Russian Imperial Stout Wild Bretta
Birrificio Toccalmatto in Fidenza (PR), Emilia-Romagna, Italy 🇮🇹
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.66
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Aged 13 months in Sagrantino di Montefalco (red wine) barrels.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
@ ACBF 2015. Dark brown/black colour, creamy foam. Aroma of coffee and roasted malts. Boozy and sweet with notes of vanilla. Light notes of brett. Ok.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2015
at 13:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sample @ ACBF 2015. Brune foncée, sans col, le tout laissant un filament doré au verre. Arôme est assez agréable offrant un brett très léger et des notes de vin rouge, soja et presque caramélisé de Sherry et Madeire. Palais est épais, centré sur les malts avec un côté vin cuit et légère note de Porto. Note de chocolat avec un résiduel vin rouge. Le brett est discret et ajoute une pellicule d’aigreur qui balance un peu le profil doux-prononcé des sucres résiduels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2015
at 05:07
8/10
Acbf
Tried
on 06 Mar 2015
at 18:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pitch black, dense and thick, looks like oil, no head at all. looks totally flat. Smells like fudge, booze and cappuccino. Taste is like prune juice, figs, chocolate, Totally flat, almost actually like a Sherry wine than a stout. loads of dessert like qualities. I taste every bit of the booze but it is indeed a very interesting beer. Might be remarkable as a sipping beer that you re-cork in 5-10 years.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2015
at 15:38
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle, Bottiglia n. 0129. Once upon a time, impys were barrel aged and somewhat wild. Oh, the good times. And just when the ancient art was all but forgotten, Toccalmatto came to the rescue. Pours pitch black, with a creamy mocha head. Amazing aroma with dark roasted malts, red wine barrels and woody brett with tobacco and maple syrup, as well as lactic acid, dark chocolate and muscovado. Full body with creamy texture, and soft to none carbonation. Flavour is dark malts with tobacco and dark fruits, red wine barrels, tannins, and woody brett, as well as notes of heather, whisky and sea salt. Dark fruits, leather and salty liquorice in the finish. An absolute winner! Can I have another...
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2015
at 12:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pitch black colour, white head. Fruity aroma, chocolate, coffee, big brett, hint wine. Malty flavour, roasted malts, coffee, light sour brett, cherry notes. Finish berries, red fruits, coffee, brett. Nice!!!!
(from 50cL bottle share @ Christmas Eve, Milo’s grandmother’s place)
(from 50cL bottle share @ Christmas Eve, Milo’s grandmother’s place)
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2014
at 15:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Borefts 2014. Black beer. Big chocolate sponge cake. Then huge red wine flavour. Wow red wine. Not much carbonation. Love the red wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2014
at 12:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled at Borefts 2014. Pours near black with a ring brown head. Aroma of soy, Asian supermarket, caramel, raisin, fudge and wood. Flavour is over moderate sweet and moderate bitter with some light acidity. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2014
at 04:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled bottle @ Borefts 2014. Thank you! Very beautiful packaging, new bottle opened & decanted by the brewer prior to giving me a taster, talk about presentation. Dark brown, black with zero head; Sour brett, mocha, syrup, caramel, varnish. Taste is thinned out, oxidation, varnish, brett, ink,.. No carbonation, thinned out, bit varnish; Cool presentation but I do not feel like the whole thing really comes out, RIS cannot be the right style for this, this feels not only too thinned out but above all too oxidised for me. Their “Bedda Matri Marsala Wine Barrel Aged” which came in a similar packaging & treatement was way nicer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2014
at 04:22
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Borefts 2014. Poured a dark mahogany with little life. The aroma is rich roasted malt, alcohol, molasses. The flavour is moderate bitter with a super smooth rich Brett yeasty vinous alcoholic bitter palate. Medium to full bodied with flat carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2014
at 11:31