Xpochi
Birrificio Sottobisio in Balerna, Ticino, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.16
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This is our first of a long series of unconventional Beers that Birrificio Sottobisio is going to present time to time featured in a very special black bottle. X Pochi is an Ale beer in Imperial Stout style with a 8,5% alcohol vol. The color is extreme black ( you cannot see through it ). The head is a persistent and creamy deep brown. The aroma is close to the Stout’s one but without the smoky note. It’s more rounded and it reminds cacao, liquorice, Passito wine and fireplace burned aromatic wood. To the palate you’ll get first coffee, tobacco and bitter cacao with very very soft ashy note, then the main hopping comes with its British hops which clean everything but leaving again the palate free to remind coffee and cacao… This beer willl be appreciated during Autumn / Winter time with important meals or for meditation. Recommended a serving temperature of 10-12 degree C and a tulip type glass.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Big dark roast, anise and sweetness. Deep jet black with a light brown head. Dark roast and chocolate with a nice bitterness. Well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2016
at 00:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at JoeT’s house during RBWG. Pours deep black-brown with a foamy tan head. The nose has some burnt malts, tar, cocoa, dried fruits. Light sweet flavor with hard ashy roast, toasted tobacco, scorched earth, baking cocoa. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Bitter charred wood on the finish, some baking cocoa. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 23:56
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at JoeT’s cat cabana. Opaque black liquid with small to medium tan head. Aroma of coffee, licorice, chocolate, biscuit, raw sugar and bread. Taste is dry and light bitter with notes of grain, toast and ash. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Watery for the style. Weirdly grainy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 23:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at Jort haus, 04/02/16. Pitch black topped with a dirty tan swirl. Nose is rich malt, roast, spice, toffee, chocolate. Taste comprises rich roast, chocolate sauce, toffee fudge, charr, mineral trace, molasses. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid impy ... good balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 23:51