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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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at Ariel’s place. Thanks Tom C. Hazy orange. Aroma of citric (some tangerine) and floral hops, slightly stale. Flavor has some sweetish malt, citric and floral hops and a bitterish finish. Medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2015
at 14:36
6/10
Tried
on 19 Feb 2015
at 21:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Review based on the BJCP2008 guidelines (style 10A, slightly adapted). Bottle 33 cl - Batch L338 12. AROMA: hop aromas with citric notes mixed with caramelized malt and some esters (orange). it also has a port like quality. APPEARANCE: amber color and very hazy with material in suspension. medium ivory head with good retention. TASTE: flavours similar to the aromas but much more restrained. floral hop notes with a nice malty balance. low bitterness with a medium-sweet finish. PALATE: thin body with medium-low carbonation. OVERALL: a different interpretation of an APA with more mild flavours and bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2014
at 14:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, exactly on the "best before" day. Nice amber/orange color, hazy, with very big head. Smell is fruity, peach, apricot, something exotic, and also some caramel malt. Taste is instead very lemonish, citric, even tart. The low carbonation doesn’t help, it reminds to me also the tea. I would like some more gas. Not bad, ok beer, but not my favourite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2014
at 12:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
frothy white head. Amber color. Dry with lots of band aid note. Not exciting or interesting.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2014
at 03:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle thnx to Beerlover_ben Pours clear, dark amber . Good white head . Smell is hoppy, funky . Taste is dry, funk ( brett ? ) bit hoppy .
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2014
at 05:59
6/10
Tried
on 04 Jun 2014
at 09:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dunkel orangegoldenes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig hopfig, fruchtig herb. Geschmack hopfig bitter, exotische Früchte, fruchtig malzig.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2014
at 13:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Botella de 33 cl en casa octubre de 2013. Bastante buena y refinada con sabores afrutados y ligero amargor al final. Fácil de beber con un cuerpo medio. Color anaranjado con espuma blanca poco persistente. Para repetir de nuevo sin problema.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2014
at 08:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle split at Open Baladin, Roma, 21/06/13 during the stag. Lightly hazed amber. Nose is light fart, summer fruits, hops, caramel. Taste comprises caramel malt, rhubarb, hops, liqourice, strawberries. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, refreshing finish with light bitterness. Solid enough APA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2013
at 00:34