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Birrificio Baladin (Società Semplice Agricola) in Piozzo (CN), Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.04
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A bright amber beer with a thick and full-bodied head. Its scent contains notes of cereals and sweet biscuits, accompanied by light nuances of citrus fruits in the background which, as the beer becomes warmer, turn into nuts and white chocolate. A continuous evolution to the very last sip. Its taste has a striking sweetness accompanied, again, by notes of nuts and biscuits, as well as ripe fruit, vanilla and citrus fruits, which round up its complexity.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a hazy amber colour with a white head. Sweet malty spicy aroma with some hints of oranges. Sweet malty fruity flavor with some spicy hints. Dry malty warming finish with some hints of oranges.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2007
at 16:34
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottled. Muddy amber, very lively aroma. Orangery, peachy, almondy nose. Sweet and very soft. Gently malty but exploding with flavours. Orangey finish. The combination of a delicate, soft malt character and an intricate yeast character makes this an outstandingly complex beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2006
at 06:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle 75 cl) Reddish amber, slightly hazy with a firm sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Huge bubbly head from a very high carbonation. Sweetish malt feel but a surprisingly light body considering the high alcohol. 190305
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2005
at 15:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A hazy orange beer with a huge bubbly white head. The aroma is sweet spicy with coriander coming thru combined with notes of peach. The flavor contains notes of alcohol, spices, and peach. The end is dry.
Tried
on 04 May 2005
at 17:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2009-07-05, Birra Demi Sec, best before Oct 2008, probably brewed in 2007 (L407), 2 years old, 7-5-6-2-12=32
Hazy golden color; too much carbonation, huge head; turbolent perlage. The aroma recalls the Belgian Ales, with some yeast spiciness, light fruitness, sugars, but also a light sign of bad fermentation or infection, but indeed the beer is well past its freshness... Dry mouthfeel as promised, the body is not too strong, and the alcohol is evident, probably all this due to the extra maturation/fermentation; dry malt flavor, possibly a bit acidic, very light traces of unwanted fermentation; the final is very dry.
I can’t find any interest in this beer.
2006-12-02, 10% ABV, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Hazy copper color; creamy head. Malty aroma with a light fruitness. Medium body, low malt taste, wrong yeast choice (it doesn’t add much), candi sugar, and boring hop, still light malt fruitness. Good without thrills.
2004-12-11, 8% ABV, 6-4-7-3-14=34, Two different versions, brought by Laurent Mousson
Orange/copper color; giant head. Too high carbonation. Good Belgian Strong Ale, dry in the front, but showing some sweetness after. Very good, but still experimental.
Hazy golden color; too much carbonation, huge head; turbolent perlage. The aroma recalls the Belgian Ales, with some yeast spiciness, light fruitness, sugars, but also a light sign of bad fermentation or infection, but indeed the beer is well past its freshness... Dry mouthfeel as promised, the body is not too strong, and the alcohol is evident, probably all this due to the extra maturation/fermentation; dry malt flavor, possibly a bit acidic, very light traces of unwanted fermentation; the final is very dry.
I can’t find any interest in this beer.
2006-12-02, 10% ABV, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Hazy copper color; creamy head. Malty aroma with a light fruitness. Medium body, low malt taste, wrong yeast choice (it doesn’t add much), candi sugar, and boring hop, still light malt fruitness. Good without thrills.
2004-12-11, 8% ABV, 6-4-7-3-14=34, Two different versions, brought by Laurent Mousson
Orange/copper color; giant head. Too high carbonation. Good Belgian Strong Ale, dry in the front, but showing some sweetness after. Very good, but still experimental.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2005
at 15:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Aroma is alcoholic. Cloudy dark yellow colour. Malty, peppery flavour with a hint of citrus. 6 3 7 3 13
Bottle, 10%. Spicy yeasty aroma, Belgian style, hint of funk. Almost clear amber colour. Sweet spicy flavour, Belgian yeast flavour. Good. 7 3 7 3 18
Bottle, 10%. Spicy yeasty aroma, Belgian style, hint of funk. Almost clear amber colour. Sweet spicy flavour, Belgian yeast flavour. Good. 7 3 7 3 18
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2004
at 08:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
8% ABV version Gushing to huge, very dense head, cream-colored head; darker amber. Aroma hops, and a bit of caramel malts in the nose, also a coriander smell. Taste with liquorice, very sweet (huge amount of restsugars), diacetyl and citrus. Retronasal hops. Quite sticky mouthfeel, very thick, full-bodied. A very sweet tripel. Brigand in the Italian way? Re-rate second 10% version with J.Walker whisky yeast Fully hasy, peach & olive coloured; off-white slim head and some alcohol. Caramel,vegetable, almonds, ambrée malts, very typical. Where is that special yeast? Slick, velvety MF. ’Scusato, Lorenzo, but maybe Le Baladin likes a tad too much experimenting and tinkering, instead of stabilising; oh, well, I’m never satisfied.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2004
at 13:27