7.6

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

Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 28/01/22. Almost golden blonde with a white cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is earthy, lemon rind, biscuit, grass, herb. Taste comprises lemon tinged straw, grains, grass, toasted malts, biscuit, apple skins, crackers, light herb. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close with a robust bitter edge. Solid crushable golden bitter hybrid.

7.4

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

Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Wingmane. A mostly clear golden yellow coloured pour with a halo of loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, nutty earthy grains, earthy apple, straw. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, earthy light tang, straw, nutty, light apple. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, mellow carbonation.. Very good.

8

31-12-21 // last beer in 2021. lovely style example.

7.5

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

Can at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Pours clear gold with a small, frothy white head. Lightly sweet with pleasant grains and biscuits, some leafy bitterness, straw, yeast, slight minerality. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mellow bitterness to finish, some crackery pale malts, more grainy biscuits, leaves, dirty hay. Very nice stuff.

6.5

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

Can, online from the brewery. Pours pale gold with a white cap. Aroma: zesty citrus, light hoppy. Taste: light sweet & moderate bitter, biscuit malts, grassy. Light body with soft carbonation. Pretty sure I'd prefer this on cask.

8

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

Cask at the taproom. Golden with a light haze, white head. Aroma of bready malts, grassy hops. Taste is bready and biscuity, grassy hop bitterness, hedgerow berries, mild citrus, dry and bitter. Medium bodied. This is wonderful, definitely their best Bitter yet.

8.5

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

Cask, yes cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 7th October 2021. Rich amber, hazy, with a loose foam and full lacing. Zesty aroma with leafiness. Full-on bitterness in-mouth rounded pleasantly by a good measure of caramel malt. A solid bitter finish that builds with each sip/gulp. Full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Superb.

8

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

Can as take out from Hop Lords Beer Café and Bottle Shop, Worcester. Consumed at Mum and Keiths, Kempsey Worcestershire, Thursday 7th October 2021. Pours mid gold with a mid sized white head. Wow this is great to see Deya and SMODS take on a classic style. Loving the English hoppiness straight away, a little earthy, rustic and wet woodland feel, smooth mouthfeel, a really nice quaffer, sweetness initially but then sustained but measured bitterness, some fruit, this is great.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can, courtesy of Dann and Martha. Cheers! Moderate haze on a medium gold. Fine white head is lasting and semi lacing. Nose has ginger biscuit malt. Touch of perfumed hop. Leafy and spicy overall. Taste has a soft sweetness before getting a punchy, leafy hop bitterness. Smooth and super easy drinking with fine carbonation. Lingering bitterness to finish. Pretty fantastic bitter, and one I’d love to try on cask. Think it’d be a complete blinder.