Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at Ma Che, 5/13/24. Clear mahogany. Large, creamy, beige head, well-retained. Toasted nose balanced with brown sugar and honey-like malt. Moderate fruitiness and very clean with low hopping. Clean, malty, very flavorful for its size with good attenuation and a more rounded toastiness. No tannin from the specialty malt whatsoever. Lingering toffee and molasses notes.

Cask at Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fa. Dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Light roasted, malty aroma with toffee and biscuit. Dry, malty flavour with roasted notes.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

@ Baldi's Capodanno 2024

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Canned, 440 ml In Napoli. Brown with medium beige head. Malty, toasted, some biscuit, some cocoa, light toastiness, sweetish, some dry bitterness in finish. Light to medium bodied.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

--Cask at Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fà, Rome. -- Dark brown, mid sized head. Aroma of toast, coffee and dark sugar. Mid sweet with light body and soft mouthfeel. Toast, brown sugar, hay, toffee and tobacco. Mid bitter finish.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5

Pours mid to dark brown, with reddish hints if seen through light. About one finger of rather dense off-white head that recedes quite quickly, leaving little lacing. Malty aroma of dark bread and coffee grains, with maybe a slight toffee note. Simple but clean and rather vivid. A bit less vivid/bright in the taste: slightly roasted base of dark bread, light coffee, perhaps a toffee hint. A touch of cola-like feel gives it a bit of freshness. Well balanced in the mouth, with the slightest bitter edge in a semi-dry finish. Light bodied as obvious, with very light carbonation too. Probably too watery in mouthfeel, even for the style. Overall, a pleasant enough mild. Does it's job as an highly drinkable session beer, but i've had better examples of the style. This one fell a bit short in both taste depth and body/structure. (p.s. wonderful labeling).

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Handpump @Luppolo Station in Rome-Italy. Dark Amber almost brown with orange highlights and tick ivory foam. Nose: ground barley, roast and mou. Mouth is sessionable with a character background of roast and a bit earthy.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Malto, Riccione, Italy. Pours reddish brown, with very fine cream foam. Aroma is malty, toffee, figs. Body is average, with pretty much no carbonation. Taste is medium sweet, with subtle roasty bitterness. Final is average.