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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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Amber with an inch of white head that’s never less than a coat. Complex hop aroma with grapefruit, orange, flowers, tropical fruits and spices. Some bread and caramel too. Light, creamy texture, highish carbonation. Sweet with caramel, bread, peaches, oranges. Spices, pine and grapefruit lead into a fairly bitter finish. Like this a lot but bet it’s better in situ.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2013
at 02:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pretty amber-red color, bubbly head. Minerally nose, grass, light caramel malt, risin, prune. Flavor of caramel, raisin, minerals, pine, a bit of coffee, with a sour edge. Ok, and original, but too metallic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2012
at 17:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Cloudy dark amber with huge frothy off-white to white head. Fine balanced hop aroma, citrus and a spicy note. Taste is more dark malt dominated with a decent hay- or chaff-like dryness. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2012
at 10:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Hazy amber colour with an off white head. Rich hoppy nose. Solid malt flavour in the background, with lots of citric hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2011
at 05:41
8/10
Tried
on 06 Nov 2011
at 10:39
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared thanks to Deanso. Clear amber pour with small white head. Aroma of hops and fruit. Flavour has strong hop bitterness with caramel, spice, pine and fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2011
at 12:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle shared with 3 friends small white head. Golden blond pour. Lovely bitterness
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2011
at 12:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Appearance: Dark orange brown, hazy. Some light tan head. Aroma: Fruit, malt and hops. Slight sweetness. Taste: Fruit, hops, slightly tart. And of course malt. Citrus? Info: 330ml bottle, 20/7-2011
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2011
at 10:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Open Baladin, shared in some park in Rome. Aroma is like barley tea. Taste is very malty, like spiced wort. A bit unbalanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2011
at 06:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Slightly hazy golden/amber with small off-white head. Flavour is malt, citrus, hops, caramel, bitter, little pine and fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2011
at 00:58