Birra del Borgo Genziana

Genziana

 

Birra del Borgo in Borgorose (RI), Lazio, Italy 🇮🇹

  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Herbal Regular
Score
6.55
ABV: 6.2% IBU: 25 Ticks: 75
One of our ‘terroir’ beers, brewed with Gentian roots, traditionally used for a local liqueur, added at the very end of the boil. The aromas are peppery, earthy and floral. The mouthfeel is firstly of honey flavors then earthy, peppery and yellow fruits. The finish is delicate and long lasting.
 

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is hazy golden. Aroma and taste are malt, hops, yeast and fruits.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2012 at 06:15

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle, 75cl. It pours an almost clear body, golden in color and with a small, off-white head. Lightly spiced, licorice-like aroma with pale malts and some sugary notes, dried fruits and a hint of something honey like. It’s smooth on the palate, slightly flat, with flavors of pale malts, sugar, spices and some licorice. A quite tasteful beer that I wouldn’t mind drinking again. 120218
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2012 at 06:15

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hazy amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, wheaty, fruity and spicy. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 180212
Tried on 18 Feb 2012 at 06:14

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Clear amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, floral and hops. Flavour is malt, hops, fruit, floral, citrus, spices, medium sweet and bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2012 at 22:15

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle at Eataly in NYC. Pours golden with white head. Tastes floral, yeasty,lemongrass, herbal, with some orange zest. High carbonation and refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2011 at 15:30

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft. A hazy dark golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of perfumy hops and straw as well as lighter notes of malt and spices. The flavor is very sweet with notes of malt, caramel, straw, and hops.
Tried from Draft on 17 Apr 2011 at 15:01

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours apricot. Nose of yeast, green tea, ginseng, herbs and lemongrass. Taste is sweet tea, lemon, yeast, herbs and a touch of orange zest.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2011 at 22:53

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
bottle at home ... copper ... thin lacing ... soft fruit hop ... light floral hop nose ... little over fizzy ... little vegative ... sweet hop ... little fruits ... big bitter flower in linger ... there no doubt about the flower being in there ... its quite unusual ... and quite bitter ... but a different bitterness ... i quite like this.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2010 at 15:57

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Aroma of fruit, yeast and herbs. Sweet herbal flavour with impressions like sage, rosemary and honey, ending in an unfortunate sugary sweetness.
Tried on 26 Aug 2010 at 11:40

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5

2012-05-11, bottle at Danske Ølentusiasters Ølfestival 2012, Copenhagen, 6-3-6-3-13=31
Blond color. Moderate aroma of malt, with a light herbal touch and pepper. Soft mouthfeel, some malt flavor, moderate sweetness, very light herbal feeling. The genziana is not really evident. But it's still a good Ale.

2010-06-05, RBESG 2010, draught at Open Baladin, 7-4-7-3-15=36
Golden color. Nice hop aroma, with just light herbs. Good body, malty, sweet; it has just a light herbal touch, not necessarily gentiane. Correct bitterness. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2010 at 05:36