Can at home, from HOTM online, 16/10/2025.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting frothy white head.
Nose is juicy tropical fruit esters, grass, mandarin, melon, papaya, floral whisper.
Taste comprises orange pith, grapefruit, light stone fruit twist, grass, pine needle, mandarin, ripe melon.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Tidy IPA.

Can at home, picked up from the Royston, Broadstairs, 16/10/2025.
Murky orange yellow topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is bitter tropical fruit esters, Nelson whisper, grass, stone fruit.
Taste comprises orange pith, lychee, guava, pine resin, grapefruit.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Solid punchy pale.

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 16/10/2025.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a light beige cap that dissipates to a swirl.
Nose is dates, raisins, bourbonics, toasted brown sugar, fruit cake mix, light spice.
Taste comprises dark malts, fruit cake, bourbon rip, figs, prunes, toffee.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid sipper.

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 16/10/2025.
Lighter shade of black topped with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is tangy dark fruit rinds, coffee vibes, dark malts, just a little too much of a tang about it that I wasn't expecting.
Taste comprises Tiramisu coffee mix, booze, brown sugar melt, dark malts.
Full bodied, oily feel, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Okay sipper but not as good as the others from VC of this ilk, lacks balance and cohesion in that is smelt overly tangy then delivered overly sweet on the flavour front.
Tasted a lot better when I blended it with some Kees BA barley wine!

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 16/10/2025.
Deep mahogany brown topped with a beige cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is big on bourbon, spice, tangy fruit esters, toffee, oak.
Taste comprises caramel, dried fruit esters, dates, light vinous notes, bourbon kissed oak.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close
Tidy sipper but not from the top drawer of the BA BW family.

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 16/10/2025.
Mahogany brown topped with a lasting beige head.
Nose is caramel wafer, dark malts, biscuit, cocoa powder, toasted brown sugars.
Taste comprises toffee fudge, dark malts, light spice, dark malts, toasted sugars, chocolate biscuit.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Not bad ... bitter sweet balance works well.

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 16/10/2025.
Murky orange topped with a lasting just off white head.
Nose is bitter orange, grass, Nelson chimes, pine resin, dank spike, lychee.
Taste comprises stone fruit, gooseberries, grass, pine resin, grapefruit.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come resinous NZ forward hop bitterness.
Solid punchy hop shizzle.

Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Copper pour topped with a thin white crown.
Nose is stewed fruits, grains, hedgerow, a touch old skool and twiggy.
Taste comprises brown bread, biscuit, fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Passable cask affair.