19th July 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. A light haze on this slightly darkish gold beer, very thin bubbly pale cream colour head. Hop skunk prominent on the snout. Airy smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Airy pale malts, a light creamy sweetness. Hop skunk follows the nose and dominates the flavour profile, a kind of rubbery skunk. On the backend we get some good juicy marmalade, mandarin and tangerine hop fruits. Pinch of hop spice on the light and semi dry finish. A bit too green hop for my tastes, the hop fruits are good, for me, just needs a better balance between the two aspects.

Can at home, from HOTM online, 22/06/2025.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting off white head.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, grapefruit, melon, pine needle.
Taste comprises orange pith, grass, grapefruit, pine needle, mandarin.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with light juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy IPA.

Brewery draught, 1/20/23. Heavily hazy, blonde-golden. Small, white head to ring. Rich red berry, unripe guava, juicy pineapple with good acid and cracker malts in background. Clean, interesting, weird. Some grass, dough? Not sure what to make if this. Less weird in flavor. Red berry, spruce, grass, spice, soft, honeyish malts. Clean, snappy, great texture and attenuation. Bit of astringency/resin on the end, growing stronger as it warms.

Pours a hazy, golden-pineapple, with smallish head. Aroma is citrus and tropical fruit. Flavor is citrus and tropical fruit. Soft mouthfeel. Slight hop bitterness at the finish. Textbook stuff (not that that's a bad thing, necessarily...).