Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught keg at the brewery. Black, impenetrably opaque with a suggeation of film of tan head. I'm getting the dryness of the sherry along with black, foreboding malt. Taste is bitter with Sherry to the fore along with earthy notes, sea salt, treacle's evil twin. Long finish with a creeping almost vinous bitterness. Velvety thick body, low carbonation. Wow.

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

8th May 2022
Can. Opaque dark brown beer, small tan head. Palate is light and semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth dark malts, a nice dark chocolate streak. The PX barrell comes through loud and clear, sweet ripe fruity sherry with a touch of vanilla. Touch of spicy wood barrel. Light dry finish. Nice. Nice job. With this lovely barrelling, it would have been nice to have a smoother more sumptuous dark malt base. Smooth semi dry finish. Yeah, nice PX delivery system. Could it have been better? Yah, a better malt base coulda shoulda gone a long way.

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

Panda thanks to Cloin: Poured a deep black with a khaki brown head. Aroma is boosty booze, roasted malts, sherry, chocolate. Taste is rich roasted malts, chocolate, toffee, smokey ash, boozy, tingly.

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

Can at ash's. Pours black, nose is chocolate, raisin, caramel, oak, taste is sweet, raisin, fruity, chocolate, little thin.

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

Can from Monty's. Appearance - deep brown to black with a thin crema head. Nose - rich chocolate, raisin and light booze. Taste - chocolate raisin and cocoa powder. Palate - medium bodied, creamy middle and very light roast on the finish. Overall - good.

can at ashs.. dark black. small tan head... soft sweet chocolate Roast malts nose... dark heavy chocolate.. rich sweet malts nose... rich chocolate roast malts.. soft sweet malts

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

Can thanks to AshtonMcCobb. Pours black with a thick tan head. Aromas of chocolate, sherry. Taste is more of the same. Light boozy finish.

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

Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Colin. A jet black oily coloured pour with a lasting mid tan head. Aroma is funky roast, liquorice, black sugars, gorsey funk, oak. Flavour is composed of oily coconut, funk, woody sherry, dried fruit, spicy wood, mellow funk. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, moderate carbonation. woody tannin. Quite interesting.

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

Can at home, from Brew Cavern online, 16/01/22. Black with a decent khaki cap that dissipates to a good sized swirl and stays for the show. Nose is dark malts, fruit cake, sherry twang, treacle toffee, light spice, molasses, dates, chocolate notes. Taste comprises mellow roast, dark malts, spice, figs, chocolate dipped raisins, toffee, mellow sherry oaked tones, dates. Medium bodied with bite, fine to lightly prickly carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Decent BA impy but a little stuck in 4th gear like the others in the series ... was hoping for a little more and lacking some depth but at the price point they are good vfm.

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