Riserva Speciale

Birra Amarcord in Apecchio (PU), Marche, Italy 🇮🇹

Bière de Champagne / Bière Brut Regular

Score

6.90

ABV: 10.0%

IBU: 20

Ticks: 39

This is obviously a celebratory beer. Its high alcohol content (10 degrees by volume) and the other organoleptic characteristics that distinguish it, such as some unusual ingredients, among which the Champagne yeasts, two types of honey (wildflower and acacia) and some stand out wild fruits, among which the sour cherry and the blackthorn are the prizes. Its foam is affected by the intense alcohol content and is not necessarily persistent any longer than is allowed by its powerful ethyl burden.

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6.5

Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 10 years ago

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

Bottle split at CBC Clerko, thanks to Kenny, 10/09/15. Hazed orange topped with a decent off white swirl. Nose is straw, light puke, pink berry, floral notes. Taste comprises bitter fruit, farmy, light wood, faint citric peel, hay. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok ... hides the ABV well but on the other hand doesn’t deliver a lot on said ABV.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2015 at 01:57

6.6

madmitch76 (40782) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 10 years ago

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

10th September 2015
Craft Clerkenwell Bottle Share. Hazy pink tinted gold beer, big fluffy pale peach colour head. Palate is light with modest fine carbonation. Sweet floralness. Mild spice. Sweet floral generic fruits. More floralness and spice. Light finish. Hides the abv very well but was expecting something more coherent than this.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2015 at 07:03

6.8

Scopey (25220) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 10 years ago

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

Bottle thanks to Kenny. It pours murky hazy rose with a decent off-white head. The nose is soft, juicy, floral/hibiscus, light jam, bubblegum, light plastic and Welch’s grape juice. The taste is crisp, bitter, toasty, light spice, hibiscus, sweet, juicy, grape skin and rhubarb. Medium + body and highish carbonation. A touch restrained overall, but enjoyable nonetheless. Hides abv pretty well also.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2015 at 03:37

WingmanWillis (38720) ticked Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 10 years ago

Tried on 10 Sep 2015 at 12:48

4.1

Inbreak (10167) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 11 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

21.01.2015, 0,75l bottle @ home:
Nice slightly fizzy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, wheat, sugar, yeast, honey, hay, almonds, grass, bubblegum, weeds. Taste is kind of harsh boozy, yeast, alcohol, weeds, almond essence, harsh bubblegum, minerals, sugar, grass, bark, paper. Medium bitterness, harsh boozy mouthfeel, high carbonation. Sounds very interesting, but turns out to be anything BUT interesting...

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2015 at 14:55

7.9

Gurthnar (14774) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 11 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Aroma fruity, evidently sour, simple fruitish sourness, peach. Hazy orange colour with a pinky tint. Taste is fruity, peach, berries, slight general yeastiness, light to moderate sourness. Quite easily drinkable. Overall somewhat simple sourness and also straightforward overall character. Very good nevertheless.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2014 at 08:45

8.1

cuso (17277) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 11 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Hazy orange amber color with huge white head. Candies, peaches, light fruity tartness in aroma. Sour taste with peaches, honey, ripe berries, alcohol. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2014 at 08:42

Foffern (3549) ticked Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 11 years ago

Tried on 25 Nov 2014 at 01:19

Travlr (30174) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 11 years ago

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

Bottle courtesy of Ed, than you sir! Hazy to cloudy golden color, white head. Aroma of dusty and peppery berries, summer fruit. Taste has softly sour plums, raisins, white pepper. Very tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Aug 2014 at 13:09

6.8

yngwie (24447) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 12 years ago

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

Bottle, 75cl. A dense, white head sits on top of a lightly unclear, golden body. The aroma has a strange fruityness, in a quite nice way though. Meaty malts in the back. The flavor is mostly fruity, still with the same strange fruity touch found in the nose, as well as a little maltyness and a bitter touch. Full-bodied and quite dry. Some bitterness in the else fruity finish. Judging from the commercial description this beer definitely don’t comply with the German purity law, but that’s perfectly fine with me. I still don’t know if I think it was a well performed experiment, but it’s definitely far from bad, and the use of ingredients are certainly expected considering it’s an Italian brewery. 130208

Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2013 at 11:34

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