Original
Menabrea in Biella (BI), Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
5.16
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Tried
on 13 Apr 2014
at 15:29
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle, 0.66l. Clear pale golden color with average frothy white head and sparkling appearance. Aroma of grainy malt, grass, vegetables with some dusty notes. Taste starts with light sweet maltiness, follows by cooked vegetables and grassy sourness, while finish is light bitter. Light body, dry texture and lively carbonation in palate. Bland thirst killer...
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2014
at 14:33
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Good, just yellowish dense head over golden beer. Bit milky, grainy nose, green leaves. Bitterish, but with a very malty sweetness omnipresent. Spritzy to fizzy carbonation; hints at CO² acidity; light body, bit of gristslickness. Hmmpfff. IMO, there’s something missing in a beer that needs the carbonation in order to achieve some balance. Txs for bringing over, Hans B!
Tried
on 29 Mar 2014
at 12:35
5/10
Grei lager, fyldig og kanskje litt søt. Gammel oppskrift? Litt tyskinspirert, kanskje.
Tried
on 07 Jul 2013
at 22:33
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Nice clear amber color with white head. It’s somewhat fruity but not special. It’s satisfying but almost. Typical pale lager.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2013
at 02:57
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottled 660ml. -Pale golden coloured, big (huge) bubbles of carbonation, airy white head that went away fast, cornflakes in the nose. Empty, dry salty water with minimal notes of malt and corn. Typical Italian crappy 0.66l lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2013
at 15:00
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
This is brewed by Forst, not even mentioned on Menabrea’s site anymore. Poured a yellow-golden body with a fizzy medium sized white head that went away fast. Slightly skunky aroma, notes of vegetables, slightly acidity, some maltiness. The taste is that vegetabley, herbal hopiness, dry, almost no sweetness, hardly any bitterness, somewhat salty though. Not offensive, a typical Italian crap lager, maybe some sweetish corn notes.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2013
at 16:50
3.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Fra fat på fortausrestaurant i Livorno: en kjærkommen tørsteslukker etter å ha tatt lokaltoget tilbake fra Firenze. Kaldt og forfriskende, men helt uten særpreg eller mersmak.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2012
at 13:23
4.2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Mine does not say original, it says italia birra. Drank directly from a bottle and it looks like pale lager. Weird processed aroma. Sweeter, old lager feel with some interesting background, if I put it in a nice way. Pretty good sizzle. A little cagey at times, you know like wew. Its OK for 4.5% but it is a little rude for a pale lager. If alky content was any more, it may induce a gag reflex. It must be a little old, thats all I can figure. Not as good as some other pale lager italy beers I’ve had. Hey, I’m a pale lager liker and this is a little below average, I guess I would feel differently if it was fresh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2012
at 14:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
0.66 bottle brewed at Forst plant. Similar to Forst Premium, focusing on herbs. Poured into a frozen small mug, appears very pale yellow, thin and fine white head (started very creamy, maybe because of extremely low temperature). Nose is mostly herbs, hops, like a pilsener. Light malt, corn predominance, sweet hops. Tastes a bit salty, moderate bitter finish. Medium carbonation, thin body, dry feel. A bit flat but refreshing and perfect during meals. Like Forst and Castello, this is the best of Italian industrial production.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2011
at 11:18