7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml can. Pours jet black with a small head. Aroma is burnt peanut, roast, coffee and a little jam. Taste is jammy with a boozy peanut. Slightly astringent finish.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 24/12/24. Black with a tan cap that thins to the edge. Nose is punchy rum, molasses, herb, black peppery spice, dark malts, charr, light perfume. Taste comprises Turkish delight, chocolate, perfume, raspberry jam, modest barrel, dark malts. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a kiss of alchol. A little messy this one and far from cohesive ... flabby in places, overly sweet and perfumed and lacking any rum punch. So so.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

15th December 2024 Can. Near opaque dark brown beer, a few pale tan bubbles don't live long enough to ever suggest they might form a head. Smooth and slightly viscous palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Smooth dark chocolate malts, very slightly sweet. Any sweetness is offset by a dry and slightly bitter peanut vibe underneath. The jelly, or jam as we like to call it in Blighty, is a one note berry candy affair. I'm struggling to pick up much barrelling at all. It drinks relatively easy for the abv but, overall feels like a disharmonious and clunky affair. A shame because, on paper, it sounded like a winner.

7.8

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

Tap @MBCC 2024, Green Session. Oily black, beige head. Woody, green woody barrel and roast aroma. Coffee. Sweet boozy and woody flavour, dusty cocoa.

7

From Backlog. Taster, On tap at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2024. Black with some brown head. Roasted Malts, coffee, rum, barrel.

8

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

Can at home. Pours black, nose is nutty, caramel, chocolate, artifical berries, raisin, taste is similar.

7.6

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

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Mikkeller Beer Celebration, Green Session. A black beer with a beige lacing. Aroma of sweet caramelized malt, chocolate, nuts. Taste of sweet strong dark caramelized malt, blueberries, wood.