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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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

bottle.aged. best before 2020-09-07 slighlty unclear yellow to orange, offwhite head. brett and belgain yeast in the aroma. much like a belgian ipa old style with not that much hops. or a belgian blonde. flavor is belgian yeasty, malty, i can taste the age slightly as old hops, but the beer as such appears very belgian and quite fresh'ish. belgian style beers need to not be too agressively hopped to allow the yeast flavors to make their thing, and this one seems to be balanced. hops are both flowery and to the more us kind of hoppy bitter side.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2022 at 16:55


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Dark blond colour with light haze and thin head. Aroma and flavour have a strong amount of floral hop notes. Elements of zesty citrus come through too. Nice body. It is reminiscent of classic American IPA. The alcohol is well hidden.

Tried from Can on 04 Nov 2021 at 20:21


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

Golden colour with light haze and thin head. Aroma and flavour have hay, grass, apple peel, dust. Light wheaty taste with a little hop bitterness. Lacking somewhat in body and aftertaste.

Tried on 10 Oct 2021 at 17:58


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home. Golden color, average to medium sized white to off-white head. Smell and taste malts, lightly grainy, hops, bitter hops, bitter. I like it.

Tried on 31 Aug 2021 at 19:21


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

11/VIII/21 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ home, BB: 27/V/23, B36T16 MEI21 (2021-768)

Pretty clear deep orange beer, small creamy irregular off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, hay, caramel touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: salty start, malty touch, pretty bitter, banana peel, more salty, grains. Aftertaste: sweet touch, banana peel, metallic, hay, very bitter and dry, little fruity, nice one!

Tried from Bottle from Dranken Geers on 11 Aug 2021 at 20:00


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

11/VIII/21 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ home, BB: 27/V/23, B34T08 MEI21 (2021-767)

Little cloudy orange blond beer, big creamy off-white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: bit fruity, wheat, grains, yeast, banana peel, bit spicy, peppery touch. MF: lively carbon, medium body, creamy texture. Taste: some citrus notes, fruity, very bitter, grassy, spicy, bit peppery, nice one! Aftertaste: some banana, bitter, grassy, bit peppery, little yeast, sweet touch.

Tried from Bottle from Dranken Geers on 11 Aug 2021 at 19:30


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Super fresca, super piwo. piana spora, trwala jak to w Belgijskich piwach. Metnosc spora, pachnie zbozem, nieco chmielem. w smaku zbozowe, lekko slodowe, mocne nachmielenie. cos jak Belgian IPA

Tried on 07 Jul 2021 at 19:59


6.8

Decent saison, a bit rye muddled. Not as crisp and dank as I’d like, a little too much bitterness. Online beergium

Tried on 22 Mar 2021 at 18:06


6.4

Hazy, lacking smooth malt body. It’s crisp due to the hop sharpness. But it’s muddled. Not super drinkable, and the bitterness is a bit astringent. Online beergium

Tried on 21 Mar 2021 at 18:12


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Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2021 at 16:21