Amiata Vecchia Bastarda

Brewed by Birra Amiata
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Arcidosso (GR), Italy

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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My bottle claims 9.6% Hazy red-amber beer with a good beige head. Very vinous, woody & liqueurish nose, runny cheese. Sweet, but also faint bitter-sourish taint; lots of cherries and vinous together. Lighter than expected for its ABV. Very smooth. Alcoholwarming, orangepeel in the aftertaste. Extremely vinous, characterfull beer. Mille grazie to the brewer!

Draft. Pours amber with an off white head. Spicy aroma, with citrus and lavender. The flavor has floral and herbal notes with a light fruity sweetness. Nice.

In short: A sweet caramelized vinous beer. Just ok
How: From a bottle at Mondial de la Bière 2011
The look: Clear dark amber body topped by a small beige head
In long: Nose is a bit vinous, a bit spicy and some iced-tea. Taste is toasted sweet malts, sticky caramel, vinous undertones, red and dark fruits, spicy herbal hops and wooden hops. Not bad but somehow this one just didn’t work well for me. While drinking that beer I kept changing my mind whether I liked it or didn’t like it, not because I have a fucked-up mind, my mind is actually like nice music, but my head is an iPod on shuffle mode.

Sample, Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 10 2011; eye: golden, lightly hazy, no effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: Brettanomyces yeast, light malt, light herbs; mouth: Brettanomyces yeast, light malt, light herbs, finale in Brettanomyces yeast with presence of herbs, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sour, a bit thin; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Échantillon, Mondial de la bière, savourée le 10 juin 2011; œil : dorée, légèrement voilée, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : levure Brettanomyces (?), léger malt, léger herbes; bouche : levure Brettanomyces (?), léger malt, léger herbes, finale en levure Brettanomyces avec présence d’herbes, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement aigre, un peu mince; en résumé : correct

A hazed dark reddish brown ale with a thin moka head. In aroma, a strange iodine vinous malt, with thyme and Italian herbs. In mouth, a short explosion of sweet candy sugar, thyme, lactic acids, raspy notes, interesting. Bottle at Mondial 2011, June 9, 2011.

@Mondial de la Bière 2010, Strasbourg - cloudy brown colour with a moderate foam left; aroma of wood, chestnut and apple; moderate carbonation, slightly oily, a touch of sourness; full-bodied and with some sweetness; fairly bitter finish and with notes of caramel, wood and biscuit