Bi-Du Hop (H10OP5)

Brewed by Birrificio BI-DU
Style: American Pale Ale
Olgiate Comasco (CO), Italy

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle 375ml @ fonefan
Pours hazy golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of fruity hops. Taste is medium bitter and light sweet. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.

Bottle @ Ulfborg Weekend, Jan 2011. Pours hazy orange with a creamy white head and lacings. Nose is citrus hops and yeast. Fresh. Very bitter and dry flavor. Soapy and citrussy.

Bottle 37,5 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a cloudy golden with a dense and frothy off-white head. Fruity nose with some juicy hops. Medium body, a little sweet hops before a solid dose of hops and some nice peachy hops. Ends dry and rather hoppy - almost astringent. 290111

Strepitosa creazione del Bi-Du, questa H10op5 è stato uno dei miei primi amori nella scena dei micro produttori italiani, un paio di anni fa. Ribevuta oggi conserva e amplifica la sua grandezza; w il luppolo w la h10op5.

chiara schiuma non abbondante ma conpatta e persisthnte. le note sono luppolate in bocca prima il leggero malto pio il luppolo la fa da padrone andando in diverse sfumature

Little hazy bright golden appearance with a little white head. Nice quite strong grassy aroma, with a good malt counterpart. Some spicy and resinous. Well bodied to support all that hop, not that carbonated. Very dry mouthfeel.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 3     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 4   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : 2   Soap : 1   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 2   Hay : XX   Toasty : XX   Caramel : 2   Nuts : XX   Honey : 3   Cereals : 2   Grainy : XX
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 2   Leafy : 3   Spicy : 2   Floral : XX   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : 2   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 2   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 4   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : 2   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Bottle from Off License in Roma. Rather bland for a hop fest. Limited aromatics. Flat or almost. Powdery yeastiness hinders the flavours all along, this seems to be a common occurring in Italy. I expected better, more brightness and freshness while this still had a good 3 months before the expiration date. A bit too yeasty and unclean.