spices, light fruit, finish is dry and smokey.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home. Pours deep black, nose is roast malts, chocolate, taste is smooth chocolate, rich, spiced.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Cask at standing order (JDW)... deep solid black ... creamy off white head ... rich roast little smokey malts ... rich smooth chocolate ... lots of sooth roast malts .