Baladin Open

Brewed by Le Baladin
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Piozzo, Italy

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle 75cl.
Unclear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, grapefruit, orange, light to moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, and a peppery finish. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20090612]

Bottled. A dark golden beer with some sediment floating around under a lazing orangey head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of hops, grass, and over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, hops, over ripe fruits, and fresh grapefruit. Thanks fiulijn for sharing.

75 cL bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours hazy orange with a small and off-white head. Aroma is fruity yeasty and grapefruity hoppy. Sweet malt base, solid grapefruity and citrusy hops notes. Yeasty accent. Smooth and fruity hoppy finish with a light bitterness. Nice mouthfeel.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a hazy and opaque golden with tiny floating impurities and an off-white head. Fresh and fruity aroma with some flowery aroma hoppiness. Medium body, fruity and yeasty with a distinctly bitter hop finish. 120609

Bottled@Punavuoren Ahven, Helsinki. Hazy orange colour, not much head. Aroma is caramel malts, fruits, wood, some earth, mild spices and some slight yeastyness as well. Flavour is quite similar with some quite strong yeasty notes. Flavour was quite dull.

Bottle. Cloudy golden coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity and hoppy aroma of pine needles and grass. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, hops, grass and pine needles. Hoppy finish.

Bottle. Lagery aroma, weak hint of grapefruit. Cloudy dark yellow colour. Good stable white head. The flavour starts off sweet and a bit yeasty. Turns quite alcoholic and spicy, seemingly from the yeast. More yeast in the aftertaste. Except for the rather dry finish, this is a Belgian tripel IMO.

Tap @ Open Baladin, Rome. Pours unclear orange with a small creamy head and lacings. Nose is peach and a bit of grass and grain. Medium bodied. Again . . some unclean peach melba.. . This could have been really good.

UPDATED: JAN 2, 2011 2011-01-02, bottle 25cl at Eataly, Bologna, 6-4-6-4-13=33
Hazy light amber color. The aroma is simple, some malt, some yeast, lightly spicy, a bit earthy. It has a dry mouthfeel, that blends well with a trace of bitter citrus fruits; but besides that the aromatic hops don’t appear as much as they used to. Just ordinary.

2009-09-21, draught at Eataly, Bologna, 8-3-7-4-16=38
Cloudy blond coloir. Vry nice hop aroma, fruity but also harmonious, with oranges and flowers. The body is less malty than expected, nevertheless the mouthfeel is smooth, and it has a good hopping. A well balanced IPA.

2009-06-12, bottle, 6-4-7-4-15=36
Cloudy deep blond color; medium creamy head. The aroma is quite light, less than expected, with some oranges. Good smooth mouthfeel, dryish toffee flavor with a strong bitterness, partially fruity (oranges and grapefruit); the flavors are well mixed together. Solid.

Bottle from Vinens Verden. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are peach, hops, flowers, citrus and malt.