Birrificio Montegioco

Microbrewery in Montegioco (AL), Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹

Established in 2006

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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.

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5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle#14: 75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Bubblegum yeasty and wheat aroma. Fizzy mouthfeel. Flavour is medium dry wheaty with a light bubblegum yeast note. Dry and wheaty finish.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2008 at 20:23

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle#13: 75 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a lacing white head. Mild fruity and light yeasty aroma. Flavour is less to faint fruity with a mild yeasty note. Light peachy, not fully matured. Ends light fruity and slight citric.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2008 at 20:22

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle#12: 75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Light orange fruity and caramel malt aroma. Flavour is mild yeasty and light toasted caramel malt. Light bitterness into the finish. A bit spiced too.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2008 at 14:30

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle#11: 75 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a lacing white head. Mild spiced and yeasty aroma. Medium creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is dry wheaty with a lemon to citrus touch. Light bitter into the finish. Ends light citrus fruity too.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2008 at 14:29

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle#10: 75 cL bottle. Pours murky brown with floaties. Mild hoppy and yeasty malt aroma. Flavour is roasted malt and light smoked. Medium sweet caramel malt base and mild bitterness slowly showing through towards the finish. Mild spiced finish with a light off note, yet not unpleasant.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2008 at 14:27

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle#9: 75 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow to orange with a lacing white head. Heavy smoke and bonfire aroma, providing a light burning sensation in my eyes. Heavy smoked towards plastic flavoured. Ends rubbery and burned with a solid smoke note. Too strangely snoked
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2008 at 14:24

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle#8: 75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Mild woody and malt aroma. Flavour is nicely toasted malt with a light yeasty note. Smooth and mellow yeasty and caramel flavour. Warming and bitter finish, with a slight bite. Mellow finish yet with a light spice note.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2008 at 14:23

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle#7: 75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange to brown with small yeast floaties, little lacing white head. Mild spiced and malty aroma. Flavour is sweet caramel malt with a mellow yeasty note. Light spiced sharpness towards the finish. Mild warming finish with a light alcohol bite. Light bitterness too.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2008 at 14:22

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville. Pours a hazy straw color with a medium fizzy head that quickly disappears. Tart aroma of peaches. Creamy peach taste with an acidic tartness to balance. Light and refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2008 at 23:47

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
2009-05-15, draught at Københavnske Øldage 2009, 7-4-7-3-15=36
Cloudy amber color. Malty aroma, some vegetables. Medium body, caramel and malt flavor, without the Montegioco Brett character, quite powerful but not impressive.

2008-05-30, blind tasting at Yespr’s, 6-3-6-3-13=31
Cloudy amber color. As usual in average Italian beers, there is a yeasty aroma. It has a quite round mouthfeel, with sweet caramel flavor, some diacetyl and average bitterness; also some quite good hop, hidden; and warming alcohol. Imprecise, but not bad.
Tried on 02 Jun 2008 at 09:22