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

Panda at home, thanks to Ed Danlo, 29/06/24. Dark mahogany brown with a beige cap that thins to a spiders web swirl. Nose is cocoa powder, tobacco, spice, mellow roast, liquorice, toffee. Taste comprises dark malts, pouch tobacco, modest rum tones, spice, dried fruits, light coconut shavings. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Okay porter.

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

440ml can from Three Brothers. Dark chestnut brown colour, thin beige rim and aroma of rum, vanilla, coconut. Taste is sweet, malty, roasty, rum, with coconut, vanilla, dusty milk chocolate, spice hint and some woody tangy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying malty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

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

440ml can from Three Brothers. Bright golden colour, which foam head and aroma of marshmallow, musk. Taste is malt, white chocolate, marshmallow, cake, with tangy bitterness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, drying chocolatey malty finish. Quite drinkable.

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

Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts. Pours clear pale gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light tropical fruit and biscuit. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish.

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

Cask @ Microbus, Gateshead. Dark amber-brown with next to no head. Good dark malt character in aroma, somewhat sweeter in taste, with underlying chocolate notes.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Half-pint, cask ale at Gas Works BrewBar. Shared with Finn. Opaque golden body, fine lacing from a declining white head. Moderate aromas of soft fruits, mid-sweet. Peachy taste joined by light malty sweetness. Soft ripe fruity ending, short. Accepted. (Manchester, 24.03.2024).

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

Hand-pulled pint in the Old Swan, Gargrave on 7th April 2024. Misty pale urine yellow with a soft white head. Sweet tropical fruits in both the nose and taste, pineapple leading the way. Interesting, but too sweet really.

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

Hand-pulled pint in the Old Swan, Gargrave on 7th April 2024. Amber body, white crown which hung around. Malty front with a semi-sweetness that soon disappeared when the bittering hops arrived. Decent!