7.5

Slight sweet and tropical.

8

Solid

7.6

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

2nd December 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. A medium haze on this slightly dark orange gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, a good fine minerally crispness. Light malts, bordering thin for the style but pretty sweet, flirting with too sweet. Hop spice nibbles from the get go. Cooling pine calms things down, a mellow - ripe Motueka key lime ensues. As always these days, desperately searching for signs of Nelson,a mild winey grape is pretty decent by 2024 standards. Light finish. Nice dipa, could have dialled back the malt sweetness a notch and either use a shit load more Motueka or add another hop methinks from a purely selfish perspective.

8

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

Can at home, from HOTM online, 15/12/24. Murky orange topped with a lasting creamy white head. Nose is bitter orange, grass, pine needle, hop spice, dank chimes, green berry tang, stone fruit. Taste comprises grapefruit, stone fruit, pine resin, grass, gooseberries, mixed tropicana. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close spiked with mellow NZ hops with a dank hop bite and a balanced boost. Tidy kit.

7.9

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

Appearance is murky orangey brown, with a 2-3 finger thick beige head. Aroma is mango, overripe fruit, orange, peach, tropical hoppy fruit, citrus. Taste is sticky citrusy fruit, mango, peach, orange, pineapple, grapefruit. Hop resin, smooth and fruity with a bitter juicy finish.

8

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

440ml can. Murky golden, white head. Aroma of candied citrus, lime, guava, passionfruit. Taste is the same, candied tropical fruit, guava, passionfruit and zesty lime, although not overly sweet there is a very noticeable sugary/candy vibe to this beer, and low bitterness too. Medium bodied.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours murky yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of passionfruit and melon. Taste is dank with hops, juicy fruit finish.

8.2

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

Can from The Beerhive. Milky golden body with a thick off-white head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of melon, white candy sticks and lime. Flavour of lemon sponge and lime. Medium to full body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Soft and fruity. Very drinkable for the ABV.

7.5

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

Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - murky yellow with a foamy off-white head. Nose - dank, melon and passionfruit. Taste - melon, guava and peach. Palate - medium bodied, creamy bodied, dry-ish finish. Overall - good.