14/5/2022. Can shared by SHIG, cheers. Pours very dark brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of milky coffee, vanilla, chocolate custard, cocoa, light roasted malt, hint of mushroom. Medium sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Moderate body, slightly creamy, soft carbonation. Quite liked it.

Can from The Misty Bottle. It pours clear brown with a dissipating white head. The aroma is quite of earthy, green, savoury/ umami vibes, then some fresh piney hops, biscuit and orange marmalade. The taste is dry, bitter, earthy, piney, sappy, resin, biscuit, green, umami, savoury, touch of saltiness, orange marmalade and light spice with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Wasn't sure what to expect, but it works somehow.

Can at Rasaay Distillery. It pours clear pale straw yellow / gold with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is quite savoury actually, salted crackers, minerality, mellow rhubarb and a touch of sherbet. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, puckering, sour, savoury, minerality, slightly lactic, rhubarb, salted cracker, drying, light tannin, twist of lemon - lime, sherbet and refreshers. Finish is firmly dry. Average body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Crisp and puckering. Refreshing stuff.

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 07/05/22. Black with a good sized lasting khaki cap. Nose is coffee grinds, chocolate, light spice, dark malts, roasted notes, brown sugar dusting. Taste comprises chocolate, light ashen notes, coffee grinds, charr, tangy dark fruit rinds, mellow roast. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent coffee laden stout.

Can thanks to MrsSHIG: Poured a dark brown black with a creamy light brown head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, coffee beans, chocolate, molasses. Taste is roasted coffee, rich malts, hints of chocolate, bitterness bite but a smooth finish.

3/12/2021. Can sample courtesy of SHIG. Pours clear pale gold with a small frothy white head. Aroma of herb, gherkin, light rhubarb, sea salt, starch, touch of spice. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness, medium sour. Moderate body, oily watery texture, average carbonation. Not a big fan.

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 19/11/21. Clear golden with a good sized lasting just off white head. Nose is tangy citric peel, herb, grass, grains, hedgerow. Taste comprises herb, sea salt, lemon tinged straw, green berry must, rhubarb leaf. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light puckering kiss. Decent enough refreshing sour.

Can: Poured a carbonated fizzy golden with a white fast dissipating head. Aroma is rhubarb, fruity, custardy. Taste is rhubarb, loads of salt breaking thru, grain balance, cereal.

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 28/10/21. Almost clear orange golden with an off white cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is straw, orange peel, melon, light herb. Taste comprises bitter orange, straw, grains, grass, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow hop bitterness. Ok stuff.

12/11/2021. Can sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Pours almost clear golden orange with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of orange, citrus, caramel, hay, touch of herb. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, above average carbonation. Quite decent.