Draco
Birrificio Montegioco in Montegioco (AL), Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
6.85
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Prodotta aggiungendo purea di mirtilli (biologici) alla fermentazione di una Demon Hunter, presenta un intenso color rubino, con schiuma quasi assente, da Barley Wine. Nel corso dell’invecchiamento l’olfatto diventa molto evoluto, con note di miele, frutta secca, caramello, fiori secchi, mirtillo, calore etilico, amarena sciroppata e nota ossidativa. In bocca è sontuosa, avvolgente, calda, zuccherina, etilica, di grande corpo, lunghissima; nel finale emerge un carattere vinoso, con una nota tannica che contribuisce a donare equilibrio. Birra da invecchiamento, dopo alcuni anni di bottiglia esprime tutto il suo potenziale. Invernale, potente, complessa. Servire a 8 - 10 ºC. Ingredienti: acqua, malto d'orzo, zucchero, purea di mirtillo (6%), luppolo, lievito.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours dark brown, almost looking like a stout. Aroma reveals somewhat sweet and sticky nature of the beer, definitely great for desserts. Taste is sweet, has some dark fruits, soaked in liquor. Overall, definitely a top notch beer, just being overshadowed a bit by some others I had during this evening.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2015
at 21:40
7/10
Italian Beer Weekend
Tried
on 01 May 2015
at 18:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
At a tasting, thanks, small bubbly head, very cloudy brown, color, not too nice, aroma of dried figs and clove with alcohol other spices and coke coming through later, flavor is a melange of dried fuits and caramel. Good but not too exciting.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2015
at 04:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle at Lueken’s Liquors during the RBWG 2015 bus tour. Hazy amber with off-white head. Aromas of malt, citrus, caramel. Tastes of booze, malt, caramel. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2015
at 01:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle on the RBWG beer bus
Clear dark golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Aroma of malts and berries. Flavors of berries and woody
Decent
Clear dark golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Aroma of malts and berries. Flavors of berries and woody
Decent
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2015
at 15:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Rich Berry and syrupy sweetness. Cloudy copper with a decent beige head. Big malty and light rotten fruits, very nice and rich.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2015
at 09:51
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle during RBWG, pours a cloudy brown with small beige head. The aroma is bready malt and raisin. Medium mouth with a strong dark fruit, bready malt, decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2015
at 11:00
6/10
Tried
on 20 Feb 2015
at 10:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Bir & Fud. The version I tried was 10% and made with cranberries I was told. A reddish amber wuth a bready spicy belgian nose + tart cranberries - think cranberry cookies. Medium bodied with a zesty mouthfeel. The taste is bready sweet spice + cranberry. Wonderful.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2015
at 08:20
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Super murky rust coloured with a decent head of foam, some lacing.
The smell starts off with a malty port like aroma that goes a bitter trail as well. Sniffing for the blueberries. .I don’t get any.
The taste follows suit with the smell, the only difference being that the finish returns to a more sweet malty side and there’s a slight suggestion of something fruity. By golly, I think I have found the wee bit of blueberries after all.
There is no visible dating on the bottle so I have no idea how old this is. Taking a wild guess, this isn’t fresh. No revisits for me.
The smell starts off with a malty port like aroma that goes a bitter trail as well. Sniffing for the blueberries. .I don’t get any.
The taste follows suit with the smell, the only difference being that the finish returns to a more sweet malty side and there’s a slight suggestion of something fruity. By golly, I think I have found the wee bit of blueberries after all.
There is no visible dating on the bottle so I have no idea how old this is. Taking a wild guess, this isn’t fresh. No revisits for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2014
at 11:05