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

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

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 18/09/2025.
Hazed deep shade of orange topped with a light egg shell white covering that veers to the edge over time.
Nose is bitter orange, dank edged, grass, hop spice, pine nibble.
Taste comprises bitter tropical fruits, raw pineapple, grass, mandarin, grapefruit zest.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with light danko come resinous hop bitterness.
Tidy enough TIPA ... maintains a bitter balance.

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

3rd September 2025
Can. Hazy gold beer, small and short lived pale cream colour head. Light palate, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied pale malts. A good creamy sweetness. However, it sits slightly awkwardly against a flinty bitter hop profile. Crisp cooling pine. Light bright flinty bitter citrus. Mild stone fruits. Hard to pick up any Nelson. Light finish. Nothing bad about this but, we live in times of abundant quality DIPAs and this, for me, is behind the curve.