Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at The Hive, Crowthorne, 13th December 2025. Pours hazy yellow, aroma is citrus and tropical, taste was sweet, and a little boozy, not so good

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

[Cask at the Greyfriar, Reading.] A hazy straw coloured pour with a ring of white head; lemony aroma; smooth but rather thin in the mouth with some sharp lemon juice and a bready body; then a fresh lemony finish.

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

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 07/12/2025.
Moderately hazed golden orange topped with a just off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is bitter orange, pineapple, grass, pine nibble, dusty hops.
Taste comprises grapefruit, old skool vibes, grass, ripe melon, pine flicker.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with mellow juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Passable DIPA ... drinks okay but rather stuck firmly in 3rd gear!

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

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

Clear light chestnut. Thick foamy light beige head. Aroma combines chewy malts with low key berries for a Keg lager effect. Flavourwise it's quite sour- berries - with peripheral chewy malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Decent session bitter.

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

Cask at EBF Nov 25. Opaque cola brown. Frothy foamy beige head. Aroma is interesting... vinous and herbal over low key caramel. Flavourwise it is again quite sour with more peripheral caramel. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Not exactly what I was expecting but after the initial surprise it's not too bad.

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

2nd November 2025
Can. A light haze on this gold beer, small and short lived pale cream colour head. Light palate, smooth, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, a light creamy sweetness, some cereal. Cooling pine, mild citrus and stone fruits. A very mild bitterness before a light and semi dry finish. Clean, a tad sweet, for me, the lack of hop welly is the major issue. Overall, inoffensive but too polite for a dipa for me.

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

Can from the Low Cost Beer online shop. Pours murky yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of peach, pineapple and citrus. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.

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

[Cask at the Nags Head, Reading.] An attractive tawny brown pour with a close cream coloured head; rich earthy aroma; thin and dry in the mouth with some raisins and cola; then an earthy finish with some chocolate syrup.