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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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
2009-07-07, bottle, 1 year old, 7-5-6-3-13=34
Beautiful amber color, hazy; big head. Very nice hop aroma, fruity initially (delicate apricot and mango), later English hops. It’s very dry, with some caramel flavor but too much bitterness.
2008-03-29, hand pump at Salone della Birra Artigianale e di Qualità 2008, Milan, 7-4-7-5-15=38
Cloudy amber color; creamy head. Delicate but nice hop aroma, there are resins, fruits and grass. It has a round mouthfeel, but the body is not so strong, it has anyway a strong toffee flavor and an extreme hopping, of good quality. Some more sweetness and it would be perfect. The final is very long and excellent.
Beautiful amber color, hazy; big head. Very nice hop aroma, fruity initially (delicate apricot and mango), later English hops. It’s very dry, with some caramel flavor but too much bitterness.
2008-03-29, hand pump at Salone della Birra Artigianale e di Qualità 2008, Milan, 7-4-7-5-15=38
Cloudy amber color; creamy head. Delicate but nice hop aroma, there are resins, fruits and grass. It has a round mouthfeel, but the body is not so strong, it has anyway a strong toffee flavor and an extreme hopping, of good quality. Some more sweetness and it would be perfect. The final is very long and excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2008
at 08:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm) Reddish amber colour with brief, beige head. Fruity, hoppy nose with blood oranges and citrussy hops. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of blood oranges, citrus peel, caramel and slightly resiny hops in the finish. Very nice balance with a nice hoppy character. Well done!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2008
at 15:45
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Cloudy darkish amber, rich creamy head. strong hoppy citric grapefruit aroma. Sweet with clean rounded mouthfeel. Notes of strawberries and caramel, but hops is dominant. Long resiny bitterness. Very American style, both is terms of malt and hop character, yet with something that tells me it’s not really American made.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2008
at 02:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Yellow-pistacchio head over bright red-amber beer; end of bottle cloudy. C-hops, very dry, bit of cookies, dried orange peel. Very well malt (caramel-,cookie-)backed USA hops for a good IPA. EXCELLENT balance. Very slightly burning MF, slick, well-bodied. It is rare to find such a balanced IPA. For an Italian one, this is an instant classic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2008
at 15:17