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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6.8

yespr (55573) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 14 years ago

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

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, toasted malty and light yeasty. Fruity, yeasty and mellow hoppy. Citric and lingering fruity. Dry and mellow citrusy into a crisp hoppy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2012 at 22:10

7.6

daniele (14510) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 14 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

rosata buona schiuma media persitenza buona corpo mielosa ciliegie ma finale piuttosto secco complessa

Tried on 01 Mar 2012 at 05:57

HenrikSoegaard (22027) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 14 years ago

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

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark orange colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy and yeasty aroma. Moderate bitter spicey flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Almost no fruity esters. Dry.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2012 at 05:48

6.6

Anders37 (30297) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 14 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a hazy pale reddish amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity spicy yeasty aroma. Sweetish malty spicy yeasty flavor with hitns of caramel. Has a sweetish malty spicy yeasty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2011 at 01:59

7.8

77ships (14509) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 14 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

75 cl. bottle/shared@Chez Moeder Lambic: swing-top, version with a white label and blue peacock, cloudy orange/slight pink hue, taste is lots of slightly sweet wheat, pale malts, slightly tart & boozy fruits (raspberries, oranges, grapes, berries,…), hoppy, esters, spices, hint of venous aftertaste, slight booze aftertaste, hint of Champagne body & carb

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2011 at 02:52

7.3

Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 14 years ago

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

Very fine & dense head with a faint pinkish sheen; orange-amberish beer with again a faint rosy/pink haze; textbook lace. Alcoholic, fruity (wild fruit, unripe raspberry, orangezeste), and greenery. Again unripe or wild, tart fruit. Faint artichoke-like flavour with some more pale malts and other grain. In a discreet way, vinous. Quite carbonated MF, some alcohol, but again discreet. Medium bodied at best, seems well-attenuated. Fine, but not really outstanding. Wheat is not obvious. I wonder what the Garrett Oliver connection might be. The Italian is too exotic for me.

Tried on 13 Aug 2011 at 12:27

Benzai (24654) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 14 years ago

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

Bottle at Cafe Buitenlust, Oirschot. Italian beer tasting presented by Benito. Smell fresh, light sweetness, light fruity. Taste the same. Almost a little champagne-like. Good carbo and body.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2011 at 02:58

6.8

Drebus (8640) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 14 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Tasted this at a special tasting session at Café Buitenlust, Oirschot, given by Benito. It’s quite an experience to drink this one. A colour i hadn’t seen before, very luxurious glasses. Doesn’t have to much of a smell except for something sweetish, honey like. Some people loved it, but to me it was a bit to watery and lacking in taste. Special one though.

Tried on 27 Jun 2011 at 10:10

6.6

tderoeck (22946) reviewed Riserva Speciale from Birra Amarcord 15 years ago

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

Imported from my RateBeer account as Amarcord Riserva Speciale (by Birra Amarcord):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

25/11/2010 - 75cl bottle @ horeca expo 2010

Cloudy light amber coloured beer, little white head. Aroma: malts, grasses, spices, some hops. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Soft creamy texture. Taste: first sweet malts, then some spices, hop bitters and fruits. Aftertaste: fruity, citrus fruits, hop dryness. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this beer.

Note: I also had another sample from a bottle with yellow label, with lots of American hops. It was even better, but alas no tasting notes. :(

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2010 at 08:03