Amiata Contessa

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

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Bottle 750ml. @ home.
Clear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, fruity, herbs, moderate to light heavy hoppy, herbs, orange, citrus, fruity - exotic fruit, apricot, mango, pineapple, wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter, light acidic with a average to long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100106]

From tap at Moeder Lambic. Pours clear and golden yellow with a huge and lacing white head. Aroma is fruity, floral and light spiced. Crisp fruity, mellow and light malty note. Smooth fruity and crisp hoppy finish.

Bottle at Papsø as La Biscara. Cloudy orange coloured with a small off white head. Fruity aroma of grass with notes of hops. Fruity flavour of caramel, hops and grass. Hoppy finish.

UPDATED: MAY 27, 2009 With Chinook, Cascade, Amarillo

2009-03-22, draught at IBF 2009, Milan, 8-5-7-3-15=38
Hazy amber color; huge creamy head. Very nice fruity hop (mango and apricot). Medium body, some sweetness, malt flavor, a bit dry at the end, and light vegetables touch.

2009-03-21, draught at IBF 2009, Milan, 8-5-7-3-15=38
Hazy amber color; big head. Very good hop aroma, with mango and light oranges. Malt and caramel flavor, getting weaker and drier at the end. Good.

2008-03-28, draught at Salone della Birra Artigianale e di Qualità 2008, Milan, 7-5-7-5-15=39
With Chinook and Amarillo hops
Cloudy golden color; big head. It has a very nice hoppy aroma, not fruity, but with leaves and a lot of resins, delicate. The body is average, less strong than expected, with good caramel and toffee flavor, but getting drier at the end, probably for the strong hop resins, giving a late light astringency too. Very long final of American hops. I’m missing some body and malt here, but good hop, almost honeyish. Very pleasant.

Bottle @ Papsø-Grand-Tasting, September 2010. Pours unclear golden with a creamy white head. Rubber, dust, yeast and floral hops. Medium bodied. Dry hoppy end. Too much yeast going on.

Draught at Moeder Lambic. Clear yellow/golden - white head. Nice fresh hoppy. Fruity. Citrus. Light malty. Grape fruits. High drinkability.

Bottle, 75cl. It pours a slightly unclear, golden body and a creamy, two-finger, beige head. Some microfloaties. Lightly milky on the nose, fruity and citrusy hops. Some sweetness in the mouth, with sufficient bitterness to deal with it. Some sourness too. Bitter finish with a sweet backdrop. Medium to full body and pleasant level of carbonation. Definitely not my idea of an IPA, but it’s a nice beer anyway. 110401

bottle at home ... golden yellow amber ... thin white head ... soft light clean fruit hop ... light fresh hop ... zezty ... soft easy ... light vanilla toffee hop

clear yellow, no head. hoppy and citrussy aroma, also faint yellow fruity. flavor is bitter, orange, yellow fruits, ends bitter but also watery.

Cloudy golden with a small white head. Fruity hop aroma with citrus and pine. Dry and fruity flavour with a hoppy and quite bitter finish