ArcheoBirra Etrusca - Anfora

At BBF, hazy palish orange color, aroma of clay and herbs, clay and fruit flavor, sweet But blending in with a light sourness, nicely balanced. Interesting.

Bottle at RB Best Festival, 31/01/16. Hazed golden orange with a moderate off White covering. Nose is tarte fruit, damp cloth, sticky candy, grain, light spice. Taste comprises lemon drizzle cake, pissy, light salt licks, cereal, crackers, light caramel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a rising boost level. Average ... as per most ancient recipes ... doesn’t deliver on the relatively hefty ABV.

Draft - Weird grains with a bit of mushroom. Clearish gold with almost no head. Sweet mushroom notes and a touch acidic. Although an interesting project, it just doesn’t taste very good.

Fermented in amphorae!

On tap at What’s Brewing Beer Festival 2015, Stavanger. Pours hazy amber. Aroma of flower soil, lemon, mould, but not unpleasant. Slightly sour, dry mouth feel. Interesting!

Cute little bottle shared at a tasting. Murky orange, no head. Aroma of earth, mushroom, pomegranate, citrus. The taste is very tart pomegranate, caramel, mushrooms, earth, lemon juice. Medium bodied, still.

Bottle from Eataly, Milan; bb 09/2014, LCR 15/12L
Cloudy blond-golden color; the medium sized head disappears quickly. Weird aroma; wood, honey, unripe fruits, white grapes; acidic. Highly carbonated; it definitively has some honey and mead character, quite dry; the fruits used give a lemony impression; quite high acidity level; it has a nice touch of white grapes and fox grapes (uva americana); it’s not unbalanced, it has some bitterness, but the final is short.
Interesting experiment, quite pleasant, surely better that the explosive bottle of Baladin Etrusca.

Bouteille 33cl @ Il Punto, Bologna, BB 03/2016. Orangée, avec un col absent. Arôme offre un bouquet intense de terracota, notes minérales rappelant l’amphore et une pointe de douceur mielleuse au bouquet, le tout gardant ce côté distinct de grenade. Palais est autant étrange qu’intéressant. Seul exemple avant étant la version de Cantillon. Ici le profil reste fort similaire si ce n’est que Borgo rajoute pas mal d’ingrédients. On note toujours pas mal cette influence de la terracota qui offre un palais unique alternant minéral; salé et terreux. En bouche, un profil herbacé légèrement acidulé. Pointe d’épice, et une excellente combinaison entre miel et cet aspect plus acidulé qui touche presque sur le lambic. Bière originale, et c’est là, l’effort que je souhaite revoir plus souvent en Italie où il y a tellement de culture à importer dans la bière sans toujours refaire des clones d’IPA. DelBorgo réussit le tout parfaitement.

Bottle 330ml. [ As Birra del Borgo Archeo Birra Etrusca ].Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly to fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, grape, wine, vinegar, light resin, light vegetables. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet, light to moderate acidic and bitter with a long duration, sweet fruit, tart grapes, sharp fruity, honey sweet, peppery. Quit strange beer but some how i did like it ;D Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20140705]