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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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
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pour une bière fumée, j'ai été plutôt agréablement surpris. Les bières fumées sont en effet trop souvent peu raffinées avec un goût de fumé s'apparentant à de la mauvaise charcuterie. Sur cet Imperial Porter, le fumé est bien intégré, relativement modéré voire fin. Si bous ajoutez à cela des arômes francs de chocolat, café et caramel vous obtenez une bière de bonne facture. Les petits moins sont une texture que j'ai trouvé trop fine, une corpulence qui aurait pu être meilleure et un final que j'aurais aimé un peu plus brillant et long. Côté visuel nous sommes sur un noir total sans présence de mousse. Le nez se porte sur le fumé, le chocolat avec une pointe de café/chocolat. L'attaque présente une bonne intensité avec un excellent équilibre malt/houblon. Le fumé est présent sans être omni présent et donc écœurant. Chocolat, café m, caramel et de légères épices complètent un cocktail qui se veut agréable. L'alcool à 8,5 % répond bien à l'amertume et aux arômes torréfiés. En deuxième bouche les arômes maltés s'affirment avec une intensité à son maximum. L’arrière-bouche est sur une fraîche amertume bien trouvée. Le final, d'une longueur acceptable sans plus reprend notre duo malt/houblon en rebaissant d'intensité par rapport à la seconde bouche ce qui est quelque peu frustrant. Pour une bière fumée, cette Ghisa est vraiment appréciable.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2019
at 11:25