Birrificio Lambrate Brighella

Brighella

 

Birrificio Lambrate in Milan/Milano (MI), Lombardy, Italy 🇮🇹

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Winter
Score
6.70
ABV: 9.0% IBU: 15 Ticks: 31
A seasonal beer only available in winter. It is usually presented on 7 December, the feast day of St Ambrose, patron saint of Milan. Over the years, this has become an important date in the Lambrate calendar - it marks the arrival of winter and the start of Christmas festivities.

In Milanese dialect, the term "Brighella" means "rascal" and is normally used to label particularly lively kids. It is inspired by a traditional masked character.
 

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Tried on 29 Apr 2018 at 12:06


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Tried from Draft on 28 Apr 2018 at 19:43


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap at koht. Pours amber with whiteish head. Aroma is sweet, spices, malt. Flavor is sweet and bitter, fruits, malt, spices. Finish is spices and dry black tea biterness. Overall: drinkable.

Tried from Draft on 28 Apr 2018 at 15:37


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Tap at lambrate. Smell is spiced, taste is so too, but more 'fresh' than the belgian equivalents. Way less sticky. Not overcarbonated. Perhaps this makes it 'not truly belgian style' but I prefer this over what does seems to be the general type.

Tried from Draft on 11 Mar 2018 at 17:43


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap @Bir&Fud in Rome. Pale amber hazy pour, medium off-white foam with draft. Nose: mou, strong honey notes. Mouth is sugary with herbs and thyme.

Tried from Draft on 15 Dec 2017 at 13:13


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

From tap. Pours cloudy orange with a creamy and white head. Aroma is toasted malty. Caramelish. Toasted malty. Sweet and malty. Lingering malty finish.

Tried from Draft on 04 Mar 2017 at 11:44


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught @ Lambrate Pub, Milan. Pours golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, yeast, light sweet, little spice, fruit, peach, pear. Flavor is malt, yeast, little spice, ripe friut, little bitter. Medium body, average carbonation, light bitter finish. 111215

Tried on 18 Dec 2015 at 08:20


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Bir & Fud. This Christmas ale was a vibrantly clear copper with a foamy head & a dank hoppy aroma. Definitely a different take than most Italian Christmas beers! Med-light bodied with a spritzy carbonation. The taste is bready sweet & bitter but well balanced. Maybe in a similar vein to Sierra Nevada’s Celebration?

Tried from Draft on 01 Jan 2015 at 07:46


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Nice golden color with small head. Very hoppy, a little bit of spices from the yeast as well, but that’s not really coming through enough. Still quite nice and better than expected.

Tried on 17 Dec 2014 at 15:13


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Open Baladin, Roma, 09/02/14. Lightly hazed golden amber with a thinnish off white covering/pond. Nose is dark fruits, herbal twang, bitter orange, spice, earthy, boozey notes, red grapefruit. Taste comprises orange peel, bread dough, earthy, light booze, herbal qualities, tangerine, tangy tropicals, sugars. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, sweet closure. Quite a sweet number, ABV well disguised making it a fairly easy drinker for almost 9%, though it lacks any great depth for said ABV.

Tried from Draft on 17 Feb 2014 at 13:21