Birrificio L'Olmaia

Microbrewery in Sant'Albino Montepulciano (SI), Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2004

Contact
Via delle Robinie, 15, Sant'Albino Montepulciano (SI), 53045, Italy
Description
The brewery was set up at the end of 2004 in a beautiful farmhouse called “L’Olmaia” in Val D’Orcia, near Siena, Tuscany, initially as a small firm producing up to 300 litres per batch.
In 2009 it was relocated a few kilometers to the east in the area of Sant’Albino, near Montepulciano, where the products could be sold directly to the public. Throughout the year we produce 6 types of beer, plus some special seasonal beers, all of which are strictly unpasteurized, unfiltered and re-fermented, both in the keg and in the bottle. The production plant was built, according to our production needs, by the company Tefo of Parma, and it now has a production capacity of 2,500 litres per batch thanks to 4 cylindroconical fermentation tanks with a capacity of 2,500 litres and 2 with a capacity of 1,500 litres.
Inside the Brewery you can find the Tap Room with 6 beers on tap, cold cuts, cheeses and bottled beers.

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6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle, 6%. 1 year past BB date. Weak fruity aroma, slightly roasted, faintly yeasty. Cloudy very dark brown colour. Very small light brown head. The flavour has a little coffee, slightly citric. Weak lactic acidity, not so bad. Still good in spite of the BB date. Papery finish.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2009 at 13:21

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
75 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Mild spiced, roasted malt and light chocolate aroma mixed with yeasty fruit accents. Sweet and roasted malt flavoured, light bitterness and chocolate acidic touch. Fruity and yeasty flavoured finish. Mild acidic touch into the far finish.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2009 at 18:27

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle, 6.5%. The bottleneck smells like smelly feet. Mild grassy hop aroma. Cloudy orange colour. Very small white head. OK refreshing hop flavour, with a little paper to it. Gets a little sour in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2009 at 06:02

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small off-white head. Mild hoppy and fruity aroma. Bottle top has a distinct acidic foot sweat like aroma, sharp - but not present in the beer. Mild citric and fruity flavoured. Light yeasty and fruity hoppy finish.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Mar 2009 at 19:42

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
chiara buona schiuma piuttosto persistente le note sono agrumate acidule lieve speziature in bocca acidula rinfescante delicatamente speziata
Tried from Can on 28 Jan 2009 at 19:20

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle at Il Falchetto, Perugia; 6.5% ABV
Hazy but bright amber color. Quite easy Amber Ale, with a light sour and fruity touch, sign of a light infection.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2009 at 04:29

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle at Il Falchetto, Perugia; 5.5% ABV
Hazy golden color. Simple Golden Ale, with some malt flavor, light sour aroma; the flavor is a bit acidic as well, very strong bitterness; dry. Still some work to be done here…
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2009 at 04:28

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught. New 2008 batch with Amarillo hops. Fully hazy foxy orange-amber; good, if smallish yellowish beige head. Nutty, bready - and hoppy. USA hops obvious, if dosed well (!). Some caramel. Surprisingly light, hoppy, and a measured dose of walnut peel - completely covering the caramel. But in the end it goes wrong - starting a bit sourish, and more than probably not wanted. Sourishness mounting with more drinking. Very light, refreshing, bit wry. The brewer himself was very concerned about this one. Maybe a tad too much, as it is not bad, but the sourness ought to disappear next time.
Tried on 09 Sep 2008 at 05:27

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught Good dense, nitrogen-like head over luminous yellow-orange beer. Hoppy nose, with some honey present, sweet pilsner- and other light malts. Excellent, fruity, flowery fresh hops flavour. Faint citrus touches and ending on a reminiscence of sweet malts. Aptly light, but slightly overcarbonated (I’m not very fond of nitrogen dispense). Interesting light, very drinkable beer.
Tried on 09 Sep 2008 at 04:00

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
ambrata schiuma disreta buona persistenza inizio un poco chimico poi erbaceo luppolata in bocca piuttosto morbida luppolo ben deciso
Tried on 27 Jan 2008 at 16:43