Dick Danger Ale
Dick's Brewing Company in Centralia, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.21
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The Original C.D.A., Dick Danger Ale is a non-intrusive dark ale that defies style guidelines.
A large percentage of black malt gives this distinctive ale its dark brown/black color and slightly roasted flavor. The Magnum hops provide a backbone of bitterness and large late additions of Mt. Hood hops lend good flavor and aroma in the finish. Dick Danger Ale is Dick’s Brewing flagship beer and is the first beer created by late Founder, Dick Young.
A large percentage of black malt gives this distinctive ale its dark brown/black color and slightly roasted flavor. The Magnum hops provide a backbone of bitterness and large late additions of Mt. Hood hops lend good flavor and aroma in the finish. Dick Danger Ale is Dick’s Brewing flagship beer and is the first beer created by late Founder, Dick Young.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pour is very dark blackish brown from draught. Mild coffee aromatics. Thin mouthfeel with some malts.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 00:52
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at WABF 2024, pours a deep dark amber brown with a small white head. Aroma is very restrained, with bready malt, some crusty notes, and subdued hops. Flavour is lightly hopped, with medium roast, earthy hops, and English bready malt. Doesn't taste like a black IPA or an English dark ale (the style it was called at this beer fest). For such an apparently seemingly beer, this is pretty forgettable and lacking oomph.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jun 2024
at 02:43
3.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottle: Bubbly brown with a gigantic tan head. Lactic caramel aroma. Taste is tangy.....caramel malt, sour wood and milk..... Not good at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2018
at 18:38
4.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Bottle. Sour milk, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Cloudy brown with large tan head. Moderately sweet light chocolate malt, moderately sour lactic acid, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Okay body. Not very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2017
at 20:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown with a near white head. A bit of dark fruit with some caramel malts. Not a lot of aroma, honestly. Thin to medium body. Has malt and fruit in the flavor. Not all that interesting but not bad.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2016
at 20:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft - Light toast and some dark fruits. Clear dark copper brown with a rich white head. Toast, light dark fruit and nice rich malts. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Apr 2015
at 13:20
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draught at Mukilteo Lodge
Brown color. It’s a bit malty, caramelly, bready, also some oxidization note; low bitterness.
The style is boring, but the beer is clean.
Brown color. It’s a bit malty, caramelly, bready, also some oxidization note; low bitterness.
The style is boring, but the beer is clean.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2014
at 20:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
The appearance had a brown colored body with a slim white foamy head that simmers down to a quick filmy lacy looking spotted head.
The smell was slightly grainy with a little nuttines and chocolate.
The taste had a mainly sweet nutty maltiness. The aftertaste is sweet nutty and malty. The finish is slightly dry yet sweet and lingering.
The palate was about a light to medium in body, and has a decent sessionability.
Overall, good English Brown Ale that I would have again.
The smell was slightly grainy with a little nuttines and chocolate.
The taste had a mainly sweet nutty maltiness. The aftertaste is sweet nutty and malty. The finish is slightly dry yet sweet and lingering.
The palate was about a light to medium in body, and has a decent sessionability.
Overall, good English Brown Ale that I would have again.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2014
at 16:04
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a deep brown with a thin off white colored head. Aroma is strong malts. Taste is roasted malt, slight watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2012
at 20:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear dark brown pour with a medium foamy beige head that evaporates steadily to a film. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasty malt and caramel. Light-bodied with a sweet character and notes of malt, toffee and Trix cereal. The finish is short and malty with a somewhat cloying sweetness left behind. Just average overall.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2012
at 20:15