440ml can, bought as part of a delivery from the Fuss Club and drunk at home. The light side of Middle of the road yellow gold, hazy with a large loose ring of white head. Soft notes of melon, mango and vanilla in the aroma. Not overly sweet in the mouth but quite juicy, with tangerine and mango here. A little sharp bitterness in the finish. Pretty good stuff, maybe slightly too dry at the end for what I like in these beers.

2nd December 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. A medium haze on this slightly dark orange gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, a good fine minerally crispness. Light malts, bordering thin for the style but pretty sweet, flirting with too sweet. Hop spice nibbles from the get go. Cooling pine calms things down, a mellow - ripe Motueka key lime ensues. As always these days, desperately searching for signs of Nelson,a mild winey grape is pretty decent by 2024 standards. Light finish. Nice dipa, could have dialled back the malt sweetness a notch and either use a shit load more Motueka or add another hop methinks from a purely selfish perspective.

330ml panda from LCB. Hazy caramel-gold with consistent swirly white top. Aroma of mango, melon, pine and grass. Taste has an orange and mango, quite a zesty and green hop bitterness. Some pine and sugar. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Decent but a bit below Overtone's normal standard.

Can from LCB, unknown BBE. Hazy pale gold with decent white foam. Nice fruity tropical aroma of papaya, pineapple, hint of zest and funk. The latter is more notable in the flavour with pine, lemon zest and papaya. Bitter grapefruit like finish. Medium bodied, semi-drying, fine carbonation. A bit more punchy and funky than your average IPA so yeah the concept works here.