Amarcord Tabachéra

Brewed by Birra Amarcord
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Apecchio (PU), Italy

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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I expected the most from this one so I left it for the end, after all, it says here that it’s a Belgian strong ale. Damn I was wrong. This turned into a big dissapointment. Says "Ambrata doppio malto" on the label and looks that way. Murky very dark amber, maybe brown even. Very small thick head. Not much carbonation. Pleasant toffeish nose. Now to the taste..... well, it certainly is filling and..... hearty.... but not really pleasant. There’s a malt liquory feel that ruins it. It has an ok toffeeish taste, but doesn’t hide the alcohol well at all. 10% was probably far too much. Tastes really like La Puténa with the alcohol cranked up too much. It’s probably pretty fine in the cold winter nights, but I couldn’t picture myself drinking this in any other season. Actually, I couldn’t picture myself drinking this ever again. Maybe someday.... This has the usual Amarcord bottle (nice looking, with a resealable cork), and the lady on this ones label is perhaps the least revealing of all. Not an inspiring review.... but there’s not much to say.

Red coloured beer with a medium white head. Aroma is malty and some hops. Taste is almost the same here,sweet mouth feeling. Medium palate.

Pours a light amber with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet with tropical fruits, caramel, light piney hoppiness. Medium bodied with low carbonation and an oily mouth feel. Flavour is sickly sweet with not a lot going on. Finish is bitter-sweet and some booziness.

Sampled from bottle at Brewery Creek, pours a clear amber with a small white head. Simple aroma of syrup and caramel malts - hints at being cloyingly sweet. Flavour is sickly sweet with caramel malts, syrup and slight Belgian yeast notes. Simple, cloyingly sweet and unrefined. Not good.

My bottle [11.2oz] shared with garthicus & HogTownHarry. Dec. 13, 2011. Pours a slightly hazy orange-amber with a small fluffy white head. Mild aroma is grainy and sweet along with sweet malt and a hint of alcohol. Flavour of grain, sweet malt, alcohol, fruit, sugar and honey. Average bodied. Just alright.

Bottle. Clear amber with tiny tan head. Aroma is malt, yeast, little metallic, little caramel and a little toffee. Flavour is malt, yeast, medium sweet, dried fruits, little caramel, little toffee and notes of alcohol.

Flip top bottle and served in my NB Worthy glass: Slightly hazy russet amber with a small but lasting head which left only spotty lace upon the glass. The aroma has notes of crystal and toasted malts, plenty of pils malt, butterscotch, candied apple and fruit cake, with some olde school barley wine oxidation which is a good thing. The taste is shockingly smooth and approachable, with sweet fruits and sweet malts the main focus here. This is called a Belgian Strong but I see much more in common with an English Strong Ale IMO. Lush complex layers of malt with a palate grabbing alcohol content. The bitterness comes about for a brief moment to help move the train along, nice herbal components. The mouth feel is lush yet not sticky, warming but not in your face. In a world of over priced Italian brews this one actually seemed worth the price. I would buy this again which is high praise for an Italian beer.

Bottle. Dark amber colour with an off-wite head. Aroma and flavour of spice, malt, fruit, caramel and alcohol.

Bottle at the great power of beer and wine, sevilla, spain. Amber/orange color. Low carbonation. Thin head. Easy drinkable but still strong. Low bitterness and sweetness. Aromas of caramel, hops and a little fruity.

Thanks to Blankboy. Appearance: light red, bright white head. Aroma: ginger, a little damp cardboard, lemonade, strawberry, sweaty. Flavour: Strawberry, malt, a lot of alcohol, tangy lemon. Sweet finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Hazy orange with a small, off white head. Malty with a hint of fruit. Malt, caramel, sweetness and alcohol. Full body with a sweet, warming finish.