Panda at home, thanks to SHIG,12/09/2026.
Black with a khaki head that dissipates to a swirl.
Nose is big on coffee grinds, dark malts, charr, spice, roasted tones.
Taste comprises roast malts, less coffee than on the nose, charr, chocolate, spice.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Tidy stout.

Can: Poured a pitch black with a brown head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, chocolate, coffee. Taste is rich roasted malts, hint of coffee bean, chocolate, silky finish.

a: hazy golden coloured body | crazy gushing out of the top of the can, but leaves only a touch in the actual glass when poured immediately!
a: biscuits | stone fruits | resin
f: honey | dank | bitter finish
t: fresh-cut grass | perfume | slightly sweet end
o: older school | rich malts | PNW hop-forward

12 ounce can | Total Wine: Arlington (Ballston), Virginia | 27-April-2026 | US$2,79 | no can date | sampled: 25-June-2026 after the last US Men's Soccer Match in the group stage (loss to Turkey) in celebration of my wife, Amanda (not Ananda)

Drinkable Mexican-style amber lager, with initial notes of toasted bread and caramel, followed by a gentle floral bitterness and a rather drab fade. Eh.

Perfectly fine light beer, not too sweet, with a good amount of toasted grain notes and a hint of floral bitterness. Good for what it is.

Can. Pours extremely hazy dark yellow with a foamy off-white head, citrus peel aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter citrusy taste with faint pineapple, smooth body, long finish. Solid NEIPA.

Refrigerated 12 oz can poured into a glass mug. Clear yellow with big white head. Aroma is light malt, light body, medium carbonatikn, and little lacing. Taste is light malt and crisp slightly floral hops.

12 oz can. Pours a copper/amber color with a largish off-white head that has fair retention. The aroma is medium in strength with some roasted grains, caramel and some peppery herb. The taste is mild roasted grains, breads, herbs and some caramel. Bitterness somewhat higher than I usually expect in a marzen. Palate is medium and crisp/ Finishes short with some lingering hoppiness. Overall: Decent Oktoberfest brew.

2$ can. Pour is a clear dull pale. Decent fading white head. Somewhat bright citrus pilsner nose. First taste is quite citrus as well. Brighter pils medium bitter bite. Says there is honey in there and maybe I am catching a passing hint of it. Could use a but more carbonation. Perhaps a little better than I was expecting, considering the label, I was thinking it may be a boozy baltic pils but now I see its only 4.5%. Go figger. Not bad. In the end the bitter pils bite begins to build with a medium long finish.

Meh. This hazy has surprisingly weak hops. There’s malty sweetness and some hop resin and citrus with mild bitterness. It tastes like a dull blend of underwhelming flavors though, drinkable but thoroughly meh. Maybe it’s too old.