Amiata Aldobrandesca

Brewed by Birra Amiata
Style: Belgian Ale
Arcidosso (GR), Italy

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle from Johnny’s, Rome. Clear banana aroma. Acidy, very short. Some coriander. Saison-like stable, rhubarb. Very dry fininsh.

UPDATED: FEB 4, 2011 Stasera una vera delizia questa Aldobrandesca che pure di solito non colpisce più di tanto. Grande freschezza, buon uso delle spezie.

2008-05-30, blind tasting at Yespr’s, 6-3-5-2-9=25
Hazy blond color, creamy head. The aroma is perfumy, soapy, and with some spices, not bad. Dryish body, poor flavors to take home, and a light infection spreading here. Wrong.

2008-03-28, draught at Salone della Birra Artigianale e di Qualità, Milan, 6-3-7-3-14=33
Cloudy blond color. It has some spicy aroma. It has a good body, with a good mix of flavors: cereals, wheat, light spices. Maybe the yeast footprint is still too evident. Good bitterness level. Good.

Bottled (as Amiata l’Intrigante, 6.7%). Hazy golden, no head Striking perfumy aroma. Tart and fruity, medium bodied. Heavy on coriender and citrus. A straight forward solid spicy beer with low bitterness.

Medium white head. Muddy white body. Herbal spicy funky aroma, delicate and harmonic, with rosemary notes. Dry-acidic metallic peppery herbal taste. Mid-bodied. Mild, clean mouthfeel. Dry-acidic wooden peppery taste. Very light and delicate, maybe even too delicate. (0.75l bottle, Oslo beer junta tasting.)

Bottled@omhper (As l’Intrigante 6.7%). Hazy golden colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is spices, fruits, quite perfumed soap as well as some slight caramelly notes. Flavour is fruits, spices, grass, some slight perfumed soap and some mild yeasty notes as well.

chiara buona schiuma media perisistenza note speziate leggermente citriche in bocca cerali buona speziatura buona acidità amaro in secondo piano

Bottle shared by KnutAlbert@Oslo Øljunta Olympen Gathering. Huge white head. Foggy, yellow -golden body. Sourish fruit aroma; wild strawberries, rhubarb and citrus. A whiff of old hops in the background. Taste is acidic-sour fruity and has a light sweet, subdued malt body. Notes of black pepper, yeast and mild bittering hops. Champagne-like carbonation, medium to light body. Bone dry ending.

Bevuta in bottiglia di colore chiaro abbastanza torbido con schiuma abbondante e persistente, ottimi i profumi di frutta matura, molto beverina e rinfrescante.

Draught at "Salone della Birra Artigianale 2008" - Milan.
Fraught blond color lightly opaque and hazy. Compact head of discreet duration. Typical aroma of the style with notes of wine cellar and fresh malt. Much prickly taste at mouth, aged, with stum and yeast notes.