Tartaruga Fine Brewing

Client Brewer in Soignies, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2015

Description
Each summer Patrizio was driving to Italy to visit his family with his trunk packed with Belgian beers. During long evenings people were gathering on the terrace to taste the famous "birra belga". As a pastime Patrizio made small turtles with the hood wires of the bottles and gave them to the children. Every evening, the kids were asking him: "please make me a turtle (tartaruga in Italian)". Remembering these joyful moments, the name Tartaruga came as a natural choice when brewing its first beer in 2013. Since then Patrizio has been brewing its beers in collaboration with NovaBirra. In January 2015, Tartaruga Fine Brewing was born! And for the sake of keeping a higher level of quality Patrizio has chosen the De Ranke brewery in Dottignies to go and brew himself all its beers.

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Tried on 28 Nov 2024 at 13:28


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Hazy red/brown colour, thin layer of foam. Nose of dried fruit, caramel, woody, harsh bitterness, some green apples and varnish. Unbalanced.

Tried on 19 Jun 2024 at 20:12


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Good cream-tan head, stable, over very dark brown beer. Coffee, quite intense, liquorice, roast, roasted grains. Sweet roast, bit meaty, metallic-coffee, but the coffee is not that intense orally. Finish is a bit surprisingly watery, and the flavours fall away. Good carbonation. Pity about the finish, acceptable. Txs to Stef!

Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2024 at 07:55


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Very good, stable cream-amberish head over hazy amber-brown beer. Sweet, almonds, oxydized hops, cookie malts, even liquorice; gravy, mushrooms, resin. Drier taste than the nose, but still lots of maltsugars, liquorice, sugared resin. Sticky from the resin, well bodied, viscous. Good carbonation and long lasting flavours. Again that would be better with just a bit less malt(syrup), small dose of bittering hops would be OK. Txs to Stef!

Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2024 at 07:56


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle@Pressbyrån, Stockholm. Amber colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some toffee and a bunch of spicy tones. Flavour is fruity, some floral, mild spicy and caramelly tones. Some funk to it as well.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2023 at 17:02


6.5

Tried on 10 Jun 2023 at 17:19


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

mostly flowery hoppy aroma, belgian yeasty base to that aroma, quite typical belgian ipa - I wonder why they often has this characteristic aroma. Flavor is quite bitter , not so much US hoppy bitter, more just bitter but with some body to the bitterness so def. hoppy bitter, not herbal bitter or brewing-error bitter. comes off as a bit messy, it's almost like a tripel just with a very different hopping. pretty weird. Tastes okay though.

Tried on 17 May 2023 at 13:56


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Pours relatively clear , medium dark blonde. Medium large white head quickly fades. Scent is relatively mild. A touch of saison-style phenols, but not as loud as expected. Taste is surprisingly accurate - saison very recognizable, dry and bitter, with the kveik spicyness in the back. Mild salty touch, perhaps better recognizable when known it's an ingredient, but surely not hidden either. Fun little experiment, that's original. Surprisingly 'average', but that speaks positively about the balance and drinkability. De Ranke style hoppy notes (do they still brew there, or is this a result of their past / Coincidence ? ) Easy drinker. Medium high carbo - as fits the style. Not bad at all !

Tried on 31 Mar 2023 at 03:49


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Hazy orangeish golden colour with a small white foamy longlasting head. Aroma is ripe fruits, some yeasty spiciness, mild tropical fruits and some herbal tones. Flavour is dried fruits, some tropical fruits, mild spiciness, some alcohol sweetness with mild herbs and grass too. Fermented rather dry. Interesting, and actually rather nice.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2023 at 08:50


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Deep reddish amber colour with a mediumsized beige head, which leaves some lace. Probably one of the darkest DIPA's I've seen. Floral, fruity, some mild toffee and toasted tones. Flavour caramel, mild toasted tones with some yeasty and mild tropical fruits to it. Surprisingly mild bitterness, but still drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2023 at 20:37