California Sun
Birrificio del Ducato in Soragna (PR), Emilia-Romagna, Italy 🇮🇹
California Common / Steam Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.92
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This is a steam lager brewed with a touch of smoked malt. Brewed as a thirst quencher that gives fruity character with the crispness and drinkability of a lager. A beer created by the brewers as a rebellion against the hop forward beers they saw as focus of so much attention.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Golden pour. Aroma of grainy malt, citrus and some apricot. Taste of bitter citrus, grainy malt, apricot and a little tartness. Quite nice and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2018
at 20:02
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Color: Slightly hazy golden, white head. Taste: Under medium sweet and sour, grainy. Lighlty bitter, light hints of smoke and yeast, lightly tart. Under medium body, bit watery. Average carbonation. Lightly hints of yellow fruit (peach, lemon) Very easy drinkable, lacking taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2018
at 16:22
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl Bottle, thanks Henkie! Hazy golden yellow colour, white head. Aroma of pineapple, lemon, malt, fruity. Flavour is fruity, hint of smoke, light tart, pineapple, dry, some citrus. Light bodied. OK summer beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2017
at 16:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Birrificio del Ducato California Sun (by Birrificio del Ducato (Duvel Moortgat)):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
2/X/17 - 33cl bottle from AH @ home - BB: 1/IX/18 (2017-1741) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the bottle!
Clear blond to yellow beer, small creamy white head, unstable, dissipates quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of cow fodder, grains, malty. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: malty, grains, bit sourish, pretty bitter, cow fodder, slightly smoky. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, bit grassy, some grains.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
2/X/17 - 33cl bottle from AH @ home - BB: 1/IX/18 (2017-1741) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the bottle!
Clear blond to yellow beer, small creamy white head, unstable, dissipates quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of cow fodder, grains, malty. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: malty, grains, bit sourish, pretty bitter, cow fodder, slightly smoky. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, bit grassy, some grains.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2017
at 18:12
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Pours hazy, straw yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, slightly grassy, some smoke, light citrus. On the taste, it's slightly sweet & fruity, gently smoky, with a slightly bitter, moderately grassy finish. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2017
at 16:47
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Huge white frothy head stayed on a hazy lemon coloured body. Highly carbonated. Thin bodied. Tastes like soapy soda water. Very poor.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2017
at 10:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Hazy pale golden colour, small foamy white head, mostly diminishing, fair lacing. Aroma pale malts, tangerine, pomelo, star fruit, straw. Rather flat medium sweet and bitter and slightly sourish taste, malty, fruity bits, old hops, hint of retronasal smoke. Light and thin sweetbitter finish, medium body, watery texture, average carbonation, not so convincing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2017
at 12:00
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle shared with Zlotta and Koelschtrinker. Trübes hell goldgelbes Bier mit einer geringen weißen schaumkrone. Geruch ist mild fruchtig, gelbe Früchte. Geschmack ist minimal säuerlich, helles malz, helle Früchte, langweilig.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2017
at 13:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from 0.33 l bottle from ’AH’ (Zaltbommel), best before September 2018. Minimally hazy, straw yellow with a white head. Sweetish, slightly grassy and a bit fruity aroma of straw, grains and some citrus. Slightly sweetish, moderately bitter, slightly fruity-grassy taste of grains, pineapple, lemon and some straw, followed by a short, slightly bitter, moderately grassy finish. Thin to medium body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Okay!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2017
at 13:05
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Starke Karbonisierung. Mild rauchig, leicht hefig, rund, geringe Würzigkeit. Süffig, trocken bitter, unspektakulär. 10/9/8/8/9/8
Tried
on 29 Jul 2017
at 13:05