Black Panda
Vinohradský Pivovar in Prague, Prague, Czechia 🇨🇿
Lager - Dunkel / Tmavý Special|
Score
7.02
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Dark Lager
Black Panda breaks the stereotypes about dark lagers. It turned out great, not sweet, and is wonderfully drinkable and refreshing. You’ll notice roasted malt, which adds interesting notes of roasted coffee beans. The distinct hop aroma of the fine Saaz and the stronger Premiant hops supports a higher, yet not overpowering bitterness, and a pleasant carbonation. We don’t brew this type of beer often, so don’t hesitate to try it – it’s worth it.
Fermentation: Bottom
Plato: 14
Water: Prague City Water
Malts: Carafa special, Caramunich, Munich, Pilsner, Wheat
Hops: Premiant, Saaz
Black Panda breaks the stereotypes about dark lagers. It turned out great, not sweet, and is wonderfully drinkable and refreshing. You’ll notice roasted malt, which adds interesting notes of roasted coffee beans. The distinct hop aroma of the fine Saaz and the stronger Premiant hops supports a higher, yet not overpowering bitterness, and a pleasant carbonation. We don’t brew this type of beer often, so don’t hesitate to try it – it’s worth it.
Fermentation: Bottom
Plato: 14
Water: Prague City Water
Malts: Carafa special, Caramunich, Munich, Pilsner, Wheat
Hops: Premiant, Saaz
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Toasted and light roasted malty, with notes of caramel, cocoa sprinkle, oats biscuits, toasted bready malts, medium body, drying light bitter edge, malty finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Hop House - City
on 28 Sep 2025
at 14:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
50cl can. Pours very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma of caramel, bready and roasted malts. Taste of roast malts, caramel, chocolate, brown bread, light sweet, light bitterness. Medium body. Nice.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 30 Aug 2025
at 23:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
500 ml can, from Vinmonopolet Sandnes Kvadrat. ABV is 5.4%. Very dark reddish brown colour, nearly black. Large beige head. Aroma of caramel and brown bread, hints of dust. The flavour is not too sweet, but has notes of roast malts, brown bread, caramel, coffee and burnt breadcrumbs. Distinct bittering hops in the finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Vinmonopolet Sandnes, Kvadrat
on 02 Aug 2025
at 00:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Med body, med carbo. Med-high bitterness, roasty, chocolatey, pleasant. Med-light sweetness and caramel. That is pretty much it, yeast and hops in the background, quite clean ferm. Tasty, classic dark lager.
Tried
from Can
at
Vinohradský Pivovar
on 25 Jul 2025
at 14:01
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours black or close to, with reddish hints if seen through light. Doesn't get much head, off-white with yellowish hints, but shows decent retention and some lacing. Not much intensity in the aroma: caramel malts with perhaps a hint of nuttiness, an underlying soft cola-like feel, but also a not too timid dry floral hops feel; perhaps a hint of roasted malts/coffee, but very distant. Taste notes follow the aroma closely, coffee a bit more apparent but still mild. There's a bit of contrast between the sweet edging mouthfeel and the quite dry and slightly bitter finish/aftertaste, but it still felt well integrated to me. Good taste definition. A bit more intensity than the aroma suggested, but still quite delicate on the overall. Light to medium body, low to medium, delicate carbonation, quite easy going and a bit soft/smooth. Nailed it.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jul 2025
at 10:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Drukket på Lillehøgda.
Tried
from Can
from
Vinmonopolet Tromsø, Langnes
on 11 Jul 2025
at 18:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Medium, stable yellow-cream head over deep mahogany coloured beer; some lacerings. Chocolate, chestnut flour, pastry, smelling sweetish. Taste however goes more towards dry-bitter, even ashy notes, dry wood, dried black chocolatebar. Bitter leaves & -wood, dark grains & malts. Not big bodied of course, but still chewy. Well carbonated, slick and lively at the same time. Nice beer! Was a good idea to take this fabricated-on-the-spot fourpack of the beers not tried in situ with me. Idea for some other breweries!
Tried
from Can
at
Vinohradský Pivovar
on 06 Jul 2025
at 07:54
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Utseende: Sort.
Lukt: Malt, krydder.
Smak: Malt, krydder.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-6-6-6-6=6.3, Draft@100ml, ABV@5.4%, Når@2025.06.14.
Hvor: DGB Invitational 2025
Navn: Black Panda
Stil: LAGER - DUNKEL / TMAVÝ
Bryggeri: Vinohradský Pivovar
Lukt: Malt, krydder.
Smak: Malt, krydder.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-6-6-6-6=6.3, Draft@100ml, ABV@5.4%, Når@2025.06.14.
Hvor: DGB Invitational 2025
Navn: Black Panda
Stil: LAGER - DUNKEL / TMAVÝ
Bryggeri: Vinohradský Pivovar
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2025
at 16:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks. A clear reddy brown coloured pour with a lasting frothy beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, nutty brown bread,. Singed smoke, birch smoke, nutty brown bread, bitter palate is semi sweet, grainy, mellow carbonation. Ok
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2025
at 21:33