Stelle & Strisce
Birra del Borgo in Borgorose (RI), Lazio, Italy 🇮🇹
Golden / Blonde Ale Summer|
Score
6.83
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Stelle e Strisce is a golden Session Ale with a low alcohol content. We dedicated it to the american flag because we use an explosive cocktail of american hops, with an abundant dry-hopping. According to this technique, we add the hops during the fermentation to give fresh and intense aromas: the result is a bomb of herbaceous and citrusy flavors. Wonderfully balanced, with a light body and a bitter final in perfect American style!
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml bottle from Gulating Arendal. Unclear golden orange body with a huge, creamy, lacing white head. Aroma has lots of both malt and citric fruit, bread, grapefruit and some oranges. Flavor is very refreshing, mild, but distinct pale malt, citric and grapefruit, orange zest and quite bitter. Fine balance with a surprisingly rich flavor for such a light beer. Fine body and long lasting aftertaste. Wonderful session beer no matter what style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2016
at 14:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 3.7%. Very cloudy gold with an inch of white head. A: Oranges, cream cheese , hay, some pepper. Lightish bodied, kefir-like texture. A lot of how much I like this is about how alive it seems. Unexpectedly somewhat funky taste with a little hayish sweetness but lots of citrus and tangy spices. Dry and moderately bitter at the end. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 06:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Botella, @Pizzarium, Roma. 23/09/2015. BBD: 07/2017 Color amarillo, aromas y sabores frutales.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2015
at 11:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy golden colour, white head. Hoppy aroma, citrus, pine, tropical fruits. Hoppy, fruity flavour, apricot, mango, passion fruit. Hoppy finish, tropical fruits. Nice.
(from draught @ Moeder Lambic Fontainas)
(from draught @ Moeder Lambic Fontainas)
Tried
on 06 Feb 2015
at 15:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle [5.5& abv as per label]. Cloudy, golden colour with huge, firm, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Intense, citrusy hoppy aroma, notes of tangerine, orange, orange zest, a spicy touch of hay, some limoncello. Taste is minimally sweet pale malty, citrusy hoppy, notes of mandarine, orange, hints of orange zest, mandarine kernel, some orange biscuit. A study in orange subtleties.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2015
at 14:14
6/10
Tried
on 03 Oct 2014
at 21:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft @ ML Fontainas, Italian Fest Sept ’14. Stars and Stripes. Orangée léger, col fin blanc crémeux. Arôme est fruité très légèrement houblonné gardant un petit côté noble et côté ouest US. Palais est assez huileux, légère note de pin accompagné de malt pâle. Pour une bière session cette dernière parait plus qu’indiqué. Reste sèche en bouche, avec un léger fini tropical et une pointe de pamplemousse.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2014
at 08:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(5.5 % ABV – this is an IPA as far as I can tell). Thanks! Sampled draft @ Italian Beer Week-end / Zwanze 2014 CML. Golden, creamy white head. Light cheesy fresh hops in the nose, creamy hay, citrus. Taste is cheese fresh hops, sugar, tad candy, malt, bread, citrus, light floral; Creamy body. Pretty nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Sep 2014
at 02:15
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught. The beer was given at the Italian Beer Weekend @ Moeder Lambic Fontainas, and announced as 5.5% ABV. In that case, this is an APA or IPA, in the ABV as above, this would be a Session IPA Huge, ultrafine & dense, lightly yellowish head over faintly veiled orange-golden beer. C hops and old sports shoes (sorry, but that clinches it exactly). Fruity, citruszeste, resin, bit of pine. Bit of human sweat, slight malty sweetness, citrus acidity and lots of hops (more than expected from a blond ale - nearly APA). Dry spicy seeds (fenegreek?). Quite slick, bit oily even (again pointing at the hops). Feels better carbonated than it looks. Quite good, but blind I wouldn’t call it a golden ale. And it is not what the name hints at, neither.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2014
at 00:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[10/18/13] Draught at Bir & Fud in Rome. Slightly hazy golden. Hoppy aroma, citric and floral, with piney notes and light yeasty nots. Flavor is a bit sweetish with a bit of yeast, light fruitiness, floral hops, some bitterness and some soapy notes. Medium-bodied.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2013
at 23:49