Retorto Birrificio Artigianale Black Lullaby

Black Lullaby

 

Retorto Birrificio Artigianale in Podenzano (PC), Emilia-Romagna, Italy 🇮🇹

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular
Score
6.75
ABV: 8.3% IBU: 20 Ticks: 18
Black Lullaby is a rich and soft Belgian dark strong ale. From the color of a very dark tunic of friar, tending to black, it has a rich and creamy beige foam, with good persistence. The nose reveals notes of caramel, biscuit, dried fruit and chocolate, and fruity notes of apple, pear and banana. In the mouth it surprises for the softness and aromas of vanilla and cocoa, followed by coffee and ripe fruit. It has a medium-low carbonation and is characterized by great cleanliness, Black Lullaby has an alcoholic body, which is highlighted with increasing temperature.
 

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
33 cl bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small off white head. Aroma is roasted, light yeasty and phenolic. Overripe fruity. Toasted malty. Bitter and roasted. Dry and roasted malty finish.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2015 at 12:23

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel bitter chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and caramel finish.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2014 at 01:49

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Sample draft @ BQ (via Losanna), Milano. Pas certain du pourquoi de ces mauvais score, mais cette bière était franchement une belle découverte comme bcp des produits de Retorto. De couleur brune foncée, col beige laissant un léger filament doré au verre. Arôme malté caramel avec une petite douceur cacao qui rappelle ici le cabot. Cette douceur est limite vanillée. Palais est formidable au niveau caramel avec un léger sucre candi en retrait, poil de cacao et une légère note cacao au lait doux sur pointe de vanille. Amertume se note en fin de bouche ajoutant une petite touche houblonnée de caractère noble belge.
Tried from Draft on 15 May 2014 at 12:28

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Dark brown, aroma is fruit, roast, and body. Light sweetness, well balanced Ok beer.
Tried on 19 Mar 2014 at 00:01

3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
Zuckrig brotiger Antrunk mit zu starker Karbonisierung. Weiter dunkel brotig, röstig, die Süße nimmt leicht ab. Schlecht. 8/5/6/6//5
Tried on 21 Oct 2013 at 01:11

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught at BQ via Losanna, Milan
Black color with medium head. Some dark malt aroma, not roasty, quite milky instead. Good body strength; malty, sweet, with little character.
Reminds me of American attempts at Belgian beers.
Tried from Can on 19 Sep 2013 at 11:11

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
11/07/2013 Bir&Fud (tap). Bruna, molto torbida, schiuma beige-cappuccino molto abbondante e persistente. Al naso sentori di cacao e vaniglia, malto, zucchero di canna, leggero sentore di metallico che pian piano va amplificandosi. In bocca è una belgian strong ale abbastanza classica ma un po’ sbilanciata sul dolce, cioccolatosa, la vaniglia risulta stucchevole alla lunga. Corpo medio-pieno, carbonazione media. Non in perfette condizioni, andrebbe rifinita.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jul 2013 at 10:54

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Scura buona schiuma persistente naso fruttato esteri lieve spezia morbida abbastanza abboccata ma non stucchevole leggere note tostate cacao
Tried on 06 Mar 2013 at 06:10