About
Matteo & Cristina Minelli founded Birra Flea in 2013, with the dream of showing their love for the town of Gualdo Tadino and combining the best traditions with an innovative approach. They decided to create a product with a very strong local identity: a beer containing the best fruits of their hometown. The output is 55.000 hectoliters of Italian craft beer per year!
Birra Flea is produced from the well-known waters of Gualdo Tadino and the best malts - 100% Italian barley - produced and selected from the Minelli's farm. Birra Flea is produced with only wheat and barley malts - no other unmalted grains - and is both unfiltered and unpasteurized. It is refermented in the bottle in order to preserve its organoleptic properties, without the addition of preservatives and chemical additives.
Birra Flea is produced from the well-known waters of Gualdo Tadino and the best malts - 100% Italian barley - produced and selected from the Minelli's farm. Birra Flea is produced with only wheat and barley malts - no other unmalted grains - and is both unfiltered and unpasteurized. It is refermented in the bottle in order to preserve its organoleptic properties, without the addition of preservatives and chemical additives.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.8%. Slightly hazy pale yellow colour, large but coarse and shortlived head. Nice aroma of spicy yeast and herbal hops, hints of cloves and banana. Wheaty flavour, light bodied. Slightly dry, notes of cloves and spicy yeast, fairly bitter hops in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2020
at 03:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330 ml bottle, as Birra Flea Anais Smoked, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 6.4%. Cloudy orange to brown colour, large to moderate white head. Aroma of smoked malts, smoked meat and sausages, distinct but not extreme. The flavour is malty with distinct notes of smoked meat / sausages throughout. Moderate hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2020
at 03:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml bottle, as Birra Flea Violante Belgian Strong Ale, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 8.0%. Cloudy golden to dirt brown colour, moderate to small white head. Sweetish aroma of kandij sugar and Belgian ale yeast, malts and mild spices. Moderate but sufficient carbonation. Medium sweet flavour with the same elements as the aroma, also a nice character of dried fruits. Decent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2020
at 00:57
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330 ml bottle, as Birra Flea Bastola Imperial Red Ale, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 6.9%. Cloudy reddish brown colour, small and thin white head. Aroma of malts, hints of ripe berries. Modest carbonation. The flavour is sweet and malty, hints of berries and caramel. Not much to write home about here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2020
at 23:23
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle 33 cl. Pours a cloudy golden with hardly any head. Pours dead and lifeless almost without any carbonation. Sweet, fruity nose, vague notes of yeast. Rich, sweet body - but flat - some honey and apple notes and booze at the finish. Poor and sloppy craftmanship. And proof once again that Italian beers should be judged by their bottles only - not their contents. 220120
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2020
at 15:27
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle 33 cl. Pours a hazy, pale golden with a tiny, fizzy white head that disapperas in no time. Perfumy, coriandery nose. Light body, some orange notes leaving a slight tartness, yeast and a hint of coriander again. No real bitterness. A faint and fizzy example of a Belgian Wit. 200120
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2020
at 14:54
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle 33 cl. Pours a hazy golden with a white head. Vague Bamberg smoke in the nose atop some sweet ale background. Medium body, same pattern: a sweet, fruity ale with Bamberg smoke notes and a metallic edge. Very subtle bitterness. 200120
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2020
at 14:50
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle @ Home. Pours slightly hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma of wheat, yeast, some light sweet fruit, light spice. Flavor is sweet, malt, wheaty, yeast, fruit, mild spice. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, light sweet finish. 140120
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2020
at 17:09
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle @ Home. Pours hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma of malt, light yeast, white sugar, marcipan, some light sweet fruity notes. Flavor is heavy sweet, malty, sugar, honey, marcipan, little fruit, alcohol. Full body, soft to average carbonation, heavy sweet finish with warming alcohol. 010120
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2020
at 17:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
1.5l magnum. Pours fairly hazy amber with minimal foam. Aroma is caramel, alcohol, dry fruits, figs. Body is fairly dense, with good carbonation. Taste is medium-high sweet. Final is average.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2019
at 21:28