Duck
Birrificio L'Olmaia in Sant'Albino Montepulciano (SI), Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.75
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Alengrin (11609) reviewed Duck from Birrificio L'Olmaia 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
The Italian craft beer revolution was one of the earliest in the modern European craft beer wave and started off already in the nineties with imitations of traditional Belgian style ales; this is one such ‘old-fashioned’ example, a Belgian style dubbel brewed in Montepulciano (renowned for its wine) in Tuscany. Thick and creamy, papery lacing, pale greyish beige, slowly middle-opening head over a misty dark chestnut brown beer with wine red glow. Aroma of spiced bread, dried ginger, black peppercorns, toasted bread crust, nutmeg, fried bell pepper, toffee, cloves, black chocolate, pecan nuts, glue. Sweetish onset in a subdued way, some fig and apple peel, quite fizzy carbonation adding a dim sourish aspect, toasted bread crust- and toasted walnut-like malt body, caramelly at its edges but much less sweet and more dry toasty-bitterish than the average Belgian dubbel, with on top of that, a peppery, leafy hoppiness bringing more bitterness in the finish. Some spiciness of cloves and nutmeg accentuate this dry, peppery, even slightly astringent finish, with not very well hidden alcohol enhancing the astringent note. Spicy, bitter, dry interpretation of a dubbel and in that sense quite original.
Zlotta (9960) reviewed Duck from Birrificio L'Olmaia 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
0.33 l bottle from the brewery's shop, best before April 2019. A bit hazy, dark reddish brown with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, light beige head. Sweetish-malty, moderately yeasty-spicy and a bit fruity aroma of caramel, marzipan, raisins, plums and some brown sugar. Medium sweet, slightly bitter, malty, gently yeasty-spicy and a little fruity taste of caramel, licorice root, cinnamon, light chocolate, gingerbread and some plums, followed by a short, moderately bitter, slightly yeasty-spicy finish. Medium body, smooth and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Decent beer, not as good as the Belgian classics though.
Fin (18365) reviewed Duck from Birrificio L'Olmaia 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle picked up from Dranken Geers, Oostaker, Nr Gent, Belgie, consumed at home cooking Swedish Meatballs after a weekend away in Stockholm, Sunday 20th November 2016 Pours dark brown with a thin tan head, to be fair it was probably a bigger head but I was too busy cooking to rate at the time. This is reasonably decent Belgian strong ale, a little chewy at times, but too be fair it is not overly spicy, caramel, fruity, fine. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.4
labeerinthum (8508) reviewed Duck from Birrificio L'Olmaia 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
On tap @ IBF Pub Edition, Milano. Il gusto al naso ricorda il luppolo e il caramello. L’intensità olfattiva è elegante e la persistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma a bollicine fini e bassa carbonazione rimane sul vetro come pizzo. La frizzantezza è a bollicine. Il colore è marrone chiaro. Il corpo è pieno. L’amaro è medio. L’intensità gustativa è elevata e la persistenza gustativa è buona. Il gusto va verso l’estremo. Il finale è lungo. L’aroma ricorda l’arrostito, l’etilico, il torbato e il bruciato.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Duck from Birrificio L'Olmaia 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as L'Olmaia Duck (by L'Olmaia):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
17/XI/15 - 33cl bottle @ Horeca Expo (Gent) - BB: n/a (2015-1612)
Clear reddish purple brown beer, small creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: smells like a US barley wine, very sweet, malty, dried fruits, bit dusty, not sugary though. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sweet, lots of dark chocolate, raisins, bit oxidized, dried fruits. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, roasted, coffee, chocolate, bit fruity, caramel.
gnoff (11188) reviewed Duck from Birrificio L'Olmaia 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled at the brewery on September 4, 2015.Hazy light brown color, small teal head. Fruity, alcohol scent. Alcohol, spicy, bitter taste. Bitter aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel to fizzy, medium bitterness. Warming alcohol.
beerhunter111 (50581) reviewed Duck from Birrificio L'Olmaia 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sehr dunkelbraune Farbe, schöne weiße Schaumkrone. Geruch gering röstmalzig, hopfig, fruchtig. Geschmack nach Kaffee, Toffee, bitter, hopfig.