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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.
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
11.2oz bottle. Quite unique, pretty enjoyable beer. Big peat smoke flavor. Pleasant sour undertone. Soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2022
at 17:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
At share: pours clear copper with a small head. Aroma is hefty peaty smoke, subtle rotten funk. Taste is smoky, sticky sourness. Could use more carbonation. Sour. Lingering aftertaste. Huge palate wrecker, but interesting.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2022
at 17:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Lots of smoke and some apricot. Interesting but not necessarily good. Golden amber pour without much head. Bottle on sale from Max's.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2022
at 17:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours reddish amber, transparent, with fine and creamy white foam. Aroma is delicate honey and to some extent fruity. Body is kind of thin, with moderate carbonation. Taste is medium bitter, with some initial sweetness. Final is still bitter, pretty thin.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Mar 2022
at 23:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours intense red to dark red. Very hazy, almost murky. Just a hint of head, even with quite hard pour, and it disappears almost istantly. Average intensity in the aroma: caramel malts base, hints of almond and honey, red/dried fruits, a quite clear blueberries note. Rather nice, but not too polished/defined. Taste is not very clean/defined as well: sweet caramel base, hints of honey, red/dried fruits, blueberries now not discernible, some earthiness in both mouth and finish. Slight warming feel. Sweet edge in the mouth, balanced finish. Medium bodied with low to medium carbonation. Surprisingly light bodied for the abv, resulting in a semi-smooth, semi-oily mouthfeel. Not that polished, but still enjoyable.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2021
at 17:53
7/10
Laager virsikumahlaga. Pole paha, aga no hind oleks pidanud ikka u. poole odavam olema...
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2021
at 00:37
7/10
Разливного итальянского нет, принесли бутылку... Штош
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2021
at 20:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at Arrogant Sour held at Moor Beer Co in Bristol July 2019. Pours golden yellow with a slim white head. Aroma: intensely vinous, oak, lactic acid, gueze-y vibes. Taste: dry with low bitterness, light acetic, vinous, spicy funk, oak, earthy. Light to medium bodied with almost no carbonation
Tried
on 04 May 2021
at 19:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a murky dark orange with a big and quite dense white head that shows good retention and lacing. The nose displays a sweet, mostly caramelish, malt base, followed by delicate fruity notes (orange, peach) and by a light balsamic feel. Not especially deep or intense but still nice overall. Taste is medum to high sweet and medium bitter. Slightly on the sweet side in the mouth, with a balanced finish. Taste notes as per aroma, plus a bit of earthiness in finish and aftertaste. Again ok, though not irreproachably clean. Medium bodied with average to high carbonation. An averagely good beer.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2021
at 14:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
2018 bottle. A bit of gushing. Pours a hazy darkish red, with a mid-sized, large-bubbled white-pinkish head that recedes quite quickly, still leaving nice lacing. A soft, sweet aroma shows a dough-like base, with a light vinous (young red wine) character. Fruity notes of currant and similar wild fruits. Taste notes follow the aroma. A soft, sweet base, a very light sour component, a sweet (but not too sweet) finish and aftertaste. Not much going on in terms of complexity, but overall clean and well balanced. Medium bodied with average carbonation, semi-soft mouthfeel. Definitely ok and enjoyable, just not too interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2021
at 10:31