Indie Ale
Birrificio Indipendente Elav in Comun Nuovo (BG), Lombardy, Italy 🇮🇹
Amber / Red Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.93
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The Indie Ale is characterised by a clear amber colour and a very compact creamy head.It displays a surprising balance between the abundant hoppiness and the use of malts.
The citrusy notes, typical of the hops used, live side by side with the sweeter undertones of the malts and with the caramel sensations which slowly mix with fruity, tropical and citrusy taste given by the abundant hoppiness. The finish reveals a surprise bitter taste tending towards a very delicate herbal feeling, which is not at all intrusive and invites the drinker to take their lips straight back to the glass to enjoy another sip.
The citrusy notes, typical of the hops used, live side by side with the sweeter undertones of the malts and with the caramel sensations which slowly mix with fruity, tropical and citrusy taste given by the abundant hoppiness. The finish reveals a surprise bitter taste tending towards a very delicate herbal feeling, which is not at all intrusive and invites the drinker to take their lips straight back to the glass to enjoy another sip.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle at home ... golden amber ... thin white lacing ... soft sweet orange hop nose ...fizzy zezt ... soft orange ... sweet toffee ... oily hop ... light bitter ... no real depth or balance
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2012
at 10:39
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried 2* Cask @ Brassigaume 2012. Clear dark amber with an off-white head. Smell of rounded pine resin hops, orange peel, light exotic hops, lovely hoppy. Tastes of mellower sweeter pine rein hops, some caramel underneath, distinguishable malt base, grapefruit, orange peel, flowers. Cask body makes this stuff pretty drinkable, oily, softer carb. – very UK – lovely.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Oct 2012
at 03:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask @ Brassigaume 2012. Doree sur un léger trouble, col fin beige. Arôme est agréable de houblons, levure, malt profond, rappelle ce côté fraise-framboise. Palais est doux avec cette belle onctuosité du cask sur un très beau malt, fruité et fleuri, citronné avec un léger pamplemousse et de raisin blanc pour un palais léger et plein d’oncuosité des houblons. Malt reste présent sans pour cela dominer.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Oct 2012
at 03:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Chriso - 25/09/12. Pours a hazy amber with a thin off-white head. Caramel malt on the nose, hops and some sweet tropical tones. Tastes of tropical fruits, peach, apricot with a caramel/biscuit malt backbone. Medium bodied with very light and soft carbonation and a dry finish. Decent enough drop!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2012
at 07:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at ChrisO tasting. It pours hazy orange-amber, with a thin off-white head. The nose is orange sherbet, mango, tangerine, Granny Smith apple and a touch of acidity. The taste is icing sugar, hay, straw, orange sherbet, soapiness, star fruit and kiwi, with a dry finish. Medium body and fine-moderate carbonation. Nice balance. Rather drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2012
at 05:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Classic Deli aka Dodgy Deli?, Cowley Rd, Oxford Friday 3rd August 2012 consumed at home the same day. Hazy reddy/amber with mid sized white head. Little bit soapy on nose with a slight citrussy background. Thrusty beer but bitterness isn’t overwhelming. Soft in mouth with the soapiness showing again, but this isn’t to the detriment of this beer, its a tasty, hoppy beer. A7 A3 T7 P4 Ov15 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2012
at 13:16
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33 cl bottle thanks to Reza! Sampled on July 6, 2012Hazy copper color, smallish tan head. Fruity hoppy scent. Fruity, malty, husky, grainy taste. Harsh grainy aftertaste. Spritzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2012
at 22:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ 28th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2011, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, EnglandClear medium to dark orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, dark citrus, wood - tobacco. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111207]
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jul 2012
at 01:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
7th December 2011
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear amber beer, tiny white head. Light palate. Nice juicy hops, Orange and generic fruits. Tangerine marmalade. Light dry finish. Really nice fruity pale ale. Very drinkable.
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear amber beer, tiny white head. Light palate. Nice juicy hops, Orange and generic fruits. Tangerine marmalade. Light dry finish. Really nice fruity pale ale. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2012
at 09:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Domus Birrae. Nose of minerals, earthy, dry caramel, straw, grass, burnt chocolate. Interesting, and very earthy, dirty, and dry. Deep amber to orange color with a lacy head. Creamy caramel flavor yet very dirty and bitter on a sweet chocolate base. The sweet and oil sense is limited, though, and turns very earthy and dry. Mineral and dirt finish. Fun, weird, and a bit funky. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2012
at 01:38