Bran
Birrificio Montegioco in Montegioco (AL), Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.08
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Si presenta color ebano, con riflessi tonaca di frate. Il naso è intenso, con note di tostature, salsa di soia, caffè moka, tabacco, un accenno di balsamico e un ricordo di frutta tropicale. In bocca è morbidissima, avvolgente, con una potente nota di liquirizia e di zucchero caramellato, accompagnata da un accenno di menta e un ricordo di fave di cacao. Nonostante la struttura la vena balsamica la rende abbastanza fresca, alleggerendo relativamente la beva. Nel finale la luppolatura dona un amaro di nerbo, molto erbaceo. Dedicata agli amanti delle “scure”, è capace di grandi invecchiamenti
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6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a bubbly dark brown head that dissipated quickly. Aroma has notes of dark grains with a strong alcohol undertone. Flavor is full of dark grains and a bit of dark bread as well. The alcohol is less present and the beer is quite smooth. A lot of sediment at the bottom.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2010
at 20:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
2nd January 2009
Very dark brown beer with a thin tan head. Hard to pin down. Slightly sour like a porter but has a chocolatey character. Like a hybrid of a porter and a Belgian brown. Dry finish with a sour malt aftertaste and a little chocolate too. Unusual!
Very dark brown beer with a thin tan head. Hard to pin down. Slightly sour like a porter but has a chocolatey character. Like a hybrid of a porter and a Belgian brown. Dry finish with a sour malt aftertaste and a little chocolate too. Unusual!
Tried
on 24 Jan 2010
at 16:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Blackish beer with a tan head. Chocolate and malt aroma. Chocolate and rich malt flavor with light fruitiness. Medium bodied. Chocolate, malt, and light yeat lingers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2010
at 09:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Mahogany colour, minimal head. Caraelly and very sweet. Near full bodied with wll rounded mouthfeel. Toff overpowers everything in its way, coffee lures behind. Like a too sweet, warming cushion of toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2009
at 04:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled.A dark brown beer with a red shine under a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, as well as light notes of soy sauce. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of wood, caramel, and soy sauce, leading to a dry woody finish. Huge thanks to yespr for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2009
at 20:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle at home ... from my GBBF haul ... rich sweet vinoues malt nose ... not really a barley wine nose ... sweet rich plums ... heavy malt ... toasted oats ... quite sweet ... medium bitter ... medium carbonation ... bit too heavy and intense...
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2008
at 15:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
The bottle didnt explode like most Italian brews we have opened during our tastings. This may have broken a stream of something like six in a row. It did creep up the neck as I was readying my glass. Pours dark brown with thin mocha head. The aroma is dark fruitiness and musty fruit to go along with faint molasses and earthiness. The taste is rich and slightly musty with dark fruitiness. Just after a red wine fruit flavor and tannins shows by about midway. It dries out into the finish where notes of roastiness, nuttiness and faint earthiness surface and take the experience to closure. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2008
at 21:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
courtesy of ibrew2or3. Thanks Dave for this amazing offering. Have yet to be disappointed by anything Montegioco has brewed. Pours black with beige/yellowish head. Aroma of dark fruits and barley. Taste, roasted, nice caramel malts, with notes of chocolate. Finish is yeasty, rich flavor and again one can note the light presence of chestnut that seems to characterize so many Italian beers.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Dec 2008
at 21:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Black. A lot of rosted malts in the flavour. The finish comtains some fruit and Port wine. Not very typical for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2008
at 09:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle. Black. Small white head. Smells chocolate, raisin and coffee. Tastes a bit like wine. But also hints of coffee and raspberry. This is an OK beer but it has no real depth or character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2008
at 15:13