Prancing Pony Brewery Hunt For Red Velvet

Hunt For Red Velvet

 

Prancing Pony Brewery in Totness, South Australia, Australia 🇦🇺

  Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Special
Score
6.73
ABV: 9.6% IBU: 62 Ticks: 8
Developed for GABS 2017, touted as a long-range flying carpet, propelled by a new, top secret fuel, code named Black Forest Cake Liquor, because that’s what it tastes like. Awarded Gold at the London International Beer Challenge. We’re bringing back the Hunt for Red Velvet once a year, a very limited edition.
 

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7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle, 9% ABV. Clear deep amber with a cm of pale beige head. Aroma of sourish cherries, macerated dried fruit, bread and/or cake. Some singed biscuity notes. Weird. Not a whole lot of body, smooth with carbonation on the low side of moderate - which suits it. Caramel and biscuit sweetness before fruity bitterness. Dried, berry and tropical notes seem more convincingly tied together after a sip or two. Odd but good.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2019 at 12:36


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

From a 330ml bottle on 6/1/2019 (label says 'Hunt for the Red Velvet, ABV 9.0%). Pours a murky amber with a small head. Has a modest aroma of burnt caramel and dark malt. Tastes sweet upfront - lots of caramel and dark fruit, followed by the sharpish, slightly vinous bitterness which not particularly roasty. It's a touch boozy and dessert like. Unusual and a bit of a mix between an IIPA and a scotch ale. Has a slick texture and moderate carbonaion. A pretty tasty sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2019 at 06:36


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared at DS Office 28/03/18. Many thanks!. A reddy amber brwon coloured pour with a lasting creamy beige head. Aroma is sweet toffee, brown sugars, light jammy fruits. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, brown sugars, toffee, light caramel, , jammy fruit. Palate is full bodied, sticky sweet, moderate creamy carbonation, . Not bad. LKittlw oody in the finish. Sweet and sticky.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2018 at 19:25


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle split at 36 Levels lost, thanks to Dave, 28/03/18. Rich amber with a decent beige covering. Nose is earthy malts, dusty hops, fruit rinds, brown bread. Taste comprises bitter citric peel, over ripe fruits, caramel, light spice, brown sugar, sweet tones. Full bodied, fine carbonation, sweet boosty close. So so offering .... lacks cohesion and comes across more like an American strong for me.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2018 at 08:54


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at L6, thanks Wingman. It pours hazy deep red brown with a medium beige head. The aroma is earthy, juicy, tangy, dried fruits, spiced, fruit cake, wood and orange muffin. The taste is dry, bitter, oily, sticky, toffee, cakey malts, sticky, chocolate, tart, tannin and some warming alcohol with a slick finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Not a black ipa, but ok.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2018 at 19:11


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared in Columbus - thanks to Wangman. Pours unclear brown with a creamy, yellow-tan head. The nose has toasted pine, ripe berries, toffee. Medium to big sweet flavour with lid oily pine bitterness, more caramel, brown bread. Full bodied, chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, sticky sweet, more toffee and caramel, ripe berries. Full-on stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2018 at 19:09



6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Taster at GABS Auckland 2017. Pours brown. Caramel, sherry, raisins, bourbon, oak. Very sweet, good bitterness, just so much boozy heat.

Tried on 16 Jun 2017 at 16:02