Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Shangrila from Birrificio Troll 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
750 ml bottle @ RBNAG-11. Hazy amber/orange body with a small off-white head. Strange aroma of ripe (close to rotten) fruit and perfume, as strange as it might sound – not really unpleasant, just weird. Flavor is strange as well, overripe/rotten fruit, spices, some malt and apple cider. Medium body. Very unusually and probably not by intention, still not undrinkable and I think it’s becoming more like a mix of a spicy saison and well matured apple cider. Would really like to try it as it was intended to be.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Stella di Natale from Birrificio Troll 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sampled at the DC Local Tasting a 1.5L magnum pours a hazy, mahogany brown with some spitty white head. Nose is boozy, rum, cane sugar, prunes, dark candy. Flavor is sweet, boozy, candy sugar, plums, rum, some spice, some tropical fruits. Full bodied, sweet, boozy finish. Well balanced.
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Stella di Natale from Birrificio Troll 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
750ml capped bottle poured into a Duvel tulip. Almost no head, just a little bubbly lacing with a dark brown, almost black color. Appearance is flat and so is the feel of the beer. Ohhhh, a la Lost Abbey - whack!!! Aroma is full of the adjuncts. I get tea and coriander....and stale old malt. Flavor pretty much the same. Nice adjuncts and the aged malt works well with the beer. However, it’s flat, old, and dead tasting. I’m glad I didn’t pay for this bottle- but also glad I tried it. I would like a carbonated bottle that wasn’t quite as old. I like my beer with less cardboard...and more carbonated... is that so hard?
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Saison Dau from Birrificio Troll 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Capped 750 from Domus Birrae. Pours gold with a foamy off-whitehead. Aromas of perfume and earth. Med minus body. Flavor is earthy and floral. Hop seems to be noble. It’s a bit light, but tasty. Finishes dry and fairly bitter.
Tinus (5080) reviewed Shangrila Fumè from Birrificio Troll 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear light amber beer. Diminishing off-white head. Fruity aroma with smoke tones. Malts and yeast, some brett. Slight banana. Flavour malty sweet, slight sour touch. Some honey tone, smoke, caramel and apricot. Finish dry and somewhat tart.
(From 75cL bottle @ home)
Meilby (14731) reviewed Shangrila from Birrificio Troll 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle 750ml @ RBNAG-11
Pours cloudy deep orange with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, dried fruits, caramel and yeast. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Palme (4406) reviewed Shangrila from Birrificio Troll 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
0.75l bottle @ RBNAG11. Pours a light clouded pale orange body with a small bubbly sidesticking head. The aroma is light peachy, tones of alcohol, apples, light sweet and some pineapple. Average carbonation level and a oily mouthfeel. Some distinct tones of alcohol in the flavor, caramel, dry tannin-tones and some light sour hints in the light spicy finish. Strange stuff, and I'm not really sure what to think of it.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Palanfrina from Birrificio Troll 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Troll Palanfrina (by Birrificio Troll):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.8/5
30/10/2011 on tap @ Open Baladin, Rome (2011-596)
Clear purple to red brown beer, creamy light beige head, unstable, adhesive. Aroma: alcohol, roquefort cheese, sweet dried fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium body, heavy on the alcohol. Taste: yeast, bit cheesy, dark caramel, dried fruits. Aftertaste: citrus fruits, little bitterness, alcohol.
Sigmund (14587) reviewed Shangrila from Birrificio Troll 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Shared bottle at RBNAG 2011. Amber colour. Moderate perfumed aroma, hints of acetone. Some malts in the flavour, bready notes, a slight acidity. Not impressive.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Geisha from Birrificio Troll 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at Open Baladin. Beer list said 12%. Pours garnet with a few bubbles. Very fruity aroma.Very fruits de bois. Med body. Little carb. Flavor is lightly herby medicinal, but still fruits de bois. Sweet but not too strongly so. The fruit tends to cut the sugar. Amazingly there is no heat. Tho my brow begins to emit droplets. Brilliant beer.