6.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Panda thanks to SHIG, split at the mini Tipple lockdown tasting, Hazlemere, 29/08/20. Very lightly hazed golden orange with a decent off white covering. Nose is tangerine, straw, grains, melon. Taste comprises pale malts, citric tinged straw, lemon rind, light citric sherbets. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close kissed with modest hop bitterness. Passable affair.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2020
at 09:30
6.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample thanks to Grumbo. Misty golden yellow. Aroma is rich sweet honey. Sweet floral medicinal honey character, fairly boozy.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2020
at 17:57
8/10
Liking this a lot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2020
at 23:54
7.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Wee bottle at home. Pours clear deep amber, nose is honey, spiced, taste is sweet, sticky honey, chewy. --- Beer merged from original tick of Mead Dark on 21 Nov 2020 at 17:25 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2020
at 20:31
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Golden colour, some short-lived white bubbles on top and aroma of sweet, cough medicine, candy. Taste is sweet, medicinal, tangy, honey, marzipan, plasticy, boozy. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carboation, dry boozy finish. Quite OK.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2020
at 20:37
6.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Panda pop thanks to Shig, supped a la home, 29/08/20. Almost clear golden orange with a decent off white head. Nose is tangerine, mango shreds, lychee, grass. Taste comprises grass, citric zest, papaya, lemon rind, toasted grains, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow hop bitterness. Not for a revisit but a passable sessionable pale.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2020
at 17:19
6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Panda pop thanks to Shig, supped a la home, 29/08/20. Lightly hazed golden amber with a decent off white head. Nose is light melon, grass, tangerine, straw. Taste comprises melon, light orange peel, grass, hint of pineapple, airy malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow hop bitterness. Decent enough fayre for the style but not a revisit.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2020
at 17:03
6.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda pop thanks to Shig, watching the first T20 vs Pakistan, 28/08/20. Washed out yellow with a fast collapsing crown of white bubbles that dissipate edgewards and vanish. Nose is prickly pear, honeydew melon, waxed paper, light booze. Taste comprises honey dollop, melon, cactus, grass, light alcohol. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Pretty basic fayre but a steady sipper.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2020
at 17:12
4.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts. Appearance - very flat, golden amber. No head. Nose - bread and orange. Taste - orange barley water again. Palate - light bodied, thin and flat. Overall - not as the brewer intended.
Earlier Rating: 7/23/2020 Total Score: 2.3
Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts. Appearance - amber and extremely flat. Nose - orange barley water and burnt bread. Taste - flat, burnt bread again and orange lozenge. Palate - light bodied, flat. Overall - not properly bottle conditioned so not what the brewer had intended.
Earlier Rating: 7/23/2020 Total Score: 2.3
Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts. Appearance - amber and extremely flat. Nose - orange barley water and burnt bread. Taste - flat, burnt bread again and orange lozenge. Palate - light bodied, flat. Overall - not properly bottle conditioned so not what the brewer had intended.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2020
at 13:46
6.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared with Grumbo: Poured a golden with no head. Aroma is medicinal, floral, honey. Taste is medicinal, pollen, bitter floral, waxy to plastic, loads of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2020
at 15:40