Birra del Borgo
Microbrewery
in Borgorose (RI),
Lazio,
Italy 🇮🇹
Owned by
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Associated Venue: L'Osteria di Birra del Borgo
- Out of business
Established in 2005
Contact
Description
In 2005, Leonardo Di Vicenzo opened Birra del Borgo’s first brewery, Collerosso, in Borgorose, a small village located in the Valle del Salto, in province of Rieti, on the border between Lazio and Abruzzo. 2009 marked a watershed for Birra del Borgo with the opening of our new brewery. Moving out of our one-room space at Collerosso and into a modernized facility, our new brewery became the heartbeat of the company and cleared a way to fulfilling our brewing ambitions.
In 2015 Collerosso brewery begins new life. We rethought it entirely to pursue a new journey of research and discovery: Spontaneous Fermentation. Allowing wild yeast in the air to ferment the beer directly in the Coolship, marked an important milestone in our journey. Indeed, Collerosso and these beers represent our feeling to always change, to always strive to discover more. We are always restless and eager to see things from a different, unique, new perspective.
In 2016 Birra del Borgo was bought for 100% by AB InBev.
In 2015 Collerosso brewery begins new life. We rethought it entirely to pursue a new journey of research and discovery: Spontaneous Fermentation. Allowing wild yeast in the air to ferment the beer directly in the Coolship, marked an important milestone in our journey. Indeed, Collerosso and these beers represent our feeling to always change, to always strive to discover more. We are always restless and eager to see things from a different, unique, new perspective.
In 2016 Birra del Borgo was bought for 100% by AB InBev.
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (BB 04/2010). Deep hazy amber color, huge cloudy beige head and lots of lace. Strong piney and mango-fruity aroma. Quite malty body. Piney hoppy flavor with citrus, resin, finish is grapefruity. Some woody notes in the background and tiny hints of papery yeastyness. Long fruity-hoppy aftertaste. Well-balanced, fruity and tasty IPA. Italians can brew too!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2009
at 10:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled (BB 04/2010). Deep red-brown, a bit hazy color, small beige head, some lace. Cascade flowery-hoppy aroma. Average maltyness, hops are a bit more subdued than aroma is indicating. Grassy-flowery hoppyness, some piney and citrusy notes. Feels less than 6.4%.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2009
at 15:11
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled at Horsens Beerfestival. Hazy amber with a big off-white head. Aroma is fruity, nutty and a bit acidulous. Flavor is sweet malty, citric fruity, nutty, some caramel and a hint of sourness in the finish. Lots of different flavors here, but not necessary in balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2009
at 13:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle:
Pours hazy dark amber with a dense head. Sweet and malty aroma with some notes of grassy, citrusy hops. Flavour is really hoppy and bitter with notes of pine and dried fruits.
Pours hazy dark amber with a dense head. Sweet and malty aroma with some notes of grassy, citrusy hops. Flavour is really hoppy and bitter with notes of pine and dried fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2009
at 12:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Handpumped. Nicely roasted aroma, faint hint of urinal. Ah, now I get the tobacco, perhaps the nicotine reminds me of piss. Black colour. Stable frothy light brown head. Sweetish flavour, some sweet liquorice. The tobacco gives a bit of a sour note. The finish is a bit watery. 5 3 3 2 11
Bottle, 6.5%. Roasted aroma, but not as powerful as expected. Black colour. Very big stable rocky dark brown head. The flavour is roasted and smokey. Citric and almost sour finish, from the tobacco, I take it. I am no fan of this tobacco flavour, but it must be said that it gives the beer character and it is not so much as to make it undrinkable at all. 6 3 6 3 14
Bottle, 6.5%. Roasted aroma, but not as powerful as expected. Black colour. Very big stable rocky dark brown head. The flavour is roasted and smokey. Citric and almost sour finish, from the tobacco, I take it. I am no fan of this tobacco flavour, but it must be said that it gives the beer character and it is not so much as to make it undrinkable at all. 6 3 6 3 14
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 03:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2012-05-11, bottle at at Danske Ølentusiasters Ølfestival 2012, Copenhagen, 7-4-7-3-15=36
Amber color, hazy, with not much head. Nice malty aroma, sweet, with light spicy and fruity touch (oranges, raisins, light vanilla). Round mouthfeel with low carbonation; sweet caramel flavor, with relatively low bitterness, nice alcohol warmth.
2009-01-04, bottle from Birratrovo, Como, 6-3-7-3-12=31
Hazy color, dark amber to brown; medium head, not persistent. The aroma is malty, light wood, pepper, sourness, mold, vegetables. Strong body, strong caramel flavor, sweetish, nuts, alcohol, wood. Quite strong bitterness. Confused.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2009
at 17:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a cloudy orange yellow with a off white head. Aroma is a bit floral and hoppy. Taste is a mix of citrus, malts, and hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2008
at 18:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a copper color with an off white head. Aroma is hops and malts. Taste was spice, malts, and hops. Seemed more of a pale ale to me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2008
at 18:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 33cl.Unclear light to medium yellow orange - grey color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, grapefriut, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (050808)
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2008
at 03:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[BOTTLED] Pours hazy dark amber with a thick, creamy head. Piney lychee aroma with notes of dried tropical fruits and gooseberries. Flavour is quite sweet for an IPA. Long resiny, dusty, hoppy bitterness. A somewhat unbalanced IPA, the sweetness doesnt go that well with the bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2008
at 12:21