7.6

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

5th March 2025
Can. A medium haze on this orange gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Smooth pale malts, a forward creamy sweetness does it's best to be dominant but the hops here show them who's boss. Light cooling pine into a tangy bitterness and some savoury skunk. Soft citrus, a touch of bitterish melon, some suggestions of tropical fruits. Smooth finish delivers some juicy hop fruits. Good stuff, I think more could have been done with this very good quintet of hops but, overall a good all round hop character dipa.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5

5th March 2025
Can. A mild haze on this yellowish gold beer, small pale cream colour head. A light and crisp palate, mildly dry. Smooth if slightly thin feeling malts, sweet enough. Nice trio of hops. Light crisp pine intro into a lovely balance of juicy stone fruits and citrus. Natural stone fruit tang. Quite a peachy back end along with a mild hop spice nibble. Bright and satisfying.

7.4

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

Keg at The Hop Vault, Stourbridge, 28/02/2025.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a lasting light tan cap.
Nose is roast malts, toffee, charr, chocolate, dried fruit rinds.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, dates, charr, roast malts.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Decent porter.

7.5

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

Keg at the Hop Vault, Stourbridge, 28/02/2025.
Pale golden blonde topped with a white head that thins to the edge.
Nose is dusty hops, grass, ripe tropical fruit esters.
Taste comprises sharp tropical fruits, pine needle, grass, papaya, pale malts.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with grassy come lightly danko hop bitterness.
Solid IPL.

7.3

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

7.6

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

26th February 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. Near clear amber beer with a small bubbly pale tan head. Light palate, semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Malts bring a pretty modest creamy sweetness and a fair dose of unsweet caramel. Dry piney hop intro into mild skunk a reasonably bright citrus peel. Light crisp finish leaves a mild bitter linger. For me a good West Coaster, goes right up to the boundary of what annoys me about this style but never crosses it, stays coherent and pretty darn suppable.

7.9

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

7.8

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

500ml can. Hazy golden, white head. Aroma of gooseberries, grape, grapefruit, tropical fruit. Taste has a big NZ hop hit up front, lots of gooseberry and grape, a touch of the savoury Riwaka, grapefruit, tropical fruits, strong pithy hop bitterness. Medium bodied.

7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

16th February 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. A light haze on this yellow gold beer, very short lived off white head. Palate is light and semi dry, reasonable fine minerally carbonation. Thin pale malts, fairly sweet. Light cooling pine into thin but mildly bright citrus. Some Luminosa goodness on the back end which elevates this fairly average beer into pretty decent territory. A thin and semi dry finish..