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.
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Cloudy orange colour with a small white head. Has a fruity, yeasty and spicy aroma. Sweet malty flavor with some spicy and yeasty hints. Also some hints of citrus.. Dry finish with some hints of citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2006
at 06:39
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottle. Weak, farty, citric aroma. Cloudy yellow colour. Small, semi-stable white head. The flavour is better than the aroma, sweet, slightly citric. High carbonation with a swelling mouthfeel. 5 3 6 3 12
Bottle, 6.2%. Good hop aroma, slightly tart. Amber colour, some floaties. Big stable white head. Plastic flavour, some yeast. Seems malty underneath, but the plastic hides most of it. 4 3 4 3 5
Bottle, 6.2%. Good hop aroma, slightly tart. Amber colour, some floaties. Big stable white head. Plastic flavour, some yeast. Seems malty underneath, but the plastic hides most of it. 4 3 4 3 5
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2006
at 04:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 5.5%. Quite malty and slightly sweet aroma. Cloudy, almost black colour, small brown head. Sweet liquorice flavour, a bit thin, slightly hop aromatic. Thin mouthfeel too. Not very interesting. 6 3 6 3 11
Draught at Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fà, Rome. Slightly hoppy aroma. Black colour, small head. The flavour is also hoppy, with a little yeast and cardboard, but still good. Liquorice mouthfeel. 7 3 6 3 14
Draught at Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fà, Rome. Slightly hoppy aroma. Black colour, small head. The flavour is also hoppy, with a little yeast and cardboard, but still good. Liquorice mouthfeel. 7 3 6 3 14
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2006
at 12:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
[Bottled at Københavnske Øldage] Cloudy golden. Pungent fruity, estery buckwheat aroma. Medium sweet and lightly fruity with rounded mouthfeel. Freshening, lively and aromatic. The best of the beers from this odd brewer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2006
at 15:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
[Bottled at Københavnske Øldage] Very dark brown. Raspberries mingle with roasty coffee in the aroma. Sweet and softly malty. Roasty malt dominates. Low bitterness. Unusual, but pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2006
at 15:01
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
[Bottled at Københavnske Øldage] Cloudy dark amber. Aroma of viola and sweet raspberries. Too sweet with near full body. Dominated by candy, caramel and band-aid. More honey melon than bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2006
at 14:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Bottled at Københavnske Øldage] Cloudy pale orange, creamy head. Aroma of grapefruit and melon. Sweet and fruity with near full body, but somewhat mellow mouthfeel. There’s notes of licorice, before it’s finished of by salty bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2006
at 14:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. The aroma is like some sort of red berry. Very cloudy, greyish, milky, copper colour. Very fruity flavour and with fruity hoppiness. Medium to high bitterness. Astringent aftertaste. 7 3 6 3 13
Draught at Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fà, Rome. A lot more fresh than the bottled version. Nice malty aroma and flavour, quite powerful. Very nice and fresh. 8 3 8 3 16
Draught at Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fà, Rome. A lot more fresh than the bottled version. Nice malty aroma and flavour, quite powerful. Very nice and fresh. 8 3 8 3 16
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2006
at 05:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 75 cl) Pours a hazy, pale amber with a handsome, tall and quite stable off-white head. Notes of fruit and caramel in the aroma. Overly carbonated. Medium body and rather sweet malt and caramel. Dry finish though. 210506
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2006
at 12:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 75 cl) Hazy amber with a thick, retentive, off-white head. Lightly fruity nose. Medium body with lots of fruit, lightly caramelish notes and then a rather bitter hoppy finish. 280406
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2006
at 14:34