Zàgara
Birrificio Barley in Maracalagonis (CA), Sardinia, Italy 🇮🇹
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.43
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In 2007 a new beer, impressioned by the use of organic orange flower honey, was added to the Barley range, offering a delicate leaning towards elegant citrus flavours and perfumes.
Zàgara presents itself orange in colour with a creamy head, tight and persistant. the nose experiences an explosion of orange and spices, whilst the palate enjoys the malt, orange and a finale of dry hops, which renders this beer both extremely quaffable and thirst quenching.
Excellent as an aperitif, and at the table marries happily with pumpkin ravioli, a fresh fish salad or with white meat with goat's cheese or pecorino.
Zàgara presents itself orange in colour with a creamy head, tight and persistant. the nose experiences an explosion of orange and spices, whilst the palate enjoys the malt, orange and a finale of dry hops, which renders this beer both extremely quaffable and thirst quenching.
Excellent as an aperitif, and at the table marries happily with pumpkin ravioli, a fresh fish salad or with white meat with goat's cheese or pecorino.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Average of 2 separate tastings, with some different results. Small, off-white head, over slightly hazy orange-amberish beer. One sample flowery nose, garden herbs, fast gone, leaving a slight spicy aroma; other one cookies, sweet dessert baking and impression of Maillard. Sample 1 soft sweetish-bitterish, with a fruity sourish lining; bitterish mainly due to (noble) hops; faintly spicy. Both toasted, soft-caramelly malts, no honey detectable. Palate drops fast away, certainly in sample 2; sample 1 more spritzy, mineral water quality. Light to medium bodied. Honeysweetness in both cases held in check, but the beer is rather dull, as there’s very little "in lieu".
Tried
on 05 Oct 2008
at 08:29