Birra del Borgo L'Equilibrista

L'Equilibrista

 

Birra del Borgo in Borgorose (RI), Lazio, Italy 🇮🇹

  Fruit Beer - Grape Ale Special
Score
6.96
ABV: 10.9% IBU: - Ticks: 52
A love story between beer and wine, that meet and a perfect balance in an absolutely new product. 40% of Sangiovese wine must (courtesy of Tenuta di Bibbiano, Siena, Tuscany) and 60% wort (our very own Duchessa) ferment together, as a unique alchemy, following all the steps of “Metodo Classico”. Sangiovese is one of the most important Italian vines, the most cultivated in Italy. If you look for a wine that for history and 34 personality always attracts both connoisseurs and simple enthusiasts, this is Sangiovese. It can be perfectly balanced, with very elegant, oral and intense but fragile scents. The wine is ruby, graceful, the tannins are powerful but silky. Flowers emerge and the red fruits rise the acidity. In this unique product we nd all the complexity and the fascinating notes of the wine incredibly balanced and seduced by the elegance of Duchessa, while perlage and body wink to elegant Italian sparkling wines. We have been brewing L’Equilibrista since 2009 in September, during grape harvest and its availability and characteristics vary from year to year, just like the wines. The Liqueur d’expedition gives continuity, thanks to a small amount of older Equilibrista always kept in its magic formula.
 

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5.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
It looks like sparkling rose wine, a bit pink with no head. Aroma has some cork, oak, sour yeast. It’s sweet and sour and fruity. Thin, watery texture. Looks, smells and tastes like a wine.
Tried on 19 May 2012 at 07:22

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Corked bottle from Eataly, Bologna
Hazy amber color with copper and red shades; very short head retention. The aroma is very fruity, vinous, with notes of wood and vinegar. Good body structure, although the mouthfeel is lean and quite dry; it’s also soft, highlighting a very light sweetness in the end; good flavor, with woody and fruity tones. Mild final astringency and acidity.
Good, but the high alcohol content, the moderate bitterness and the wood/fruit character are not cohesive. And it’s overpriced.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2012 at 15:35

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at Gingerman in NYC. Pours amber. Nose/taste of grapes, honey, white whine, mead, vanilla, pear, apple skin and champagne yeast. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Dec 2011 at 20:05

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared with oteyj, craftcarl21, staff and the CDC and DoS crew. One bottle went a long way! Clear bright golden color, white coca-cola head. Aroma of dusty grapes and the feet that stomped them. Taste is green apple skins and a sweet start, then dry champagne, and finally slight funk. Interesting.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2011 at 16:42

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours orange gold with a transient white head. Aromais figgy. Med body. Gets vinous with time. It’s a little tart. It’s a nice mellow tart ale.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2011 at 16:02

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Thank you, yespr. Strange aroma, weak paint thinner. Hazy golden colour. Small frothy white head. The flavour starts off a little sweet, has some apple. Sourish, but OK.
Tried on 02 Jul 2011 at 04:28

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottled@Yespr’s blindtasting. Yellowish orange colour, minor head. Aroma is fruits, some nectar, honey and some tartness and sour wood as well. Flavour is quite similar, but the tart wooden notes are steronger. Sourish tart finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2011 at 21:43

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Bottle 75 cl. Blind tasting. Courtesy of yespr. Pours an opaque golden with a small white head. Sweet fruit and some phenols in the nose. Medium body, lightly tart fruit, yeast and phenols, excessive carbonation. No real bitterness. 260511
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2011 at 11:34

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is winous and fruity, phenolic and champagne yeast. Fruity, grapes and slight citrusy. Mellow yeasty and slight sweet. Ends mild yeasty and sweet.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2011 at 13:31

6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
cloudy orange, small white head. mild aroma, slightly hoppy. flavor is sweet and flowery, honey, hoppy balance. a very mild brew, still with a solid flavor.
Tried on 30 May 2011 at 01:43