We think we are doing our bit for international relations with this beer from White Pony. It is an American style Imperial India Brown Ale, from an Italian brewer who makes much of his beer at Belgian breweries.
So no surprise that White Pony brew an imperial version of something, Rob does love his big beers.
It pours a slightly murky orange brown colour. There isn’t a lot of hop character in the aroma, which you might expect. Rather it is dominated by sweet malts.
The flavour follows suit, lots of sweet bready, caramel malts, a little nuttiness with hints of dried fruits. There is a firm bitterness there, and the beer finishes reasonably dry.
While I’d personally like a more assertive hop character to lift up the body of the beer, this will probably please the malt lovers out there. And it has got one of the best beer names I’ve seen in a while!
A big barley wine, with the addition of rye and US hops for a spicy hop bitterness
A beer from White Pony we are nominally classifying as a hoppy wheat ale
A Belgian Imperial Stout, rich in chocolate, roasted malts and coffee
A Strong Scotch Ale, rich in malt with a Belgian yeast twist
White Pony have created what they call a Pacific Saison Ale, featuring hops from Australia (Summer) and NZ (Wakatu)
A strong dark ale bridging the gap between barley wine and Belgian quadruple styles
The second incarnation of this beer, featuring Columbus, Simcoe, Amarillo and Centennial hops
