Amber Ale
Prancing Pony Brewery
- From:
- Prancing Pony Brewery
- Australia
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Ale
Ranked #471 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #34,897 - Avg:
- 3.38 | pDev: 15.98%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 14, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 20, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3/5 rDev -11.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -11.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Schooner on-draught @ The King's Head, Adelaide, Australia.
Caramel. Amber malts. Herbal hops.
Pretty basic fare for the style, but drinkable.
High C / AVERAGE
Jan 17, 2023Caramel. Amber malts. Herbal hops.
Pretty basic fare for the style, but drinkable.
High C / AVERAGE
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.69/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Prancing Pony Amber Ale was ok, tried it at a hotel rooftop in Adelaide. It poured a hazy amber with white head that did not leave much lace. The scent was slightly bitter with hints of sweet malt. The taste was a competition between sweet malt and bitter hops. It did come off the pallet somewhat clean. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it was ok...nice to try but would go seeking it out.
Jun 26, 2016
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
2.31/5 rDev -31.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5
2.31/5 rDev -31.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5
330ml bottle shared with me by @LaitueGonflable.
Pours a rather surprisingly pale golden colour, made slightly darker than golden by the haze. Body is quite light. Head forms a lattice of edged bubbles in off-white, leaving tiny specks of lace. Not much visible carbonation. It looks okay.
Nose is rather less than okay. Dusty emptiness permeates it, with a hint of grain husk, and a weak misty nothingness like a ferment of white sugar. Perhaps a twinge of earthy hops, but not much—it's just mostly very weak.
Taste is also light and dull. At least it's mostly clean, but there are permeating characters of sugar-water, more of that dustiness and a thin, empty finish. Surprisingly there's a touch of pithy bitterness on the back that almost adds a bit of interest, but there's also a floury wet-bread note that clings on the finish. Feel is very light, and very weak.
Very weak effort. I think I liked this beer the least of all of the Prancing Pony beers, and to be honest, I didn't really care for any of them.
Jan 29, 2014Pours a rather surprisingly pale golden colour, made slightly darker than golden by the haze. Body is quite light. Head forms a lattice of edged bubbles in off-white, leaving tiny specks of lace. Not much visible carbonation. It looks okay.
Nose is rather less than okay. Dusty emptiness permeates it, with a hint of grain husk, and a weak misty nothingness like a ferment of white sugar. Perhaps a twinge of earthy hops, but not much—it's just mostly very weak.
Taste is also light and dull. At least it's mostly clean, but there are permeating characters of sugar-water, more of that dustiness and a thin, empty finish. Surprisingly there's a touch of pithy bitterness on the back that almost adds a bit of interest, but there's also a floury wet-bread note that clings on the finish. Feel is very light, and very weak.
Very weak effort. I think I liked this beer the least of all of the Prancing Pony beers, and to be honest, I didn't really care for any of them.
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.27/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.27/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a pink-tinged amber, very cloudy. Head is off-white, thin rim of bubbles at the edge. Not much lace.
Smells malty, caramel with nuts, pine and citrus. Pine nuts as well. Touch of zest, cake batter. Bit sweet, but decent edge.
Tastes a bit earthy, spicy. Fair roast but doesn't last beyond the mid, where it gets citric and quite dry. Yeah, earthy, a bit spicy, fairly bland, actually. I like my ambers a bit tangier, but it's OK.
Smooth, full, good body. Not too much drying on there.
A bit off from what I like or expect, but decent beer.
Sep 20, 2013Smells malty, caramel with nuts, pine and citrus. Pine nuts as well. Touch of zest, cake batter. Bit sweet, but decent edge.
Tastes a bit earthy, spicy. Fair roast but doesn't last beyond the mid, where it gets citric and quite dry. Yeah, earthy, a bit spicy, fairly bland, actually. I like my ambers a bit tangier, but it's OK.
Smooth, full, good body. Not too much drying on there.
A bit off from what I like or expect, but decent beer.
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