7.2

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

Panda at home, thanks to Fergus, 17/10/22. Almost clear golden orange with an off white cap that dissipates to a swirl and spotting. Nose is herb, funk, dry rot, yeast esters, hedgerow, light white peppery spice, damp straw. Taste comprises bretted pangs, orchard wood, lemon rind, funk, damp cloth, oak, dusty fruits, vinous trace. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok drop.

7.6

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

Bottle at home picked up from Cotteridge Wines. A light hazed golden orange coloured pour with a lively white frothy head that fades. Aroma is big horsey funk, blanket, little tcp, medicinal, lemon , Flavour is composed of earthy grains, straw, horsey funk, bretty, dry citrus, drying oak tannin, Palate is dry, grainy, some tannin, frothy carbonation. Interesting stuff.

7.8

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

Bottle from Valhalla's Goat. Pours hazy lively golden with a thin white head and a couple of floaters. Strong bretty nose, orange peel, oak. Taste is dry, bitter, funky, citrus, more wood. Complex.

6.9

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

Bottle, online from Hoptimism. Pours unclear golden blonde with a foamy white head. Aroma: wood, leather, hay, floral, medicinal, lemon, funk, Taste: light sweet & moderate to heavy bitter, crisp, dry, earthy, grassy, oak, brett, leather, floral, medicinal. Medium body with foamy carbonation. Big flavours again but not my favourite from Epochal

7.2

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

Appearance is amber, some haze, a big rocky white head. Aroma is yeasty malt, fruit esters, woody hints, blackberries, bit more brambly fruit. Taste is woody earthy malt, English hop flakes, stewed autumnal fruit, malty dry finish, juicy woody fruit.

7.1

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

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Cork & Cask. Pours slightly hazed gold with a billowing, frothy, pure white head. Lovely aroma, some funk, lemon rind, damp hay, pale wood. Lightly sweet with assertive grassy bitterness, a little plastic, some further musty funk, lemon rind, apple peel. Light bodied with delicate, massaging carbonation. Fairly bitter to finish, a little oaky dryness, background dry funk, grass, straw. Nice overall though the bitterness is a little too forward for my liking.

7.5

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

Bottle from Premier Hop. It pours hazy blonde with a medium frothy white head. The aroma is fragrant wood, balsa, oak, hay, floral accents, old leather armchair, medicinal, twist of citrus, hay and some orchard fruits. The taste is crisp, firmly dry, pleasing bitterness, grassy, rich earthy character, dried leaves, dry oak, deep funk, brett, floral, leather, chewy, some spice, medicinal and damp basement with a drying, funky oak finish. Medium body and moderate, massaging carbonation. Good depth of flavour to this. Medicinal character will definitely split the crowd. Unique and satisfying.

6.1

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

Keg at the hanging bat. Pours golden, nose is huge brett funk, citrus, some burnt rubber, taste is zesty, sherbert, floral, more of that burnt rubber creeping in

6.4

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

Draft: Poured a golden with white head. Aroma is funky, woodsy, Brett, fruity. Taste is burnt char barrel, fruity, rubbery. Not my cuppa!

5

keg at the hanging bat. Light amber.. small white head... soft bready yeasty.. Light funk nose... Light bitter.. Light burnt rubber.. soft fruit