Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 04/08/24. Clear light golden blonde with a just off white head that soon escapes. Nose is grass, light herb, savoury notes, orange zest, mineral note. Taste comprises orange zest, light stone fruits, guava, mandarin, papaya, NZ hop punch. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close spiked with balanced juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness. Decent enough IPA ... not a great nose but the flavour profile turned it around.

Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 04/08/24. Murky orange with a just off white head that stays for the show. Nose is orange zest, grapefruit, light hop spice, grass, pine needle, melon. Taste comprises orange pith, mango pulp, grapefruit, mixed tropicana, mango, soft malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness. Tidy DIPA.

473ml can. Murky, yellow-ish, golden colour with average to huge, frothy to creamy, osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, wheaty and oaty malty as well as citrusy and tropical fruity, minimally zesty, hoppy aroma, rather homogeneous fruitiness with aspects of mango, lemon and orange, some dankness, some grapefruit rind. Taste sweet-ish, wheaty and oaty malty, citrusy fruity and slightly tropical fruity hoppy, notes of mango, lemon, orange, mandarine, zesty hints of orange peel and grapefruit rind. Creamy texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation. Intense, flawless, but finally not outstanding, not original, not inventive among the numerous very good Imperial NEIPAs available today - high level standard in a way.

Foamy off white head left a spotty cover on a milky hazy golden coloured body. Pineapple & mango aroma. Medium bodied, soft with a foamy clean back. Mango, pineapple, nectarine & berry tastes with a peppery hopped finish & some burn on the aft. Excellent.

31st July 2024
CBJ Bottleshare. Can thanks to Wingman. Hazy orange gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Airy creamy malts, fairly sweet. Soft pine. Slightly ripe orange and tangerine and mandarin. Light finish. Decent. No wow factor for me, none at all.