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.

     Show


6.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Beergium. Orange brown, hazy beer with good and stable cloudy head. Mild aroma. Taste has caramel and wood with dry and slightly bitter end. Medium body, easy to drink.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2018 at 15:52


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

Bottled 330ml (Beergium)
Hazy orange colour, small white head. Riped fruits, hops, spiceyness, resin in the nose. Medium-bodied. Riped fruits, peppery bitterness, yeastyness in the flavour. Quite De Rankeish. Simple Belgi-IPA-hybrid. Despite of its name, not so sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2018 at 18:45


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

Flaska från belgiuminabox. Bärnstensfärgad, klar med fluffigt högt skum. LIte murrig smak med röda bär, karamell, och citrus. Känns lite som en halvmesyr. Ok.

Tried on 14 Feb 2018 at 17:50


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

Flaska från Beerium. Gyllengul klar vätska med högt vitt skum. Rejäl kropp, fruktig sötma med aprikoser, gula plommon och lite apelsinskal. Ganska snäll beska. Trevlig men kanske väl anonym.

Tried on 11 Feb 2018 at 21:05


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Tartaruga Caffè Morena (by Tartaruga Fine Brewing):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

10/II/18 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 20/VII/22, bottled: 20/VII/17 (2018-158)

Clear dark brown beer, big creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: mocha, coffee, caramel, bit spicy, some hazelnut, hint of liquorish. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty roasted start, bit sweet, coffee, caramel, pretty bitter, bit sourish. Aftertaste: mocha, hoppy, fruity, some roasted malts, cocoa powder, some banana, lots of caramel, not my cup of coffee. :p

Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2018 at 19:07


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Flaska från Beergium. Gyllengul, disig med högt vitt skum. Humlefruktig doft med citrus och tropisk frukt. Smaken är ganska stram med rejäl beska, bra kropp för stilen och mandarin, zestig citrus, lite brettig jäst och en lite resinbesk ton. Gott.

Tried on 09 Feb 2018 at 17:26


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

At a tasting, thanks, small bubbly head, murky darkish orange color, aroma of stewed fruits, dairy and mineral hints, stewed fruits flavor with an empathic light herbal bitterness. Nice, a bit over the hill.

Tried on 31 Jan 2018 at 09:02


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Thanks rayaron. Hazy yellow. Stale hops, graininess, yeast, some fruitiness, a bit of oxidation, rather dry, bitter finish. Could be fresher.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2018 at 21:57


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

An dark orange beer, a head is big, blond and clouding. Aroma has fruitness with citrus and tropical notes, fructose. Taste has fruitness, citrus, some careml, nice bitterness. Medium bodied, high carbonation. Clear belgian fruitness. Nice and balanced.

Tried on 21 Jan 2018 at 02:29


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

A nslightly orange and murky beer, a head is quite big and blond. Aroma has fresh fruitness, lime and lemon, some tropical fruits and refreshning spicyness. Taste has lime, some tropical fruits, balance spicyness of pepper. Medium bodied, high carbonation. Nice combination of traditional Belgium and hops from the new world.

Tried on 30 Dec 2017 at 08:54