can bb 14/5/19 legggero ambrato quasi limpida discreta schiuma piuttosto resinosa lieve floreale discreto maltato filo caramello amaro medio

From Sep 2006

Poured from 12oz bottle a clear amber gold with lots of bubbles and a huge head of foam that likes to start coming out of the bottle upon opening. The foam *does* settle down after a while but there's still a solid layer and lots of lacing right through the entire session.

The smell is all hoppy with lots of citrus and some sweet malt.

The taste is big on hops up front...the citrus in the smell is there but it's not super bitter as I expected and wait, the malt shows up mid way through with some caramel sweetness and it does a good job of balancing out the overall flavour. Nice. Very nice indeed.

The finish just reiterates the balance in flavours that I mentioned and makes for a pretty darned delectable aftertaste. Wow. This is a goody!

Bottom line: This is an awesome Amber that is so drinkable despite the rather high %abv and a *must* try in my book!

Thanks to ggaughan and jwc215 for the samples I got in trade!!

Pour is a clear copper with a small white head. Aroma is a melon hop with some pine and caramel malt. Flavor is a fruity hop with a manageable bitterness. I also get some heavy but not overly sweet malt and a little resin left on the tongue. This was a decent beer but a bit too much malt for my liking. It’s not a sweet malt bomb but also not a real hop bomb as well.

Tap into a snifter showing dark caramel brown with a finger of tarnished foam. The nose shows light pineapple and hints of pine. The palate is medium bodied and lightly carbonated. Very smooth mouth feel. Flavors of light cannabis and mild pineapple with a strong malt backbone. Moderate bitterness on finish.

12oz bottle thanks to obguthr
Pours cloudy dark orange with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Aroma of citrus, dusty and pine. Flavor of sweet malts, citrus, grassy and pine resin
Good. This bottle is 5 months old so I would like to try a fresher bottle.