Italian Strong Ale
Birrificio Toccalmatto in Fidenza (PR), Emilia-Romagna, Italy 🇮🇹
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Special Out of Production|
Score
6.96
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Aged in Grappa barrels
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
clear brown, small white head. aroma is malty, wood. flavor is malty, licorice.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2012
at 12:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cl clear bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is overripe fruity and fruity and light citrusy. Smooth malty and caramelish. Fruity, toasted malty and caramelish. Smooth fruity and bitter, light herbal into the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2012
at 11:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with notes of matl and caramel. The flavor si sweet with notes of malt and over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of over rips fruits and malt. Thanks yespr for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2012
at 11:48
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Grappageruch, der sich auch im Antrunk deutlich zeigt. Ausgewogen, der trockene Grappa wird mit der Zeit von würzioger, später malzigen Noten überstimmt. Suibtile Alkoholnoten, erneut deutlich nach Grappa, milde Würzigkeit, rund, recht milder Ausklang. 6/12/12/9/13/11
Tried
on 23 Jan 2012
at 02:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Head disappearing faster than pouring; fully hazy red-brown beer. Strong spirit and raisins’ nose, wood, banana, fruit on brandy and the effin laquer that got into the bottle. Quite sharp, but agreable spirit flavour - brandy or grappa - raisins, old dried fruit, fusels, overripe banana, alcoholic cream dessert and pastry. Dry, nearly tart-bitterish finish. Huge alcoholwarming and backthroat -burn, spritzy feel but not overly carbonated, medium bodied and very slick, oily, fiery. Well-aged beer, but 40 Euro for 50 cl??? I’m pretty sure the grappa that sat in the barrels before came out cheaper than the second flush. We could start omitting the stupid laquer-and-cord, dispense it in a decent brown bottle, and so be able to discard the cardboard box, and hey presto, we’ve saved 5 Euro a bottle to start with. For heavens’ sake, it’s beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2012
at 07:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2018-09-20, corked bottle from Birratrovo, Como, batch 09043, bb 2025, probably 9 years old, 5-3-4-2-8=22
Dull brown colour. Aroma/smell of apples. No carbonation, light residual sweetness, no apparent bitterness, light boozy touch, way too oxidized.
Not good at all.
2010-06-05, corked bottle, RBESG 2010, bottle at Domus Birrae beershop, Rome, thanks to Bruno and the staff for sharing!
10% ABV, 7-5-7-3-14=36
Cloudy dark amber color; low carbonation; little head. Warming malt aroma. Good body strength; as often happens, these high gravity (non)-Belgian beers, there is some vegetables flavor; sweetish; the Grappa appears in the end, it's delicate but nice. -t could be better with a maltier beer with less vegatables in it, and even with stronger Grappa touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2011
at 13:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
ramata piatta naso piuttosto intenso fruttato legno frutta secca etilico vinosa lievi ossodazione buon corpo riscandanta impegnativa ma non estrema da bere un discreto amaro
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2011
at 15:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled @ Dutch "the Good, the Bad & the Ugly" tasting. Thx to one of the guys at Toccalmatto for this special treat. Clear orange color, short head. Aroma of raisin, grappa, hint of caramel. Slight sweet taste, fruity, grapes. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2010
at 05:28
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
50cl Bottle at The Good, The Bad & The Ugly tasting, ABV 10%. Deep amber colour, thin white head. Aroma of grapes, alcohol, fruits, light sour, wood. Flavour is alcohol, sharp, grapes, sweet fruits, bit floral, light malty, wood, light sour. Medium bodied. Very interesting stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2010
at 02:32
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle: Poured a reddish orange almost rusty with off white head. Aroma is mix of barrel wood, faint grappa, fruits, and malts. Taste is very fruity with more wood and malt. There is a nice bite in the finish from the grappa. I personally do not like grappa, however in this beer it does things one would never imagine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2010
at 05:09