7.8

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

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 16/09/2025.
Clear amber with an off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is vinous, funk, glue, bourbon soaked oak, elderflower bush, barnyard nip.
Taste comprises ripe bourbon, tangy citric shreds, elderflower, damp straw, damp oak, funk, acidic ripple.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a sharp puckering bite.
Good bracing sour ... not of this Vault City sweet shop bollocks for the kids!

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

26th August 2025
Near clear pale tan beer, small bubbly cream colour head, doesn't last. Some solvent aspects to the snout - hmmm! It does calm down a bit after a few mins but
, it's never enticing in my book Light crisp palate, semi dry. Thin bodied malts, bringing just a very small side serving of sweetness. Bright sharp lemon is stopped from getting out of hand by the judicious Bourbon barrelling, soft oaky vanilla and soft ripe bourbon soaked fruits do wonders for the balance of this one. Elderflower kinda dances round the edges and leads to a crisp tart finish. Interesting brew. The nose is not great but, thankfully has no discernable bearing on the flavour. So very nearly too tart for me and yet, the barrelling just about keeps it under control. The 11% abv slides on by. Overall, a good job. For me, even more barrelling would be better and, somehow get that nose sorted.

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