Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 14/10/2025.
Murky orange topped with a just off white cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is gooseberries, pine resin, lychee, hop spice, dank chimes, NZ hop fumes.
Taste comprises bitter orange, grass, pine resin, white grape, stone fruit, grapefruit.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splice with danko come resinous hop bitterness allied to a balanced rising boost.
Top drawer DIPA.

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

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

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

8th October 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin and also a can I managed to double up on. Hazy yellowish gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, a little dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied pale malts deliver a very light creamy sweetness that seems pitched just right for this IPA. Crisp cooling pine hop salvo into stone fruity and pineapple juicy brightness that is well rounded off by coconut. Crisp cooling pine finish. A fine and refreshing IPA. If I had tasted this blind, I reckon Sabro would have been the first word I said. Mosaic, on the other hand, well probably the fiftieth. A perfect illustration of the varying degrees of weight individual hops carry and, another example of how faded Mosaic is these days. Sometimes a batch comes along and shows you what this hop consistently was back in the day but, this ain't that batch.

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

6th October 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. A mild to medium haze on this gold beer, small and short lived pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, a good fine minerally crispness. Light bodied malts brings a mild but smooth sweetness. Smooth cooling pine. Savoury green hop and mild bitterness and mild hop spice. Light bright juicy citrus but very much second fiddle to the green hop aspects. Light finish leaves a bitterish linger. Very much a green hop brew.

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

5th October 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. A mild haze on this gold beer, very small and very short lived bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light smooth malts, a nice light creamy sweetness. Cooling pine hops overlay a nice hop fruity array. Citrus, stone fruits, mild tropical fruits. A hop spice nip on the semi dry finish.

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

4th October 2025
A mild to medium haze on this gold beer, small and short lived pale cream colour head. Light smooth palate, mildly dry, good superfine minerally carbonation. Light bodied pale malts, a light bodied but effective creamy sweetness. Crisp cooling pine. A mild savoury skunk. Riwaka exotic barely nameable fruits are immediately obvious. Warhorses Citra and Galaxy fill in the background with a good broad spectrum hop fruity goodness. Nelson comes through on the back end with a light and slightly tart grape. Smooth finish leaves a long hop spicy and juicy hop fruit linger. Tres good.

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

Can online from HoTM. Pours hazed yellow orange with white foam. Aroma: stone fruit, gooseberries, pine. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, stone fruits, white grape, gooseberries, pine. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Eggers strikes agin, tidy.

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Can from The Beer Cave. Hazy golden body with a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of peach and straw. Flavour of lime, melon and a bitter, hoppy finish. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. A juicy, nicely bitter IPA.