Cangrande
Birra Mastino in Bussolengo (VR), Veneto, Italy 🇮🇹
Lager - Keller / Zwickel / Landbier Regular|
Score
6.63
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Cangrande is the most popular and loved member of Scaligeri’s medieval family. He has been able to make his dynasty one of the greatest and most important in Verona; he was not only a clever conqueror, a shrewd politician and a notorious administrator, but also a charitable patron.
Even the great poet Dante Alighieri, a friend and admirer of him, counted Cangrande among the Divine Comedy characters, in the third cantica (Paradise). And it is precisely his bravery and his several successes on the battlefield which inspired this bold, piney HELLES beer, with echoes of Bavarian brewing tradition.
Slightly hopped, golden in color, with herbaceous and acacia honeyed scents, fresh, with a pleasantly dry and very delicate taste: these are the peculiar characteristics of the HELLES.
Even the great poet Dante Alighieri, a friend and admirer of him, counted Cangrande among the Divine Comedy characters, in the third cantica (Paradise). And it is precisely his bravery and his several successes on the battlefield which inspired this bold, piney HELLES beer, with echoes of Bavarian brewing tradition.
Slightly hopped, golden in color, with herbaceous and acacia honeyed scents, fresh, with a pleasantly dry and very delicate taste: these are the peculiar characteristics of the HELLES.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle by the pool in Masseria Susafa, Sicily, 3rd August 2020. Pours clean and straw colour. Aroma is straw and hay. Taste is mellow, fresh grass. Refreshing and authentic
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2020
at 12:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours slightly hazy gold, with fine white foam. Aroma is intense of honey. Body is average, like carbonation. Taste is medium sweet. Final is average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2019
at 20:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft: Poured a golden with two finger white head. Aroma is nice grain. Taste is grain refreshing nice brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Nov 2018
at 20:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From the tank at the brewery, courtesy of Mauro. Pours hazy golden with medium white head. Malty, some light lemon, some bread, crisp. Light sweetness. Light bodied. Nice one, was great on a hot day. Tried the bottle as well, wasn't nearly as impressive, but since bottle stayed in car trunk for couple of days I'm leaving the rate from the brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Birra Mastino
on 15 Aug 2018
at 08:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, huge thanks Iznogud & Max! Hazy yellow-golden body, tiny white head. True to style aroma, white bread maltiness, well developed herbal hoppy touches, fresh. Mild light, soft peppery-herbal and slightly citric taste, vague malty undertones. Just slightly too subdued. Nice, drinkable lager, very well made, nuances away from best German stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2018
at 21:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the source, grazie Mauro! Hazy yellow color dense white head. Aroma of subtle white pepper and haystacks. Taste is peppery, light lemon, clean crisp finish. Easy drinking.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 May 2018
at 16:18
6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Huge gushing at the opening and about one third of the liquid is lost, really not good for a lager. Hazy translucent dark golden with a couple of fingers of head, quickly dissipating and leaving a bit of lacing. Average intense aroma shows honey and slight hay, with a vague fruitiness to it. Taste is cereal, honey sweetness and again that vague fruitiness where you just can't pick up a particular fruit. Medium to high sweet and medium to low bitter, with a sweetish/honeyish finish; still balanced enough. Light bodied, average carbonation, goes down very smooth and easy. Despite some evident flaws this was still a quite enjoyable, decently refreshing beer, that just went down very easy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2018
at 19:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled 330ml. -from Signorvino Vicolungo as Signorvino La Bionda. Yellow/pale golden coloured, big airy white head, dusty nose. Sweet malty, notes of honey and grain with some caramel and yeast. Discreet herbal hops in the short finish. So-so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2018
at 15:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Il gusto al naso finisce sull'orzo. L'intensità olfattiva è normale e la persistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello è di schiuma abbondante e persistente. Le bollicine sono medie. La carbonazione è media. La consistenza del liquido è limpida. Le bollicine sono fini. La carbonazione è abbondante, frizzante, persistente ed insistita. Il colore è giallo dorato brillante. Il corpo è pieno. Il dolce è medio e l'amaro è medio: non si surclassano. L'intensità gustativa è normale e la persistenza gustativa è sufficiente. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali sono di pronta beva. Il finale è dissetante e semplice. Il retrogusto è di media intensità. Il tetto della bocca riferisce di impressioni di miele, orzo e pane.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2017
at 19:51
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Heller, hefig malziger Beginn, eher wenig aromatisch und trocken. Das Bier bleibt auch im Mittelteil verhalten, die Hefigkeit hat einen belgischen Touch. Kurzer, etwas wässriger Nachgeschmack. 9/7/7/7/9/8
Tried
on 11 May 2016
at 09:43