Bran
Birrificio Montegioco in Montegioco (AL), Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.10
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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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2009-08-30, batch 29/08, 1 year old, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Dark brown color; medium head. Nice aroma, chocolate with a touch of good coffee, and roasted nuts. Goody body strength, good chocolate flavor with some roasted malts, a hint of liquorice and a shade of the Montegioco sourish character (very subdued here); correct bitterness. Very rich.
2008-05-30, blind tasting at Yespr’s, 6-3-7-3-14=33
Dark brown color. Quite simple caramel aroma. Medium body, with a quite good caramel and dark chocolate flavor. In the final the chocolate gets a light vanilla touch, but maybe also some yeast. Not too complex but nice.
Dark brown color; medium head. Nice aroma, chocolate with a touch of good coffee, and roasted nuts. Goody body strength, good chocolate flavor with some roasted malts, a hint of liquorice and a shade of the Montegioco sourish character (very subdued here); correct bitterness. Very rich.
2008-05-30, blind tasting at Yespr’s, 6-3-7-3-14=33
Dark brown color. Quite simple caramel aroma. Medium body, with a quite good caramel and dark chocolate flavor. In the final the chocolate gets a light vanilla touch, but maybe also some yeast. Not too complex but nice.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2008
at 09:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Dark murky brown body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy light brown head that lingers. Sweet caramel and roasted malt aroma. Sweet roasted malt, rum-soaked fruit, caramel, molassas and light coffee in the flavor. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2008
at 19:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Yellow-brown head, black beer. Extremely liqueurish beer, vinous, liquorice. Alcohol, fusels; sweet like a sweet brandy-based liqueur. Dark fruit (prunes), dried and flambéed. Absolutely fiery MF. Alcoholwarming². Superb, but difficult beer; maybe a tad too sweet, but all the same impressive. I got a slightly different, experimental version, characterized by the smaller bottle with white plastic cap.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2007
at 01:46
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
scura non molta schiuma poco persistente profumi di tostato in bocca decisamente tostata amara alcolica
Tried
on 22 Aug 2007
at 17:19