Birrificio del Ducato
Regional Brewery
in
Soragna (PR),
Emilia-Romagna,
Italy 🇮🇹
Owned by
Duvel Moortgat
Established in 2007
Contact
Description
Our beers are made of passion and knowledge, culture and innovation, memories and visions of endless worlds real and futuristic.
Giovanni Campari founded Birrificio del Ducato together with two other partners. Giovanni is still the brewmaster of the brewery, which officially began the production of craft beer on March 27th 2007 in Roncole Verdi, Busseto (PR). The historic production site was transformed into Sour Brewery in 2015, when we transferred the main brewery to the new headquarters in Soragna (PR). Here we produce the main beer lines, through a fully automated system, which includes advanced PLC controls and centrifugal separator. The brewery currently has a 60-hl 5-vessel brewhouse and a total cellar capacity of 1200 hl.
At the end of 2016 Duvel Moortgat acquired 35% of the shares of the brewery. In 2018 Duvel Moortgat acquired 70% of the brewery’s shares, investing its resources in a new laboratory and in a new bottling line.
Giovanni Campari founded Birrificio del Ducato together with two other partners. Giovanni is still the brewmaster of the brewery, which officially began the production of craft beer on March 27th 2007 in Roncole Verdi, Busseto (PR). The historic production site was transformed into Sour Brewery in 2015, when we transferred the main brewery to the new headquarters in Soragna (PR). Here we produce the main beer lines, through a fully automated system, which includes advanced PLC controls and centrifugal separator. The brewery currently has a 60-hl 5-vessel brewhouse and a total cellar capacity of 1200 hl.
At the end of 2016 Duvel Moortgat acquired 35% of the shares of the brewery. In 2018 Duvel Moortgat acquired 70% of the brewery’s shares, investing its resources in a new laboratory and in a new bottling line.
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Botted@Monks Café, Sveavägen, Stockholm. Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is hops, roasted malts and some mild notes of fruits. Flavour is fruity, roasted malty and also has some barnyardy notes. The warmer it gets the more ashier it gets.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2009
at 11:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pretty black. Nutty, ricey aroma with dark chocolate, light coffee and an almost almondy finish. Thick body is somewhat flat. Hints of cacao and nuts. Dry finish shows both sweet cream and light chile note.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2009
at 19:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Hey this is pretty neat. Appears dark brown in the pour but is essentially opaque in the glass, with a nice foaming head. Aroma is dark, with ashy roast and dark bitter chocolate. Flavor is initially mainly chocolate and mild roast with a wee hint of coffee. The peppers are interesting, initially not detectable, but a peppery heat begins to accumulate. Interesting. Mouthfeel is nicely velvety with a good soft carbonation.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2009
at 17:11
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Wine Specialist. Hazy dark gold color with a huge, frothy white head that does some ring lacing.. Lots of clove/pepper spice in the aroma. Lush medium body with creamy carbonation. The flavor is flowers and spice over a little graininess. It’s more breakfast than anything else. Warm and lush in the mouth. Finishes nicely almost dry, but relaxedly, mildly spicy. I think the best part is that light ginger is present from start to finish. Would this go well with sushi? Yep!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2009
at 21:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33 cl bottle thanks to deft! Sampled on February 2, 2009Shady copper color, small tan head. Nice fresh fruity hoppy scent, also sweet. Roasetd, dry, malty, hoppy taste. Medium mouthfeel. Dry medium high bitterness, a bit harsh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2009
at 16:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
ambrata buona schiuma persistente note caramellate biscotto fruttate lichis luppolo in bocca il mato leggero caramello è bilanciato da unabuona dose di luppoli aromatici
Tried
on 28 Jan 2009
at 19:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (BB 06/2009). Hazy deep orange-amber color, thick beige head, lace. Yeast, barnyard, sourness and flowery hops in the nose. Malty, foamy mouthfeel. Flowery, grapefruity hoppy, yeasty, a bit sour and yeasty too. Nice grapefruity aftertaste. Some odd personality in this APA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2009
at 17:34
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
First rating33 cl bottle thanks to deft! BB 15 08 10. Labelled 8.2% ABV. On January 16, 2009.Pitch black color, big brown head. Salty, roasted, spicy, smoke, malty scent. Salty, roasted, alcohol, coffee, cocoa, smoke taste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel. Long roasted aftertaste. Also spicy and green peppers. Medium to medium high bitterness. Prolonged spicy feeling in aftertaste, close to the spice dried and crushed white pepper, but still not really, can’t find anything else that resembles it.7/5/8/4/16=4.0RerateBottle 33 cl on January 2, 2016, at a PDA gathering.BB 01 06 18, at 8.2% ABV.Clear dark brown to black color, small brown head. Sweet, vinous, berries, some alcohol scent. Malty, roasted, rich, light vinous taste. Roasted aftertaste, some chocolate. Medium to rich mouthfeel, medium bitterness. A small chili like heat in both taste and aftertaste. Warming alcohol.8/3/7/3/14=3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2009
at 06:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[Bottled, 8.2 % alc.] Pours black with a mid-sized head. Smoked milk chocolate aroma with notes of charcoal. Smooth mouth-feel. Roasted flavour with notes of liquorice. Some chili shows up in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 13:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 4.8%. Weak grassy aroma. Hazy yellow colour. Nice stable white head. The flavour is also grassy. Very clean. Medium bitterness, also clean.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 03:54