26th October 2024
Panda thanks to Wingman. Near clear gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head that doesn't hang around. Light smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Thinnish but clean malts, a light sweetness. Cooling pine hops. Modest if reasonably bright citrus hops. A little modern Mosaic candy fruits. Light finish. Clean but lacking weight in any department and pretty much, instantly forgettable.

Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 22/10/24. Almost clear dirty golden with an off white cap that veers edgewards. Nose is orange pith, grass, melon, grapefruit, mandarin. Taste comprises grapefruit, raw pineapple, dank chimes, citric tinged straw, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with lightly dankened come leafy hop bitterness. Passable IPA for this era ... a little dirty and stuck in 3rd gear.

Hazy gold pour with a lingering head with nice lacing. Citrusy, hoppy aroma. The flavor is fruity, hoppy, and nicely balanced. Medium bodied. Tasty.

Keg at Chili's in the Detroit airport, 9/16/23-ish. Weird day with an overnight flight. Went from 11pm to 7 am in four hours. Up 26 hours that day. Ugh. New brewery! Brewery # 2243, USA # 1840, Michigan # 78. Hazy gold, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of tropical fruit, pale malt, melon. Taste is melon, pineapple, mango, pale malt. Juicy, no bitterness.

12oz bottle, warm shelf, undated (as far as I can tell), drunk 6/20/23. I certainly didn't stir it up, and it's come out crystal clear, light blonde with a massive, refermented, white head showing strong retention. Apple, papaya, grapefruit, watermelon. Tons of good NEIPA character without any resin, dirty yeast or pine. Even the mosaic seems to lack onion. No alcohol or flaw. In the mouth it's soft, juicy, nicely malty with some yeast ester and moderate bitterness on the finish. Guava, papaya, citrus, mango and tea-like spice. No onion, no dirty yeast. Possible that it's warm rest has helped ferment some of the sugar - as this is still quite malty, bordering sweet even after sitting warm; so maybe it's too sweet when fresh? Still, the soft, supple texture is really impressive and I'd certainly try more of their beers.

354ml. can. @"home", 04/07/2022
[#5.180 Global - #781 United States of America - #1 Grand Armory Brewing (My Brewery #226 from the States)]
Canned 24/03. Bit old. Hazy pale yellow with a lasting white head. Aroma: lemon zest, grapefruit and yeast. Taste: citrus and a hint of yeast. Mild sweetness but lack of freshness.
Next one please!

Appearance: Canned 2/1-2021. Yellow golden, almost completely clear. Some off-white head. Aroma: Light fruits, exotic fruits, some decent hops. Taste: Good amount of hops, fruits, some resins. Smooth. Bought: qoqa.ch, 355 ml can, CHF 5.75 Info: 16/4-2021, BB: 30/6-2021

Sample during the It Would Brighton MI Birthday If Yoopers Could Lake It To This Tasting! event on 09/18/2020. Slightly cloudy dark gold color with a medium thin ivory white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Sticky strings of lace. Aroma of floral hop, citrus and malt. Medium body with flavors of floral hop, citrus and tropical fruits and bready malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste. Pretty good overall.