Bi-Du Black Mamba

Brewed by Birrificio BI-DU
Style: Stout
Olgiate Comasco (CO), Italy

Serve in English pint

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Draught at BQ Via Losanna. Black coloured with a medium sized beige head. Light roasted aroma of caramel and liquorice. Light roasted flavour of caramel, liquorice and hops with notes of fridge. Roasted and hoppy finish.

On tap. I like this beer very much. No froth at all, and very low carbonation. Roasted malt and hop taste is noticeable enough. Very pleasant beer.

Bottle 375ml. @ home.

Clear dark dark brown black color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, mild coffee, moderate burnt, dark malt, caramel. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, coffee, chocolate malt, light licorice. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Very nice and easy to drink ;O) [20110109]

Almost black color/ tan head. Nice rich mexican chocolate, medium roast malt aromas. light to medium bodied with a frothy mouthfeel. Good mexican chocolate(cinnamon) sweet spicy flavors with hearty roasted malts. Draft pour@ Ma Che Sie- Roma.

UPDATED: AUG 5, 2009 courtesy of Allen - cloudy dark brown colour with a poor foam left; slightly roasted with notes of chocolate and vanilla; sweet and medium-bodied, subtle carbonation and with a late bitterness; long chocolatey finish and slightly earthy with a note of ginger

Draught at the brew pub. Tar in the nose. Very stylish. A good interpretation of the style with plenty of character. I really enjoyed this beer.

Draught at the brewpub. As a lot of (wonderful) italian craft beers, it could be considered a "reappraisal" of the style it’s supposed to be a member. More spicy than a regular stout, both in the aroma and taste and less or anyway lighter notes of chocolate and coffee. Too mild in my opinion. A spicy liquorice stands out. Classic stout creamy, tan and dense head but quite thin. Anyway It takes minutes to fall down. Black and clear. The body is too light, I’d say almost watery. I would like something more. The taste adds hop bitter notes to the spicy ones. Mild roasted malt bitterness. As I said it’s an "Italian" exemple of the style, and I like the italian way to experiment and the originality. But it’s not my favourite beer by one the my favourite brewer.

My Bottom Line:
Lazy chocolate and molasses sweeten the confused roasted malts in this flat and quite possibly improperly-served Stout.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-There is no head at all to decorate the dark brown.
-Carbonation is so dead it makes it quite difficult to know what they were attempting here.
-The pumpernickel bread flavors throughout were pleasant.
-Rising roasted malt and hop bitterness creates a quenching ending.
-I really need to try this again as I know from other beers that this brewery can brew very good stuff.

On tap at HOP, Milano.

scura buojna schiuma aderente piuttosto persistente note toste ma non agrssive in bocca morbida tostata ma anche ben luppolata corpo quasi leggero sentori quoasi di chinotto

Draught at the brewpub, July 2005, 8-5-8-3-15=39
Dark color; creamy head. Very nice aroma: roasted malt, cappuccino, chocolate; harmonious. Very good taste, well brewed and balanced, with malt, caramel, roasted malt, dry liquorice. The final is bitter, but below expectations. Original; creamy; milky. Very good.