San Servolo Gold Truffler

Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Clear deep golden. Pungent artificial truffle oil aroma, bland and spicy. Just horrible.

Bottle at a tasting with Cuso and MisoW. Quite intense truffle character, which does not marry well with the beer. Not undrinkable as some people might think. But really intense and really weird.

Bottle kindly donated by friend. Amber color with small off-white head. Ugly aroma of mushrooms, gas. Taste, oxidation, mushrooms, gas, something very strange. Bad.

swing top bottle 750ml. -from Manufaktura souvenir shop Rijeka. Unclear golden coloured, medium sized off-white head, intensive and unpleasant gasoline (truffles) in the nose. The taste is however even worse, truffles, metal pipes, some chemical notes and of course gasoline. No one can like this completely for sure. Waste of 10€.

Thanks Matej and Ozren! Well, knowing how Istra loves to utilize all the great things it’s known for to their fullest, it was only a matter of time before someone combined truffles and beer. An expensive (10€+ seemingly) 0.75l bottle was to be expected. Anyway, golden body if I remember correctly. The aroma strikes with a full-on, enormous blast of truffles, which will either draw or repel a person. Most people were scared away, it seems, some loved it, but a truffle gatherer who smelled it said it seemed chemical to him - and indeed, the ingredients list says "truffle aroma". Oh well... the gassy truffle note actually continues on strongly and bitterly into a sweet, dull, overly yeasty body that ends abruptly. I honestly did not find this to be enjoyable. It’s fully a gimmick in my opinion, unlike the Teranino which might slightly function as a beer, sorta, but hey, try it - maybe you’ll join those few who loved it... it’s simply a love or hate beer. Unfortunately, I ended up in the latter category.