A.F.O.
Birrificio del Ducato in Soragna (PR), Emilia-Romagna, Italy 🇮🇹
Amber / Red Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.81
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Released the same year as Viaemilia at the end of March 2007, A.F.O. was our second creation. The history of this beer dates back to when Giovanni Campari, brewmaster and founder of the brewery, first came into contact with the new and irresistible character of American hops. Back home, he decided to make the Ale of his dreams, which expressed a complex bouquet, fascinating but never usual. He traveled between England and Germany, visiting hop growers and experimenting, carrying out a research into the olfactory territory of hops which finally materialized in the current A.F.O.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Aroma is caramel malt, toffee, some yeast, fruity notes, biscuit, some floral hops. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Body is medium. Sweeter and more malt-forward than I’d hoped, but certainly an agreeable easy beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2025
at 05:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Lumière. Copper color clear big offwhite head. Flavor of biscuit malt, herbs, some orange peel. Crisp taste mineral light bitter, average carbonation clean dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2022
at 19:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at Beer&Food Attraction, in Rimini, Italy. Pours amber gold, transparent, with fine whitish foam. Aroma has some malty and herbaceous. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is medium bitter, with some initial malty sweetness. Final is fairly dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2022
at 17:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, long lasting medium bubbly head, clear deep orange color, aroma of ripe oranges, some biscuits malt and a hint of flowers, flavor of citrus and brown bread, light to medium mellow herbal bitterness. Really well made.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2021
at 13:43
7/10
Tried
on 23 Jan 2019
at 18:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Camping Belle Italia, Largo de Garda. Pours slightly hazy golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, light caramel, fruity hops, peach. Flavor is light bitter, malt, caramel, grass, old hops, fruit. Medium body, average carbonation, light bitter finish. 270717
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2017
at 06:06
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap at Palmhof. Hazy amber color with tan head. Aroma is bready, grapey, toffee, toasted malts. Taste is bready, grapes, toasted malts. Medium carbonation. A bit off.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 May 2017
at 16:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg tap at the Italian Job, Chiswick. Light reddish brown with a sizable white head. Iced tea with mango and lychee in the scent. Pleasant floral taste, mostly sweet. Body’s thin and flat which is a bit disappointing. A drinkable but ultimately so-so APA.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2016
at 12:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Italian Job, Chiswick, London. Murky, orange amber. Film of sticky, off white head. Nose has spicy, ripe fruit hop. Granary bread. Some bubblegum. Taste has granary bread sweetness. Moderate bitterness. Medium bodied. Easy drinking. Light dry finish. Ok amber.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 May 2016
at 11:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ Brewmakers dinner - Gastropuben KICK Malt & Mat, Kristiansand
Pours hazy amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, bread, bubblegum, floral, orange and hint of cooked vegetable. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long floral, orange, bready and caramel finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, bread, bubblegum, floral, orange and hint of cooked vegetable. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long floral, orange, bready and caramel finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2015
at 01:56