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Frazione Fabbrica, 1, Montegioco (AL), 15050, Italy
Description
Il Birrificio Montegioco prende il nome dall’omonimo paese della Val Grue, a pochi chilometri da Tortona, antica terra di confine tra Piemonte, Liguria, Lombardia ed Emilia Romagna. L’avventura comincia nella primavera del 2005 quando un vecchio magazzino viene trasformato in un moderno microbirrificio.
Riccardo Franzosi è l’artefice di tutto questo, la passione per la birra lo ha spinto a iniziare come homebrewer per puro piacere personale ed ha successivamente scelto di trasformare questa passione in un vero e proprio lavoro.
Riccardo Franzosi è l’artefice di tutto questo, la passione per la birra lo ha spinto a iniziare come homebrewer per puro piacere personale ed ha successivamente scelto di trasformare questa passione in un vero e proprio lavoro.
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
0.75l bottle, Montegioco Bianca, 5%, courtesy of Ogi, shared with Hrabren as well. Murky ochre body, white head going away fast. Yeasty aroma, cookie-vanilla, coriander, herbal. Lean, dry taste, wheaty, cleanly yeasty, some citric touches, that's basicaly it. Bit empty, soft, flat, but drinkable. Decent really.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2023
at 19:48
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Rating No. 15800 Bottled 330ml. -at Taverna Mastri d'Arme Trieste, shared with hrabren. Unclear golden coloured, medium sized off-white head, popcorn and chlorophenols in the nose. Clorophenols, glue, light nutty and dusty floral with subdued touch of saffron. Not worth 1.5€ and not to talk about 15€ we paid for it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2023
at 16:50
3.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
0.33 l bottle shared with Ogi at Taverna Mastri d'Arme, Trieste. Unclear dark golden, small head. Intense medicinal aroma, overwhelming. What is left is a hint of floral and malty notes. Light body, dry, floral, grainy, unripe nuts, quite tart, medicinal. Lousy finish. What a disappointment. This small bottle costs 15€. It's worth spilling in the sink. A showoff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2023
at 18:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle bb31/12/24 bel dorato arancio piuttosto velata schiuma media non molto persistente noso molto mieloso un po esteri cereale amaro contenuto discreto corpo alcool mediamente nascosto note erbacee
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2023
at 18:23
28/02/2019. TAVERNA AI MASTRI D'ARME, Via di Tor Bandena 3/a, TRIESTE, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Tried
on 16 Jun 2023
at 05:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 29 Apr 2023
at 00:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Arrogant Sour Festival 2022. Hazy orange with small white head. Smoke, some fruity notes, peat, medium sourness. Not at all difficult to drink which was my expectation.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2022
at 19:28
4.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
12oz bottle pours a clear, caramel amber with no head. Nose has smoke and spruce and apple cider. Oxidized. Flavor has some band aid, apple cider, smoke and sour apple. Tart finish. Oily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2022
at 20:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
A very sweet, mild and only very slightly acidic IGA. It goes more towards a sweet blonde, something italo-belgian, than a traditional IGA. It's very drinkable though, lovely sweet white grapes and light oak notes. Interesting.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2022
at 18:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
DC Share. 11.2oz bottle. Poured a little murky red color with a very wispy, light tan head. Aroma was chewy malts, light meaty notes. Pleasant tart raspberries with some oaky wood. Interesting to be sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2022
at 06:13