In 1996 the first 2 beers were on tap at Lambrate brewpub, there were 3 owners and the brewhouse capacity was 150 litres per batch and the pub was opened few days a week. Today there are 5 owners and a considerable staff, plenty of beers are produced and the brewhouse capacity is increasing from 2000 litres to 4000 litres per batch. Alessandra, Fabio, Paolo, Davide and Giampaolo: everyone has a specific role in the company as administrators, head chefs, publicans, headbrewers.
Making craft beer is a time consuming but exciting process, which requires knowledge, passion, care and creativity. Everything is based on a constant research and selection of quality raw materials, then the brewers decide which beer will be produced in terms of style, taste, colour, abv, etc. After the recipe is designed, the brewing process can start. Malt is milled and it’s mixed with water in a process called “mash”. Next step is “lautering” and then “boiling”. Afterwards wort is cooled and moved to fermentation tanks where yeast is added. After 4-6 weeks beer is ready to be kegged or bottled. Every single process is under brewers control, supported by our chemical analysis laboratory. Currently our brewery can produce more than 4000 litres per day.
Bottle @ Fonefan tasting. Huge creamy head with excellent duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are anise, perilla?, malt, hops and notes of fruits.
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and rather spicy - anise. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. I have no idea what Perilla is, but I’m guessing it smells somewhere along the lines of anise. 310312
20/07/2011 Open Baladin Roma (330ml bottle). Nera, densa, quasi impenetrabile, liquorosa, con cappello di schiuma grigiastra-marroncina, poco persistente. Aroma intenso e persistente di malti tostati con una netta e decisa botta di affumicato. In bocca è grezza senza compromessi, malti tostati, caffè, affumicato, una punta di alcol, forse un po’ troppo percettibile. Corpo medio, carbonazione corretta. Gran bella smoked stout.
75cl bottle @ Joes, courtesy of Joes. Lightly hazy golden color, small white head. Smell malts, some sourness, slightly musty. Taste malts, some sourness, a little musty or cellar. Sour finish. Low to medium body, low carbonation.
chiara buona schiuma persitente naso luppolato delicato agrume pompelmo in bocca non molto corpo beverina media secchezza buona luppolatura aromatica non invadente
Bottle thanks to Illuvatarmilan at ‘Zieke Zuiden Tasting II’. Hazy red color, no head, just a small white lacing. Smell sweet, slightly bitter but mostly like a weak barleywine. Taste caramel and sweet. Decent carbo, medium body. (Note: best before March 2010)
Bottle thanks to Illuvatarmilan at ‘Zieke Zuiden Tasting II’. Hazy pale yellow color, no head, just a small white lacing. Smell only some sourness. Taste lightly fruits, lightly sour. Watery texture. Low body, low carbo. (Note: best before May 2010)