4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
[bottle] Orange body, generous off-white head. Strong herbal and floral aroma. Fruity notes with some tarty apple and white grapes. Good maltiness and full bodied, long finish. Rather heavy yeast deposit in the bottom of the bottle. Sugar is indicated as an ingredient - maybe in order to achieve a better balance. Anyway, this is a great hopped ale and the best Italian brew I’ve come across in a while.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
75 cl bottle from Takashimaya in Kyoto. Expensive stuff. Tangy hop nose, lots of citrus and grass, light malt, some minerals and sulfur. Very lemony and slightly peppery. Nice. Cloudy gold, almost pastel, with a thin lacy head. Very lemony flavor, sweet and tart and bitter. Like a lemon-and-hop gelato! With passion fruit, grapefruit (actually, more like Japanese buntan), grass, very bitter finish. Very interesting stuff. New wave hoppy Belgian blonde from Italia? I love it. Huge bitter finish. Fun and original.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Regalo natalizio di Gian, non mi è dispiaciuta, altrove la considerano una APA, in realtà il fruttato sembra provenire dal lievito, ed è discretamente bilanciata con l’amaro.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
On bottle 75cl, a very good beer. A little bit bitter and hoppy it has a flat head and a brown colour. Sedimentation is present at the bottom. Very easy to drink and well balanced. Very good job. Just one disappointing thing: the choice of using that kind of silicon top is absurd. It crumbled very soon using a classic corkscrew. I had to use pliers to pull it out!!! Furthermore, I never need to close again the bottle because I always finish it in one time. It’s not a 9L bottle!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle (in Australia). After the disappointment of the Witbier, this was very enjoyable, especially the yeasty spice.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
bottle from eBay. Clear golden colour, large and persistant white head. Fruity-grassy nose. Medium-bodied, malty base, lots of fruity-grassy hops. Good.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Orange gold pour medium carbonation aromas earthy lemon yeast grain flavour yeast fruit hop citrus grain some smoothness dry taste good strength ibu overall taste fruity good bitter malt sweetness a fair afternoon freshner
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle at Sfono - thanks to Ken.
Cloudy yellow - white head.
Wheaty. Spicy. Licorice. herbal. Tea. Yeasty. Fruity. Light. Boring.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Vibrant pale orangey beer with a lightly yeasty aroma, and a yeasty and lightly dry flavour. Overall an average yeasty beer.
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