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

17th July 2025
Can. A mild to medium haze on this orange gold beer, small but tidy pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, a very mild viscosity, decent fine carbonation. Smooth pale malts, fairly light, a decent creamy sweetness. Soft pine. Pineapple and guava tropical fruits. Juicy citrus and stone underneath also, some mild but unwelcome esters, perhaps inevitable give the abv. Smooth finish brings a little tropical fruits vodka thing but, no alcohol heat or spice here, hides the 14% abv incredibly well. Just made me very tired?

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

17th July 2025
Panda thanks to Wingman. A mild to medium haze on this orange gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied pale malts, a modest sweetness. Hops bring modest pine and quite forward mandarin and tangerine that is also pretty tangy and not far off tart. Light semi dry finish leaves a very mild hop spice and tingling tangy citrus linger. Curious dipa but I can't deny I am enjoying the mandarin - tangerine thing.

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

Muddy orange-brown colour, medium-sized white head. Hoppy, a bit fruity aroma. Medium-bodied. Sweetish, fruity, a bit messy flavour. End of keg maybe.

Classic snake fruit.

Pairing with Jaws (1975), an appropriate Fourth of July film, and think some on here are doing a 1970s film challenge, so this is my entry.

🇺🇸 🦈 🍺

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

Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 30/06/2025.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting creamy white cap.
Nose is freshly squeezed orange, grapefruit, pine nibble, melon, grass.
Taste comprises juicy tropical fruits, modest hop spice, pine resin, guava, fresh orange, grapefruit.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spliced with balanced juice laden hop bitterness.
Tidy DIPA.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Panda at home, thanks to Dave, 28/06/2025.
Hazed orange topped with an off white covering that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, melon, ripe pineapple, grass, guava.
Taste comprises tarte citric shreds, shades of a sour IPA, tangy tropicana, grass, lychee.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation semi drying close spiked with grassy hop bitterness and strangely sour edge.
Not great.

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

Panda at home, thanks to Dave, 28/06/2025.
Murky orange topped with a big old lasting creamy white head.
Nose is orange zest, grapefruit, pine resin, grass, papaya.
Taste comprises freshly squeezed orange juice, grass, mandarin, guava, ripe melon, pine resin.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous hop bitterness allied to a balanced rising boost.
Solid kit ... nice fresh juice vibes and doesn't run overly sweet ... just lacks a touch of bitterness for me.

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

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