With Joost, thanks pal!
wyzzywyz22 (5998) ticked Factotum from Pomona Island Brew Co. 3 months ago
Apple and wine aroma some caramel and brown sugars. Hints from the barrel. Slight alcohol.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Panda from Colin. Cheers. Hazy dark gold. Frothy foamy translucent white head. Aroma has stone fruit sweetness and a dry citrus sour edge. Flavourwise it's initially sweet and juicy, sugary, before a bitterness sweeps through. Sour edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft lazily fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Enjoyable HPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can at home, from HOTM online, 17/01/2026.
Hazed orange topped with a white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is juicy tropicana, grass, melon, pineapple.
Taste comprises orange pith, grapefruit, pine resin, grass, mandarin, papaya.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Growler. Hazy light golden. Super juicy, oats, sugary, candy, spruce. Solid sweet, light bitter. Creamy smooth body.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can. Pours slightly hazy darkish straw with airy white head. Clear aroma of hops and citrus, with touches of spruce and malt. Bitter, hoppy and piney flavour with notes of citrus and sweetish touches of malt, fruit and yeast. Bitter and citric aftertaste with fruity touches. A nice one.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can, 7.1%. Good fruity and juicy aroma with notes of grapefruit. Hazy dark golden colour. Fizzy and unstable white head. The flavour starts off surprisingly bitter with notes of grapefruit. Also a little sweeter than expected with some acid to balance. Rather in-your-face, but clean and nicely flavourful.
Olut (22183) reviewed Garçon Means Boy from Pomona Island Brew Co. 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Garçon DOES mean boy, only in modern parlance does it mean waiter. A hazy paler golden coloured and noticeably carbonated brew. It has initial tropical tasting American hops, which relent to produce a full-on pine aftertaste that lingers with a small dryness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can at home, from HOTM online, 15/01/2026.
Deep golden amber topped with a good sized light egg shell white head.
Nose is caramel malts, grass, citric tinged straw, orange peel, hint of bubblegum.
Taste comprises caramel, biscuit, candied orange peel, citric tinged straw, light pine nip
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close spiked with grassy hop bitterness.
It's fine ... in an old skool way ... would I revisit ...probs not.