Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

12 oz. can from Total Wine. Happy New Beer! Pours a crystal clear dark bronze color with a khaki head and decent retention. Very little lacing. Caramel malt and toffee aroma. The taste follows the nose, with more toffee flavor than caramel. Nicely sweet. Smooth and clean. Medium-light body and medium-light carbonation. Not bitter. Tasty beer to start the new year!

Technically 10 years old in my first checkin of 2026!

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Stacks. Hazy ochre, small, foamy, white head. Intense aroma of papaya, pineapple, peach, thyme, shallot, cheese rind, diesel, gin, baba cake, dried orange peel. Taste has sweet peach, pineapple & mango turning towards bitter grapefruit, citrus pith, pepper & shallot with a subtle dank hashish note. Peppery & floral hops in the finish, quite an intense hop burn but still leaving room for juicy tropical fruits and bitter grapefruit. Warming gin-like alcohol and dank notes in the very end, slightly boozy, quite pungent all in all. Full body, fluffy texture, average carbonation. Intense, not the most refined example but bursting with flavour.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5

From a 355ml bottle on 31/12/2025 (shared with Ed and Butz). Pours a deep brown with a deep tan head that disappears quickly. Has a strong roasted coffee nose. Tastes of coffee, chocolate and brown sugar, finishing with a pleasant medium roasty bitterness. Has a silky slightly creamy mouthfeel with average carbonation. Balanced, lovely.

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

Thanks fonefan! Hazy golden colour, small white foamy head. Aroma is toffee, some citrus, some cheesy and mild dank hops as well as some grainy tones. Flavour is floral, some dank hops, toffee and mild biscuity tones. A bit spicy towards the finish. Quite a nice one.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Stacks. Hazy bright yellow, stable, foamy, white head. Aroma of orange rind, pineapple, papaya, lime, sherbet, coconut, fruit cake, scallion. Taste has sweet pineapple, papaya & peach over bitter citrus rind in a doughy, sherbetty malt body, tad spicy too. Bitter piney hops in the finish, lingering citrus pith, juicy stone fruit with a soft oniony hop burn. Medium body, fluffy texture, soft carbonation. Fairly juicy with a punch of hop burn.

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

Light roast and a touch of coffee. Dark brown, blackish pour with ok head. Mostly clean finish that cloys just a bit. Can.

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

Can at home picked up from hotm. A light hazed golden orange coloured pour with a sticky white head. Aroma is semi sweet, tangerine, midget gems, jammy orange rind, some biscuit. Flavour is composed of semi sweet. Juicy orange, tangerine, midget gems, juicy, mellow dank citrus.. Nice juicy citrus hops.