6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
28/10/2025. Cask at Norwich Beer Festival (Waterfront). Cloudy pour. Quite sweet. Wheaty. Husky. Straw. Orange. Herbal. Caramel. Likeable.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2025
at 17:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Grumbo's, cheers! Pours brown with a off white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of dried fruits, caramel, bread & rich malt. Medium body. Sweet moderate bitter finish. Highly enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2025
at 07:51
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the great British winter beer festival. A hazed orange golden coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is clove, wheaty grains, light apple, clove, streaw Flavour is composed of semi sweet, mealy apple, light brown sugars, wheat, orange, cinnamon.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Dec 2024
at 23:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Clear amber colour, light tan foamy head and aroma of malt, fruitcake, toffee. Taste is sweet, malty, fruitcake, toffee, caramel, bready, grainy, with some earthy nutty bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying tangy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2024
at 19:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample thanks to Grumbo, shared with Jeremy at his place. Pours a deep brown, large off-white head. Aroma is malty, fruitcake, some toffee. Continues to taste, with some leathery malt notes emerging, nicely flavoursome. Not bad at all.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2024
at 20:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
10th April 2024, mega tasting with minutemat, shared Panda from Grumbo. Red hue to the brown body, decent off-white head. Nice 'boozy' brew with malty front, even if he has used 12 different hop varieties. Liked it.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2024
at 19:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Graham Grumbo, 28/03/24. Mahogany brown with a good sized light beige cap that veers to the edge over time. Nose is stewed fruits, nutty, dark malts, herb, biscuit, grains. Taste comprises toffee, fruit cake mix, light spice, brown bread crusts, dates. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close Tidy well brewed Strong Ale.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2024
at 20:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16/3/2024. Bottle from Bungay farmers market, shared with Darren. Pours cloudy copper brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is malty, bready, hoppy, dried fruit, fruit cake, caramel. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, average carbonation. Very smooth, slight dry finish. Sweet warming boozy notes. Enjoyed this a lot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2024
at 23:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
10/11/2023. Cask at the 11th Beccles Autumn Beer Festival. Norfolk #550. Pours very dark mahogany brown with a small bubbly off-white to beige head. Aroma is roasted, chocolate, malts, dark fruits, ashy edge. Fairly sweet with moderate roasted bitterness and body. Slightly watery, average to soft carbonation. Quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2023
at 17:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
10/11/2023. Cask at the 11th Beccles Autumn Beer Festival. Pours clear dark golden with a small bubbly just off-white head. Seem to have lost my other notes. But it was fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2023
at 17:41