Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Black colour, some bubbles on top and aroma of roast malt, molasses, dried fruits, yeast, dark chocolate. Taste is sweet, malt, dark chocolate, cinder toffee, dried fruity, berry, molasses, with some light roasty bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, sweet toffee roast malty finish. Nicely drinkable.

Panda at home, from Grumbo - cheers Graham, 12/12/22. Black with a khaki cap that veers edgewards. Nose is dark malts, dried fruit rinds, charr, tangy fruit esters, dried red berries, mellow barrel notes. Taste comprises oak, dark malts, vinous, whisky barrel, spice, toffee, fruit cake, cocoa sprinkle. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, light drying close with a kick of alcohol. Fair complex well balanced old skool leaning BA impy stout. Decent frop.

3/12/2022. Bottle shared at the post-Australia Blues beer share. From CentrAle, Newcastle. Bottle #005. Pours very dark brown with a small frothy beige head. Aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malt, charred toffee, whiskey, wood, dark fruits and raspberries. Moderate sweetness, medium woody roasted bitterness. Medium body, slightly oily, average carbonation.