Birra del Borgo 25 Dodici

Brewed by Birra del Borgo
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Borgorose, Italy

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle 750ml.

Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, toasted, caramel, berry, fruity, moderate yeasty, candy, english wingum. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, overriped fruit, candy, plum. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101119]

Bottled. A dark red beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and fruits. The flavor is malt, caramel, bread, fruits, and hints of alcohol, leading to a dry alcoholic finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Hazy amber with a tiny off-white head. Brown sugar dominates the nose, a little nuts too and a vague whiff of yeast. Quite full-bodied but hardly any carbonation. Again lots of brown sugar and nuts with a warming alcohol in the finish with hardly any hops. 231211

75 cl bottle at Lord Hobo. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Dark roasted malty, nutty, slight fruity and wineous. Fruity and yeasty. Spiced and semi dry herbal into the finish. Ends spiced, dark malty and yeasty.

Bottled@The 1st Vaasa CS/ES beer session (thanks MMM!). Slightly hazy deep amber colour with a thin off-white bubbly/fluffy head. Aroma is sweet and sour fruits along with some spices, mild yeastyness as well as some slight burnt sugary notes. Flavour is quite much the same with a slight alcohol warming touch. A quite plesant beer, even though it is rather sweet. Quite bodied as for the palate. Weird, but I like.

Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Hazy amber with small head. Lactic fruity nose. Sweet and medium bodied with clean, rounded mouthfeel. There’s apricot and lime as well as syrup. Mild and drinkable depsite it’s high gravity, but it lacks depth.

Bottle at Ungstrup. Clear orange-brown coloured with a small white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel and dried fruits with notes of alcohol. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel and dried fruits. Sweet finish.

Bottle. Sourish roasted aroma. Muddy dark brown colour. No head. The flavour is fruity. Not clean. Some brown sugar in the finish.

UPDATED: JUL 19, 2009
Name: Dodici
Date: April 23, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Rich O’s, New Albany, IN
Appearance: opaque dark amber, fine off white head, heavy lace
Aroma: light sweet fruity malt aroma
Flavor: rich and fruity malt flavor, dark caramel and brown sugar sweetness, lots of rich ripe dark fruits, light spicyness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Date: June 27, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: opaque dark burnt orange, fine off white head
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with a light tartness
Flavor: light sweet fruit flavor, plenty of earthyness cuts the sweetness, light tartness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

UPDATED: MAR 10, 2009 Bottle from Birratrovo, Como
Hazy color, dark amber to brown; medium head, not persistent. The aroma is malty, light wood, pepper, sourness, mold, vegetables. Strong body, strong caramel flavor, sweetish, nuts, alcohol, wood. Quite strong bitterness. Confused.