Panda from Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Dark brown colour, biege bubby head and aroma of christmas cake, almonds, marzipan, spices. Taste is sweetish, malty, candied citrus, christmas cake, almond, with spice, zesty, and some bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying citric almondy spiced bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Cask at Ebenezers, Crewe. Pours a cloudy dark amber with minimal off-white head and good lacing. There’s rye and hops in the aroma, but even together it is somewhat weak. In the mouth there is a gentle sweetness overlaid on a strongly bitter base. Rye is the main flavour along with pine, floral hops and black bread. Some hints of hazelnuts later as well leading to a dry and nutty finish. This is reasonable.

500 ml can, from Vaaland 1889, Bryne. ABV is 4.2%. Deep golden to orange colour, slightly hazy , with a moderate but lasting white head. Moderate malty aroma, hints of earthy hops. Fairly complex flavour for its low ABV: malts, caramel, toffee, stewed fruits, plenty of earthy bittering hops throughout. Not too sweet. Might buy again.

Panda from Colin Bois. Cheers. Opaque cola brown. Thin foamy beige head. Aroma is spicy with a sweetness to this, over dark cake dough. Gluey. Flavourwise the spice adds a tingle over mocha bitterness and underlying malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Decent.

Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 03/05/2026.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, dark malts, herb, spice, dried fruit rinds.
Taste comprises cake mix, cocoa powder, faint liquorice, light spice, dark malts.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Fun enough pastry that pulls of the Eccles cake fairly well.

Can. Quite heavily roasted coffee aroma and flavor, with a touch of dark chocolate. Smooth, pleaesant and actually quite tasteful, although it took me a couple of sips to reach that conclusion. Sort of one-dimensional, but nice indeed. 747314 260503

YG. Black color with a beige head. Aroma and flavor is roasted malt, sugar, coffee, licorice.