6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft @ Fiera della Birra di Ferrara, Nov 2013. Dorée, col blanc. Arôme offre un léger bouquet oscillant sur la drêche avec un houblonné subtil. Palais est houblonné assez léger avec un fruité rappelant ce profil type de pils, malt pâle, carapils avec un arrière-goût allemand sur usage de houblons nobles. Fini sec avec qcq grains.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft @ Fiera della Birra di Ferrara, Nov 2013. Cuivrée, col blanc cassé. Arôme est malté moyen, houblonné discret sur une petite pointe citronnée. Palais est malté avec un côté rappelant un style belge ambrée et tirant sur la drêche et ce petit côté malt liquor qui et ici un compliment. Le profil des houblons reste en réserve et ajout une faible amertume. Un subtil mélange entre fruité noir léger et caramel.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft @ Fiera della Birra di Ferrara, Nov 2013. Brune foncée, col blanc cassé. Arôme est malté avce pas mal de torréfié, grillé qui dominent et procure un agréable bouquet. Palais est malté avec un profil café torréfié assez dominant dans un style qui pour moi était plus proche du stout anglais que d’une Schwarzbier. Palais sec et légèrement chocolaté. Effervescence est moyenne ponctuée par une légère amertume.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. It pours an unclear, dark golden body and an off-white head. The aroma is rather weak, with caramel and some dried fruits. Some bitterness in the falvor, with caramel and dried fruits doing most of the work. Medium body, semi-sweet on the palate, with some bitterness notes in the end. A quite nice one, but I find it a bit too toffeeish/caramelish and it lacks a bit on depth. 130208

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

09.10.2013, 0,5l bottle sampled @ BBGTC tasting:
No head, just some bubbles. Aroma is sweet, caramel malts, sugar, almond cake, honey, toffee, grass. Taste is sweet, caramel malts, almond cake, toffee, grass, hay, honey. Medium bitterness. Fair enough.

7.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Today’s 2nd beer is an Oktoberfest from Italy’s Birradamare: Birra Roma Ambrata. I picked up a six-pack on sale as some labels were scuffed, lucky me! 5.5% bottle from Rakuten. Drunk from a glass beer mug. An opaque nutty honey looking brown with a thick foamy head. Quite a fruity-wine like aroma reminiscent of Belgian yeast. A nice full bodied mouthfeel with some nutty, biscuity qualities & a touch of spicy smoke. I think Japanese people would call it "goku". The online reviews had me not expecting much so I was pleasently surprised! This is pretty tasty! A really solid beer.

5.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Weird little 33cl bottle pours a hazy, caramel amber with some thin, off white head. Nose is yeast, a little biscotti, cracker, some apple, bread. Flavor takes a sharp turn, tomatoes, celery seed, bread, a little cardboard, some odd smokey. Strange, sweet finish. Why can’t these Italian brewers just try and stick to styles?

3

Tørr, funky, smaker sært, fizzy og spruter ved åpning. Herregud så lei jeg er av infisert italiensk øl

4

Nåja. Litt vel søt og fruktig kanskje? Og Fizzy og fløende. Infisert?

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks zvikar. Black-colored with a tiny bit of light brown foam. Pleasant big coffee aroma with a bit of smokiness. Bittersweet flavor, roasty, coffee-ish and somewhat smoky, especially in the finish. Very nice.