Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Good head, very persistent white; hazy orange-amber beer. Sharp solvent nose, to the exclusion of anything else. Smoked-spiced flavours, slightly sweetish and sourish. Some restsugars obvious. Velvety MF, creamy; nice fruity aftertaste. Ho-hum, even when only the nose is really faulty.
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed BockstaeleDirk from Birrificio Menaresta 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Deep brown-orange beer; small beige head. Woody, chocolate-y nose - but it’s English chocolats, the dreaded Cadbury variety - rootspices. Again chocolate-like taste, bark, leafy and earthy; hazelnuts retronasal (Cadbury complete). Reasonably bodied, bit slick, oily, and some astringency. Not really refined, but not bad. Now for the most important question. I can understand the idea of chocolalternative for lesser informed countries. But who the f*** is Dirk Bockstaele and what has he to do with carubroot???
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Felina from Birrificio Menaresta 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Small rim, over orange-red beer. Sweet, honeyish nose, with a cinnamon-like, spicy aroma, and a somehow salty finish. Sweet-spicy flavour, ending with a sharp, sulphury and spicy bitterness. Fiery MF, and precious little balance. I suspect DMS, seen the salty note at the end of the nose. Definitely sulphury.
daniele (14510) reviewed Flora Sambuco from Birrificio Menaresta 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
chiara la schiuma è buona piuttosto persistente. il naso è molto fresco floreale sambuco. in bocca ritorna simile rinfrescante abbastanza pulito una leggera cidità il sambuco arriva nel finale si lascia bere molto bene il retorgusto però non è molto lungo
daniele (14510) reviewed BockstaeleDirk from Birrificio Menaresta 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
scura buona schiuma piuttosto fine persistente sentori tostati cioccolato lieve luppolo un po di farina tostata leggero erbaceo in bocca non molto corpo malto tostatura e luppolo sentori di cioccolato una speziatatura amaro erbaceo piuttosto beverina
fiulijn (28383) reviewed San Dalmazzo from Birrificio Menaresta 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Draught at Salone della Birra Artigianale e di Qualità 2008, Milan
Muddy blond color. Grassy hops aroma, light manure, spices, and some chemicals too. The mouthfeel is too dry and aggressive here too, quite weak (not much malt), and it has a very strong bitterness, almost extreme, disturbing. Unbalanced.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed BockstaeleDirk from Birrificio Menaresta 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Draught at Salone della Birra Artigianale e di Qualità 2008, Milan
Hazy brown color. Some aroma of yeast and paint remover, covering the caramel and carob (carruba). Medium body structure, quite dry and harsh mouthfeel; caramel and roasted malt flavor, too aggressive bitterness, unbalanced.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Scighera from Birrificio Menaresta 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Draught at Salone della Birra Artigianale e di Qualità 2008, Milan
Cloudy blond color. Dry, weak, with light sourness and wheat character. Bad.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Felina from Birrificio Menaresta 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2012-08-20, bottle courtesy of Jesper, 6-3-6-3-12=30
Cloudy amber color. Mild aroma of apple juice and light cinnamon. Sweetish mouthfeel, simple, bit moderate cinnamon flavor; relatively low bitterness; a good example of balance.
2008-03-29, draught at Salone della Birra Artigianale e di Qualità 2008, Milan, 6-3-4-1-8=22
Hazy amber color. Some aroma of malt and figs, a touch of cinnamon. It has a caramel flavor, but too high alcohol perception and and too high (and strange) astringency. The final is quite harsh. The fermentation process needs better control.
daniele (14510) reviewed Scighera from Birrificio Menaresta 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
chiara schiuma media Piuttosto persistente aromi tipici di una weisse in bocca Invece leggermente diversa non speziata o poco leggera punta di pepe e acidulo forse per la segale malto molto leggera Mediamente persistente