Black Ale
Prancing Pony Brewery in Totness, South Australia, Australia 🇦🇺
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.99
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This dark ale is between an ‘American Black Ale’ and ‘American Stout’ according to British Ale Style Guide. Designed with reduced burned roast astringency and low on dry roast bitterness finishing normally found in stouts, this Black Ale has been crafted with a balanced towards rich roasted malty flavours, coffee, chocolate, liquorice and molasses. Late, lingering with moderate bitterness to balance the initial sweetness.
A big body yet light and easy to drink. Ideally matched with slow cooked meat dishes like shanks, beef cheeks, stews and bakes, this ale is also a favourite with desserts.
A big body yet light and easy to drink. Ideally matched with slow cooked meat dishes like shanks, beef cheeks, stews and bakes, this ale is also a favourite with desserts.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample (thanks omhper!). Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is nutty, some toasted and smoked tones, dried fruits and mild toffee. Flavour is dried fruits, toffee, some toasted and nutty tones.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2022
at 11:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Thx Per for sharing! Very dark brown body, misty, off-white head. Interesting, pungent aroma, caramel, dried fruit, some sweetish citrus, creamy. Sweetish body, caramelly, citrus, feels a bit on the older side, creamy enough, milk caramel, light bitterness. Not heavy, not bad.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2022
at 09:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
--Canned, from Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. -- Dark brown, mid sized head. Aroma of caramel, licorice and citrus. Mid sweet with solid body and rounded mouthfeel. Caramel, licorice, coffee, citrus and pine. Resinous bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2022
at 21:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
I don't know what happened to Black IPAs. I miss them so much, especially when I stumble across one as good as this. Lots of toasty malt combined with more decadent notes of raisin and spice, plus grapefruit and pine. A very nice black IPA.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2021
at 11:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Taps Beer Bar, Changkat, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a mostly lasting thin off white head. The aroma is roasty malt, sweet toffee caramel, liqouirce, light coffee, chocolate. The flavour is moderate liquorice bitter, light sweet, with a smooth, rich, roasty, liqouirce, light dry coffee, charcoal palate and a long liqouirce bitter finish. Medium with average to soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2019
at 16:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle) Pours Black with tiny tan head. Pleasant toasty aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Taste has a nice balance of bitter burnt sugar / dark toffee, and restrained dried fruit sweetness. Long bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2018
at 14:09
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel hoppy aroma. Slightly roasted malty caramel hoppy bitter flavor. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2018
at 09:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330mml. bottle. Probada el 27/01/2018 en el "Manchester Camra Beer & Cider Festival". Color intenso marrón oscuro con una espuma de color ceniza bastante compacta. Aroma de granos de café tostados, maltas tostadas y chocolate negro. El sabor destaca por las notas ahumadas tanto de las maltas como de los granos del café. El retrogusto final es bastante ahumado y amargo. De trago largo y carbonatación media. Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2018
at 09:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black with lasting creamy head. Aroma and flavour have some fruity malts and some blackberries at first. Later there's dark chocolate and heavily roasted malts.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2018
at 21:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 500ml. @ Chris and Ruth's House, London. [ As Prancing Pony Black Ale ].Clear dark red brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, bread, roasted, sweet malt, overriped dark fruit, light raisin, light plum. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, raisin, roasted, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20161202] 7-3-8-3-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2017
at 02:09