Bitter Spiced Symphony
Hilltop Brewery in Bassano Romano (VT), Lazio, Italy 🇮🇹
Collab with: Retorto Birrificio Artigianale / MC77 - Birrificio ArtigianaleBitter Special
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Score
7.03
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The malt base is similar to Barry’s Bitter while the hopping during the boil is borrowed from Hop Hill IPA. Matteo & Cecilia from MC-77 chose the spices (pine tree buds & mandarin peel) and Marcello from RETORTO the dry hopping (Simcoe & Cascade).
The resulting beer is very different from the two that inspired it and the combination of the spices and dry hopping is just right giving alternating notes of fruit, balsamo e resin.
The resulting beer is very different from the two that inspired it and the combination of the spices and dry hopping is just right giving alternating notes of fruit, balsamo e resin.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ La Tana a Bruxelles, 10 Rue de L’Enseignement, Brussels, Belgium 1000. [ As Hilltop /Retorto/MC77 Bitter Spiced Symphony ].Unclear - hazy matt medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, straw, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, orange, hoppy, grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration, orange, pors (porse) - myrtle, wood, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160919] 7-3-8-3-15
Tried
on 01 May 2017
at 02:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Ma Che. Great nose of UK hops, seems like Maris Otter malt, bready, biscuits, a touch of caramel. Hazy orange-gold with a tall head. Lovely hopp flavor, clean and bitter. Minty, some herbs. Good stuff, though as it warms the spices seem to be overdone.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2017
at 23:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at Scurreria Beer & Bagel, Genoa, Italy. Pours a slightly hazy amber brown with a lasting bubbly white head. Aroma of fresh hop, light malt, caramel, with floral notes. Light sweetness, medium bitterness. Medium body, sticky texture, average carbonation. Finish is bitter, creamy. Decent beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2016
at 11:45
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft shared at La Tana a Bruxelles. Very hazy dull golden orange with an off white head. Aroma of herbal hops, citrus, light fruits. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Light medium bodied with a juicy hop palate and soft carbonation. [19-09-2016]
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2016
at 08:53
6/10
Tried
on 01 Sep 2016
at 14:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
on tap ambrata velata non molta schiuma un po malto tostato spezia discreto amaro secca Forse ho un odea diversa di bitter
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jun 2016
at 12:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Fass&Cask in Rome-Italy. Light amber pour, tick creamy foam. Nose: nuts, tangerine, candy orange. Mouth: fresh watery maltiness, spices, bitter sharp finish. Good!
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2016
at 04:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @Fass&Cask (Rome). Pours amber with a medium and persistent off-white head. Aroma of tangerine, passionfruit, grass, malt. Flavour is medium to light malty with a medium bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Very good one!
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jun 2016
at 12:41