27th April 2024
Panda thanks to Wingman. Hazy yellow gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin malts, sweet enough and light enough to get out the way of the super duper Nectaron hoppage. Light crisp pine into lovely fresh stone fruits, peachy nectarine. Traces of papaya and mango. Hop spice starts to bite and reminds that this is not a fruit smoothie. Mild savoury hop. Bloody hell! What a marvellous showcase for Nectaron. Lovely dipa.

Can at home, 27th April 24. Pours a great looking hazy yellow, frothy white head. Aroma is juicy oranges and aromatic, soft fruits, peach. Taste is oranges, citrus pith, tangy, tangerines, satsuma, aromatic and floral, wonderful perfume and bitter sweet orange finish, with a lovely bitter linger. Classy stuff

Panda at home, thanks to the Wingman, 20/04/24. Hazed orange topped with a white cap. Nose is bitter orange, grass, kumquat, lychee, melon, papaya, mandarin. Taste comprises pine resin, stoned fruits, mango, grass, grapefruit, ripe melon, hop spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness. Solid crushable IPA.

473ml can. Almost opaque pale yellow, small white head. Aroma of peaches and melon, lime, underripe tropical fruits. Taste is very juicy, peachy, melon, lime, underripe exotic fruits, guava, some pithy hop bitterness at the end. Full bodied, smooth. Superb.

Can from Harvest. Pours a glowing, hazy neon yellow with a finger of white foam that lingers. Big tropical nose with banana, citrus, papaya, starfruit and pineapple aromas all present. Dry on the palate with more pineapple, citrus and starfruit. World class NE IPA.