La Zia Ale

6th February 2016
Hazy gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Palate is light, dry and mildly crisp. Thin malts. Fair bit of herb here, fruity basil and rosemary. It’s smooth and never too much but it is very herbal and I don’t want to drink the whole bottle but at the same time I really do not dislike it! Conflicted!

330ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours hazy pale gold with a thick white head. Aromas of strawberry jam, light herbs. Taste is sweet, light rosemary, light yeast on the finish.

Bottle. Appearance - cloudy golden orange with a big fluffy head. Nose - strawberry jam, light herb. Taste - more of the same. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture, the light herbaceousness does something to clean the palate, if not quite enough. Overall - rich and just enough dryness to keep the interest.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Birradamare La Zia Ale (by Birradamare / Birrificio Ostiense Artigianale):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5

19/III/15 - 33cl bottle from Horeca Expo 2014 (Gent) @ home - BB: XII/2015 (2015-387)

Clear orange beer, irregular off-white head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: bit sweet, malty, spicy notes, some overripe banana. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: spicy, cloves, bit soapy, hoppy. Aftertaste: spicy, sweet malts, bit sugary, more spices (rosemary it appears).

Draft sample @ Birra Expo’14 Piacenza. Dorée-orangée, col blanc. Arôme est herbacé avec un rappel de genévrier et romarin bien dominant le tout ponctué par un léger malté. Palais est assez unique et alterne le profil du romarin plus une certaine épaisseur de l’artichaut. Petit amertume se dégage en fin de bouche et le romarin vu son caractère fort au niveau des saveurs prend un peu la part belle. Bière intéressante et encore une fois, laissons les italiens innover vu que les belges ne le font plus. L’usage de l’artichaut était étonnant et au final, sans le savoir, j’ avoue que je n’aurai pas vraiment pu le détecter. Il est vrai que qcq notes épaisses végétales se distinguaient sans pour cela en trahir l’origine.

Bottle from B.O.A., Ostia, bb 4/2014, batch 482
Golden color, hazy; the bottle is gushing. Light aroma of rosemary. Quite good beer, with light rosemary presence, and moderate bitterness.

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From bottle at the brewpub. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is vague artichoke and rosemary. Light sweet malty flavoured and dense spiced. Lingering rosemary finish. Strange, yet not offensive.