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Theydon_Bois

Hazlemere, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Supporter Admin
Likes a tick and has been doing it since 1990.

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home, from HOTM online, 22/03/2026.
Moderately hazed golden orange topped with a just off white head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is juicy tropical fruit flesh, papaya, hint of mango, pine tickle.
Taste comprises orange pith, grapefruit, pine resin, mandarin, tangerine, grass, hint of gooseberries.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Tidy IPA.
Tried on 22 Mar 2026 at 15:17


7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to the Graham Grumbo, 22/03/2026.
Murky brown topped with a tan cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is fruit cake mix, caramel, herb, hint of chocolate.
Taste comprises dried fruit rinds, lick of booze, spice, caramel, raw fruit.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, drying close with a spike of alcohol.
Okay sipper if a little raw and unrefined.
Tried on 22 Mar 2026 at 14:54

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to the Graham Grumbo, 22/03/2026.
Clear copper with a light beige cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is bramble berry, hedgerow, herb, grains, berry pips.
Taste comprises mellow berry fruits, blackberries, grass, hedgerow, grains.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a light tang at the end.
Okay drop.
Tried on 22 Mar 2026 at 14:50

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Panda at home, thanks to the Graham Grumbo, 22/03/2026.
Hazed reddish amber topped with a big old light beige head.
Nose is stewed fruits, tannins, biscuit, woodland notes, herb.
Taste comprises fruit slice, caramel, dried red berries, herb, grains, toffee.
Medium bodied, prickly carbonation, semi drying close.
Massively over carbed which lets this one down for me.
Tried on 22 Mar 2026 at 14:46

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6
Panda at home, thanks to the Graham Grumbo, 22/03/2026.
Reddish amber topped with a lasting beige head.
Nose is dusty fruits, orchard tones, biscuit, brown bread.
Taste comprises biscuit, fruit slice, caramel, light herb.
Medium bodied, flight spritzy carbonation, semi drying close.
Not bad.
Tried on 22 Mar 2026 at 14:42

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5 Texture 7 Overall 5
Panda at home, thanks to the Graham Grumbo, 22/03/2026.
Moderately hazed golden to copper topped with a lasting creamy white head.
Nose is tangy fruits, breads, grains, hedgerow.
Taste comprises fruit slice, tangy edge, hedgerow, straw.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
So so affair ... a little raw and disjointed.
Tried on 22 Mar 2026 at 14:35

6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 7 Overall 5.5
Panda at home, thanks to the Graham Grumbo, 22/03/2026.
Golden copper pour topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is mellow citric, light perfume, biscuit, breads.
Taste comprises tangerine, grass, herb, straw.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light fruit tang to the close.
Passable.
Tried on 22 Mar 2026 at 14:27

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to the Graham Grumbo, 22/03/2026.
Moderately hazed golden orange topped with a lasting creamy white cap.
Nose is mellow citric zest, melon, pale malts, light breads.
Taste comprises grass, green berry nip, citric tinged straw, pale and bready malts, lychee.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy hopped up lager.
Tried on 22 Mar 2026 at 14:20