Elixir
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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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A golden amber ale with a thick light moka head. A herbal malt aroma with some light funk. In mouth, a nice maderized malt aroma with light hops, lighter bodied than expected, oily mouthfeel. Bottle at Mondial 2010.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2010
at 19:27
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle pours dark brown with a medium off white head. Aroma is yeasty and smells very sugary. Flavor is fruity yeast and a metallic medicinal finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2010
at 13:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at RBNAG-2009. Dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is malt, alcohol, fruit, dried fruits. Flavour is dried fruits, spices, malt, alcohol, fruit, yeast, caramel, orange. Full body. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2010
at 04:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 75cl, at RBNAG -09. Courtesy of OleR. It’s an almost entirely clear beer, golden in color, with an orange tint. The head is a finger-thick off-white to beige one, soon gone. Vinous, sherry-like nose with dried apricots, tropical fruits juice, alcohol and some spice notes. The flavor has some acidity to go with the sherry-like flavors and dried fruits. Alcohol and a hint of spices, as well as tropical fruits juice blend in nicely. Quite warming alcohol finish. Full-bodied and nicely carbonated, warming the throat on it’s way down. A nice beer indeed, but I think the alcohol is too evident, even for a 10% ABV beer. 091108
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2010
at 08:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Courtesy of Blazer06. Pours muddy copper with tan head. The aroma is pretty full and rich with spices, earthiness and some modest dark fruity esters. Pretty smooth and inviting. The taste is similar with smooth and rich notes starting somewhat musty with sweet malts and blended dark fruitiness of cherries and plums. Those notes are rounded out toward the finish with a pleasing earthiness adding more depth and interest to the experience.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2010
at 20:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
RBWG 2010. Pours cloudy dark golden color with off white head. Aroma of over ripe fruits. Flavors of fruit and bread dough. Medium body with lively carbonation.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2010
at 15:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled 750ml. -Nice clear amber coloured, medium sized off-white head, slight acidic fruity nose (something between peach and pineapple). Moderate sweet malty, quite alcoholic and spicy with notes of fruits and caramel. Peppery alcoholic finish. Had better Baladin beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2010
at 08:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750ml bottle @Tampa Wkly Gathering @BT thanks Zack/Blazer06-pours a big foamy white head and hazy gold color. Aroma is musty, barny, light malt. Taste is musty, barny, light malt, lemon, yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2010
at 08:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Listed as Al-Iksir. Comes to me a bit still. Has a light halo lacing. The beer is thick looking, cannot see through it, low clarity, Aroma is akin to a thick barleywine (with slick malts) and some apple skins (coming off the alcohol). Has a slick and thick mouthfeel with reduced carbonation, which works well with the structure of the beer. The flavor is similar with a lot of apple skins maltiness. Its a good sipper
Draft at Ginger Man, served in a snifter.
Draft at Ginger Man, served in a snifter.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2010
at 21:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750 ml bottle sampled@RBNAG 2009, Vatlandsvåg. Hazy orange body with a thin off-white head. Aroma is fruity, yeast, spices, alcohol and some acidity. The impression is surprisingly light and refreshing at a 10% ABV beer. Light malty with some caramel, oranges, warming alcohol, spicy and some fruity acid. Well balanced all the way with a nice bitter finish, quite fascinating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2010
at 08:28