About
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.
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 75cl @ [ Mafioso Blind Tasting @ yespr, Bottle #08.]Unclear medium orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lancing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sour milk, yeasty, light wood notes! Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter, vinegar notes, with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. (300508)
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2008
at 12:11
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 75cl @ [ Mafioso Blind Tasting @ yespr, Bottle #07.]Unclear medium orange amber color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light malty, caramel, candy, alcohol notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (300508)
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2008
at 12:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 75cl @ [ Mafioso Blind Tasting @ yespr, Bottle #06.]Unclear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lancing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (300508)
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2008
at 12:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours pale yellow into a tulip. Little to no head. Sour peach aromas. Tart thin peach upfront with a spritzy malt finish. Refreshing.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2008
at 17:43
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Brown colour, beige head. Aroma is caramel, roasted malts and mild woodenness. Flavour is sour, wooden and mildly roasted. Also some alcohol and mild notes of spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2008
at 04:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
37.5 cL bottle. Pours brown and with a lacing tan head. Dense fruity and malt aroma. Smooth and inviting. Dense fruity and slight woody base flavour. Smooth and slight acidic to fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2008
at 11:54
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Courtesy of CigarCityBrew. Pours amber. Nose is filled with fruits and primary blueberries. Malty and caramel. Alcohol is very present. The finish was slightly sour/astringent. I found it hard to believe that the beer was a barleywine as it was so sweet.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2008
at 09:14
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle at a beer tasting at rickgordon in Göteborg)On July 5, 2008Very dark red to black color, light brown head. Sweet, applesauce, rosted malt scent. Sweet, malty, scent taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2008
at 03:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
37.5 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a slowly collapsing white head. Mild citric and medium dry brett aroma. Light creamy mouthfeel. Mild fruity yeasty flavour,light oak note mixed with a creamy yeasty flavour. Holds a nice mellow yeasty base with a nice brett accent. Light milky and citric finish. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2008
at 03:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
750 ml bottle shared by Marcus. Hazy peachy color with a white head that left rapidly. Light peach aroma. Medium body with fizzy carbonation. There’s some sour, some mild peach, some herbs, some peach pit and/or woodiness. A very quaffable drink. Light and refreshing. It definitely improves with time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2008
at 18:34