About
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.
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy amber beer with a medium lasting white head. Light hop aroma, malt, spice, flowers and some herb that could be the gentian. Sweet grain dominated flavour with a hint of spice. Absolutely must be cool or "sweet spicy" turns into "cloying and sticky"
Tried
on 03 Apr 2007
at 14:47
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 75 cl) Pours a cloudy, opaque, dark brown with an orange hue and a beige head. Lightly burned, coffeeish aroma. The body is medium with sweetish, roasted malt notes and then an ashy, burned edge. Very bitter finish deriving from the malt. 220207
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2007
at 01:03
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
75 cL bottle (sample). Pours brown-red. Aroma is hard roasted malt and tobacco. Taste is watery and smokey. Rather thin watery finish. I honestly don’t get the tobacco thing but I’m not a smoker.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2007
at 15:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A hazy brown beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of tobacco, malt, and herbs, as well as a slight acidity from roasted malt. The flavor is slightly acidic with notes of roasted malt, and notes like an early morning in a smoky bar. More interesting than really good - probably good for smokers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2007
at 08:20
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
(Bottle 75 cl) Very unclear amber golden with a tall, dense off-white head. Extremely lively - it keeps on coming even after most of the bottle has been emptied! Sourish, fruity aroma. Medium body, sweetish malty with fruit and caramel. Very unclean with this underlying tartness throughout. 150207
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2007
at 06:25
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottled. An unclear dark amber beer with a huge orange head. The aroma is oddly metallic combined with notes of chestnuts, and lighter notes of acidic lemon and dusty hops. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of caramel, but stronger notes of acidic lemon and oranges, as well as quite strong notes of chestnuts. I ’m not that fond of chestnut beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2007
at 15:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 75 cl. Red brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is fruit, roasted, coffee. Flavour is coffee, chocolate, roasted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2007
at 11:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is hop, cellar notes, fruit. Flavour is sweet, hop, cellar notes. Mild and easy drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2007
at 05:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled, 75cl. Almost clear, dark reddish-brown beer with a tan head. Some chocolate aroma, and roasted malt and coffee. The flavor is nice, but a bit weak, and there’s some papery notes as well. Full-bodied, with a dry finish with coffee. Rating: 6-4-6-4-14-3.4. 061229
Bottle, courtesy of KimJohansen. A reddish, dark brown beer with a small, dark beige head. Chocolate, coffee and roasted malts on the nose, a bit weak, but definitely not bad. Dry, full-bodied and nicely carbonated. Chocolate and roasted malts in the flavor, some licorice-like notes. A nice one, but I feel the flavors are jumping everywhere. Strange. Wouldn’t mind finishing a bottle on my own though. 100814
Bottle, courtesy of KimJohansen. A reddish, dark brown beer with a small, dark beige head. Chocolate, coffee and roasted malts on the nose, a bit weak, but definitely not bad. Dry, full-bodied and nicely carbonated. Chocolate and roasted malts in the flavor, some licorice-like notes. A nice one, but I feel the flavors are jumping everywhere. Strange. Wouldn’t mind finishing a bottle on my own though. 100814
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2007
at 09:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled, 75cl. Amber, with lots of micro-floaties and a nice beige head. Roasted, spiced, malty, sweet aroma with caramel. The flavor and finish is more on the hoppy side, with spicyness and caramel as well. It has a medium to full body. Nice italian!. (061229
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2007
at 16:05