Imperial Ghisa
Birrificio Lambrate in Milan/Milano (MI), Lombardy, Italy 🇮🇹
Smoked / Rauchbier Special|
Score
7.54
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Called “Imperial” for its 8.5% abv, this beer is the elder sister of our Ghisa.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Caminha Bottleshare. @"Artbeerfest 2026", Caminha (Portugal). 10/07/2026
[#9.207 Global - #128 Italy - #3 Birrificio Lambrate]
Many thanks to the brewer for sharing. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma: smoked malts, coffee beans and chocolate. Taste: Watery coffee and smoked malts. Bit sweet palate.
Next one, please!
[#9.207 Global - #128 Italy - #3 Birrificio Lambrate]
Many thanks to the brewer for sharing. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma: smoked malts, coffee beans and chocolate. Taste: Watery coffee and smoked malts. Bit sweet palate.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2026
at 08:50
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
On tap at Uiltje Bar. Jet black, beige head. Nose is moderate smoke, woods, earthy notes, some very dark chocolate and coffee. In taste it’s less smokey and more coffee and earthy, still very pleasant. Medium bodied with long, bittersweet finish and average carbo. Good un.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2025
at 05:42
08/02/2010. BIRRIFICIO LAMBRATE, Via Adelchi 5, MILAN, Lombardy, Italy
Tried
on 15 Jun 2023
at 08:05
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2022
at 23:53
4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 1
Texture 6
Overall 3
Black with a creamy, beige head that lingers the duration. Aroma of roasted grains, and slightly oxidized. Taste follows suspicions—mildly bitter with an acidic, sour finish, despite noticeable coffee and roasted flavors underneath. Clearly going off. Can’t find a date anywhere on the bottle. Bought last month. A big disappointment.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2022
at 18:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle. Quasi black colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, dark beige to tan head. Roasty, smoky, chocolately dark malty and slightly leafy, spicy aroma, notes of smoked ham, coffee, chocolate, dark chocolate, a touch of smoked eel, laurel, juniper berry. Taste is sweet-ish and smoky, roasty, chocolately, dark malty, slightly fruity hoppy, minimally leafy, spicy, notes of treacle, dark chocolate, some coffee, smoked ham, a touch of red berries, plum, laurel, juniper berry, plum wine; well hidden alcohol. Oily texture, smooth, soft and silky, minimally cloying palate, fine and soft, creamy carbonation. Well balanced and harmonious composition, mild smokiness, fine fruitiness, mild roasty and hoppy bitterness - excellent!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2021
at 19:32
7.4/10
Smooth velvety body and served warm and uncarbonated off a key keg. Good smoke component. Rather dry and light body otherwise though. Lambrate milano
Tried
on 26 Oct 2020
at 16:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottiglia 33 cl, bel cappello di schiuma media grana color cappuccino persistente, colore marrone intenso con riflessi mogano, al naso predomina subito l’affumicato poi tabacco caffè e cacao, in bocca ancora malto affumicato cioccolato fondente caffè tabacco, corpo medio leggero, alcool ben bilanciato, acidula e lieve astringente, carbonazione piatta, amaro accentuato e intenso affumicato lungo nel finale. Da sorseggiare con calma. Buona ma non ne berrei un’altra. c. Beer-shop.it. 17.04.20
Tried
on 17 Apr 2020
at 17:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Il Birraiuolo, Naples. Pours cloudy very dark brown with stable tan head. Clear aroma of smoke, malt, yeast, and dried fruit with mild touches of coffee. Bitter, roasty and smoky flavour with sweetish touches of yeast and malt and hints of fruit and coffee. Bitter, roasty aftertaste with mild estery hints. Warming alcohol presence. Nice, well-balanced, not sweet, with a decent smokiness and bitterness level for the style, but perhaps the alcohol comes through a little too distincly in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2020
at 20:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Vinmonopolet, Storo, Oslo. Black with a big brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and heavy smoked meat. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. I like my smoked beers less sweet. 111119
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2019
at 21:35