White Pony Microbirrificio
Client Brewer
in Piove di Sacco (PD),
Veneto,
Italy 🇮🇹
Associated Venue: White Pony Pub & Beershop
Established in 2012
oh6gdx (50921) reviewed Blend of Darkness from White Pony Microbirrificio 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample (thanks fonefan). Black colour small brown head. Aroma is fruity, some liquorice, mild toast, some wood and a wee bit smoke/roast. Flavour is big time ashes with some smoke, liquorice, super sweet alcohol sting and mild burnt wet wood. Too boozy.
oh6gdx (50921) reviewed Desperate Times from White Pony Microbirrificio 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample (thanks fonefan!). Deep amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, some spices, mild alcohol and some alcohol sweetness along with some vanilla and wooden tones. Flavour is fruity, dried fruits, some plum, alcohol, spices and mild vanillaish and wooden tones. Balanced, but alcohol gives a rather big sweetness to it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample (thanks fonefan!). Deep coppery colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is plum, toffee, some wooden, vanillaish and mild rum like notes. Flavour is dried fruits, some toffee, mild plum, alcohol, wood and mild raisins. Very smooth. Good dessert beer.
oh6gdx (50921) reviewed Pay The Bill from White Pony Microbirrificio 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample (thanks fonefan!). Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is raisins, some floral tones, mild alcohol and some wood. Flavour is raisins, plum, sweet alcohol and mild wooden notes.
Iznogud (14427) reviewed Black Sheep from White Pony Microbirrificio 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at White Pony pub, Padova. Black with nice tan head. Chocolate, some coffee notes, some dark fruit, sweetish with bitterness in finish. Medium bodied.
Iznogud (14427) reviewed Saisonette from White Pony Microbirrificio 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at White Pony pub, Padova. Almost clear golden orange with large white head. Sweet, estery, floral, bit spicy. Not that easy to drink. Medium bodied.
Iznogud (14427) reviewed The Oracle from White Pony Microbirrificio 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at White Pony pub, Padova. Murky dark orange with off white head. Caramel, candy, some toffee and dark fruits, sweet. Medium bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Complex imperial stout by Belgo-Italian White Pony, executed at Eutropius; aged in rye whisky barrels and flavoured with maple syrup and black walnuts (a species of walnut native to the western half of the United States - an odd choice considering the old Eurasian walnut is much easier to obtain here in Europe). Thick and densely creamy, foamy, pale mocha-brown, moussy, membrane-lacing head towering over a pitch black beer. Strong bouquet of hot chocolate sauce with cognac, vanilla-scenting oak wood, rye whisky indeed, toffee, maple syrup very pronounced, almond paste, cocoa, teriyaki, molasses, marmite, blueberry jam, fig compote, French walnut liqueur, latté macchiato, wet leather, bayleaf, hints of liquorice, sweet sherry, pipe tobacco, honey-glazed spareribs, crumbled cookies, hazelnut and cinnamon. Sweet, dense onset, fig compote and blackberry coulis with a dash of pear 'Belle Hélène' and chestnut as well as a top layer of porcini- and teriyaki-like umami and a vague sourish undercurrent, but these flavours are a bit disturbed by overly sharp and minerally carbonation (certainly for this kind of beer); inherently very full and oily body, with a syrupy effect enhanced by the maple syrup, but the 'volume' is thinned by both this (over)carbonation and alcohol, which is apparent early on. Multi-layered, thick middle core, toffee, molasses, marmite and toasted brown bread, bittersweet with growing roasty bitterness in the end - contrasted with the sweetness of the maple syrup. Drying woody tannins creep in and eventually become quite prominent, aided by astringency from the black walnut - a tannic feast shifting the entire beer to a more dry and bitter side, further propelled by an undercurrent of spicy hops. Coffeeish roastiness is there but remains altogether fairly mild, nuttiness on the other hand is very pronounced and the maple syrup sweetness is all but gone by the time the wood and booze set in - the latter heating the throat in an obviously whisky-like colour, but something sherry-like appears as well all the way at the back, next to an earthy element which should not have been there. A hefty, powerful and layered construction, desperately trying to impress with all its assets and boldness, but somehow a tad unbalanced too, with the overcarbonation bothering me a bit; accentuating the wood with tannic nuttiness from those black walnuts is, however, a clever idea which works very well here. A flavour 'parcours' with more ups than downs - but the sheer complexity ensures that it never gets boring. Muscle flexing by White Pony, once again, but pleasantly so - contrary to some other very strong beers I had from them in the past; that said, this earthy element, overcarbonation and the whole balancing act of flavours almost going to the wrong side are (detail) criticisms I may not have had if they stayed with Het Nest for the execution of their beers instead of moving to Eutropius. I have noticed in earlier White Pony beers that their recipes and ideas can deliver great beers, as long as they are in good hands - and I am very unconvinced that Eutropius is up to that task. Still: an interesting concoction which does impress, that is for sure.
Grumbo (24130) reviewed The Oracle from White Pony Microbirrificio 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
25/3/2023. Bottle from Craftbeer-Shop.com. Shared at SBGP1. Pours clear dark bronze brown with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma of toffee, syrup, citrus, bread, dried fruits. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Medium body, slightly sticky, soft carbonation. Good.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Pours almost black with a small light brown head that doesn't last long. Aroma's of dried fruit, sweet/sugar, light soy sauce. Retronasal there's not much to it, a bit alcoholic and some salmiak and old wood. Flavour is moderate sweet, sweet fruit, drop, light bitter. Light medium bodied. Finishes slightly roasty bitter. Probably too old, no coffee or rum/barrel detectable.
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