Cotta 37
Mastri Birrai Umbri in Gualdo Cattaneo (PG), Umbria, Italy 🇮🇹
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
5.80
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Mastri Birrai Umbri’s unfiltered red ale is made in Italy according to the Cotta 37 recipe using the traditional top-fermentation technique. The use of roasted malts and chicklings results in its characteristic deep, naturally cloudy copper hue. The ale’s captivating aroma is dominated by mineral and caramelized notes. Its body is smooth and its flavour balanced.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Sirmione, Lago di Garda. Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, yeast, caramel, some sweet fruit, apricot. Flavor is light sweet, malt, caramel, fruit. Medium body, soft carbonation. 130815
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2015
at 15:28
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Beautiful bottle promising a ’birra rossa’, which can be anything from an amber lager to a Belgian amber ale. Cheers Stefan! I do not see any mention of spices being used, so I wonder why this is listed as a spice ale here... Thick and regular, coarse, frothy, off-white head over a deep peach blonde beer - clearly not red, not even truly amber, hazy. Weakish aroma of iron, honey, old cookies, vague peanuts, straw, some peach. Spritzy, minerally onset with tingling, lightly souring carbo, overcarbonated even distracting from the actual taste, which is not very impressive to begin with: restrained apricot and apple fruitiness, thinnish body, some lightly honeyish and caramelly maltiness, light sourishness in the finish (perhaps the onset of an infection?) with a touch of dried orange peel and a light, bland, faint leafy hoppiness, not bittering enough. In all, dull and bland, the Italian craft beer movement has spawned many more impressive beers than this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2015
at 14:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared by a friend, BB 31 07 2016, medium sample. Hazy amber color, short head. Aroma is a bit spicy from yeast, some caramel, bit floral. Bit sweet in taste, slight floral bitterness, bit spicy. Like any belgian amber.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2015
at 03:24
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from an Italian stall in Westfield Stratford as no. 28. Hazy dark amber reddish brown. Some biscuit malt and sweetish fruity malt. Fruity malt in mouth, some light milk chocolate. It’s ok if a little thin. Not much hop on the finish, but ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2015
at 08:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber beer with a dark cream head. Malt and yeast aroma. Malt and yeast flavor with light breadiness and light herbal notes. Medium bodied. Malt and yeast linger with light breadiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2014
at 11:50
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Deep amber with plenty of fizz and next to no head. Malty, with a touch of caramel and red berry fruit, hint of leafy hop and gently bitter finish. Inoffensive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2014
at 09:34
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Aroma sweetish, apples lightly solventy. Deep golden colour. Taste is thin, watery, apples. After all it is still drinkable. But that is about the best that can be said about it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2014
at 11:57
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle, kindly shared by Dohny. Hazy Golden color with medium white head. Malt, herbs in aroma. Taste, pretty the same.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2014
at 11:56
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
bottle via a friend. Thick creamy white head. Hazy golden blond pour. A nice enough beer but nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2013
at 12:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle as I Cavalieri Rossa from Coop Kreuzlingen. Hazy amber colour, mlarge fluffy off-white head. Fruity touch, yeasty, robust grainy malt flavours. Hints of caramel and spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2013
at 11:37