7

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

Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

6.8

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

Can @ Martin tasting. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 221125

6.9

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

Keg at Smugglers Tavern, Fitzrovia. Opaque amber gold. Thin foamy translucent white head. Aroma is sour - tart citrus. Flavourwise it's also citrusy and tart. Clean, as it were. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-flat carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Nice.

7.6

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

7.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Panda from Colin. Cheers. Hazy pale gold. Foamy white head. Aroma has sweet and juicy citrus with a bitter streak. Underlying chewy malts. Flavourwise it's similar albeit less overtly sweet. Citrus. Bitter edge. Resin. Light spice. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Nice.

6.9

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

Keg at Woodworkers, Belfast, 14/11/2025.
Clear golden topped with an off white head.
Nose is pickle juice, herb, tangy lemon back notes, damp cloth.
Taste comprises pickled gherkins, damp straw, herb, dill, modest acidic spike.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light puckering bite.
Does what it is says on the tin.

7

Noord Ierland

7

Noord Ierland

7.8

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

440ml can. Cloudy, dark yellow-ish, golden colour with average to huge, fluffy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Fruity, minimally grassy and citrusy, hoppy aroma, minimally spicy, pale malty background, notes of melon, some lychee, whiffs of strawberry. Taste is moderately bitter, (tropical) fruity and slightly grassy, minimally citrusy fruity hoppy, sweet-ish, minimally spicy, pale and wheaty malty basis, notes of melon, lychee, some mango, orange peel; lingering, fruity and bitter finish.
Creamy-oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally greasy and cloying, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium to fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Rich and intense, good balance of sweet- and bitterness on a high level, dangerously drinkable - pretty good.