Birrificio Orso Verde

Microbrewery in Busto Arsizio (VA), Lombardy, Italy 🇮🇹
Associated Venue: La Birreria Di Como - Out of business

Established in 2004

Contact
Via Francesco Petrarca 2, Busto Arsizio (VA), 21052, Italy
Description
For over 15 years we have been proud producers of wholemeal craft beers, all strictly unfiltered and unpasteurized.

Beer is an age-old product and we wanted to interpret it in a contemporary key, always keeping a connection with tradition.

Birra OV is crafted with the aim, indeed the duty, to maintain the organoleptic qualities, totally avoiding preservaties’ use in order to guarantee both the high quality and the customer’s satisfaction, which will always be our most important goal.

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
bottiglia 33 cl, schiuma bianca fine media persistenza, colore giallo pallido velato, al naso malto leggero agrumi camomilla, in bocca agrumi leggero coriandolo camomilla, corpo medio/leggero, carbonazione moderata, acidula, lieve astringenza, amaro percettibile. Sa di poco. Mah…. c. Tigros Luino 29.05.26
Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2026 at 17:50

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Tap at Ranzani 13, Bologna, Italy. Pours loaded gold, transparent, with fine white foam. Aroma is piney, resinous. Body is average, like carbonation, but rather pungent. Taste is fairly bitter. Final is average.
Tried from Draft at Ranzani13 on 05 May 2026 at 11:12

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Draught Small yellow head over unclear orange-ochre beer. Sweet malts, faint ashes, muscovado sugar, grapefruit. Orangepeel, orange tea, sweet citrus, faintly herbal. Light to medium bodied, quite slick, well-carbonated. Nice, and not unlike a UK ESB, if somewhere a tad unidimensional.
Tried from Draft on 20 Apr 2026 at 15:21

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draught Huge beige head over jet-black beer. Sweet roast, roasted nuts but also raisins. Maillard seems unavoidable. Sweet, less roasty than the nose suggested. Bit mineral. Feels very light for its claimed 6.2% ABV. And that's its weak point, it somehow doesn't pack punch enough to convince.
Tried from Draft on 20 Apr 2026 at 12:29

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
bottiglia 50 cl, schiuma nocciola media grana media persistenza, colore ambrato velato, al naso l’affumicato è delicato castagne abbrustolite legno miele, in bocca malto tostato affumicato pane tostato caldarroste toffee, corpo medio leggero, carbonazione moderata, dolce con amaro moderato. Buona c. Tigros Luino 23.01.25
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2026 at 19:39

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
bottiglia 33 cl, schiuma beige media grana evanescente, colore ambrato carico limpido, al naso frutta matura zucchero di canna miele, in bocca malto tostato miele noci zucchero di canna caramello, corpo medio/leggero, carbonazione moderata, dolce con amaro moderato. Manca di carattere ma si lascia bere. c. Tigros Luino 10.01.25
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2026 at 19:34

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 5.5
bottiglia 50 cl, bel cappello di schiuma bianca fine persistente, colore oro torbido, al naso è molto agrumata frutta esotica pesche note floreali, in bocca pompelmo malto cereali note erbacee, corpo medio, astringente da elevata luppolatura, carbonazione moderata, abbastanza asciutta, dolce con amaro accentuato lungo nel finale. Buona gustosa aromatica ma un po' fuori stile. Un mix tra una Bock e una IPA. Una Bock sperimentale. Tigros Luino 05.12.25
Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2025 at 18:16

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2025 at 12:00

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2025 at 11:55

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
A clear golden beer with a white head. Aroma of pale malt, straw, hay. Taste of pale malt, dry grainy malt, straw, moderate bitterness.
Tried from Draft on 19 Oct 2025 at 16:34