Birrificio Toccalmatto Cuvee Du Fou

Cuvee Du Fou

 

Birrificio Toccalmatto in Fidenza (PR), Emilia-Romagna, Italy 🇮🇹

  IPA - Brut Regular
Score
6.41
ABV: 6.8% IBU: - Ticks: 5
Historical courses and appeals. After the trend of Juicy / New England IPA, characterized by their turbid appearance and the roundness of the drink, it was to be expected that the following trend in hopped beers was the opposite. It was therefore no surprise to witness the advent of the first experiments of the so-called "Brut IPA", with their extreme attenuations and very clear appearance. Thinking about it, it's a kind of experimentation that has always been part of our way of brewing. Ideas like those of Oceania or Tabularasa started from the idea of ​​combining hops with a dry base, seeking a delicate balance with bitterness and favoring its use in aroma and dry hopping.
It therefore seemed natural for us to go into the subject and immediately put ourselves to work on our interpretation of style. We used an extremely attenuating specific yeast, and refueled with a selected yeast strain in champagne. The result is an explosion of fruitiness: the mix of the aromas of the two yeasts, sweet and notes esters of almond paste and bread crust, and those of hops, the vinous memories of Sauvignon grape from Sauvin and the citrus and pineapple of Simcoe and Mosaic. The alcohol is imperceptible and the drink sustained by a very fine and lively bubble.
 

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3.2
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 13

Bottiglia. Al naso l'aroma rimanda a luppolo, speziato e sou. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera normale, permanendo in maniera sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma ha una scarsa tenuta. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana fine. Il liquido è di aspetto velato. Il colore è giallo ambrato. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è pronunciato e c'è anche una componente leggermente acidula. La forza gustativa è elevata e permane in maniera sufficiente. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. Il tetto della bocca riconosce impressioni di miele, cereali, frutta secca, luppolo, un accenno di resinoso quasi balsamico, agrumi, caldo e alcol presente.

Tried on 17 Feb 2025 at 11:40


7.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Ce qui est appréciable dans une Brut IPA, c'est son côté sec avec une fine effervescence qui pour certains, la font se rapprocher du champagne (là, on s'approche surtout du marketing...). Cette version de la brasserie Toccalmatto est pour sa part relativement douce avec une effervescence peu poussée et plutôt grossière. Et ce ne sont pas les arômes quelconques qui la font se démarquer. Le visuel est sur un blond limpide, avec de grosses bulles et quasiment pas de mousse. Le nez présente une amertume sèche sur les céréales, le raisin, les agrumes et l'alcool. En bouche on est surpris par la douceur et la rondeur. Sur l'attaque des arômes de poivre, de miel et de céréales dominent. Les arômes fruités de raisin et d'agrumes étant plus discrets. La deuxième bouche manque de vivacité avec pourtant un alcool qui se fait davantage ressentir (titrant 6,8 %) et qui s'exprime au maximum de son potentiel en arrière bouche. Le final voit tout de même l'amertume être plus sèche, tout en étant épurée. Corpulence et longueurs restent acceptables, sans plus. Cette cuvée du Fou est donc loin d'être représentative du style, et ne soulèvera pas les foules.

Tried on 01 Sep 2021 at 07:57


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

2/VIII/20 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ home, BB: 8/VII/21, L:_19043 (2020-709)

Clear bright yellow beer, small creamy bit irregular white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very nice, tropical fruits, citrus, bit weird, amyloglucosidase maybe? MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice bitterness, quite some grapefruit, citrus notes, very bitter. Aftertaste: amyloglucosidase again maybe? Pretty astringent, some tropical fruits, papaya, pretty sourish, some pineapple.

Tried from Bottle from Dranken Geers on 02 Aug 2020 at 18:00


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Pours unclear blonde, medium sized, white head. Smell is mild hoppy, malty. Taste is full, creamy ( fairly ) , tad dry, but not nearly as dry as a brut IPA should be. Low amounts of (unfresh) hops. Not in style at all. After the common missinformation that NEIPA's are Hazy IPA's, the new annoying missconception is that IPA + Champagne yeast = Brut IPA. Sight :(

Tried on 19 Nov 2019 at 15:28


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

on tap oro piuttosto limpida schiuma media fruttata esotica secca lieve floreale amaro medio

Tried from Draft on 04 Aug 2018 at 00:56