Birra del Borgo ImperiAle

Brewed by Birra del Borgo
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Borgorose, Italy

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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Black color; thin creamy head. A Stout with a nice aroma, creamy, roasted; but the flavor is less impressive, ordinary, even with a very light infection or fermentation problem. Not bad, but could be better.

Dark brown colour. Nutty woody aroma. Flavour is nutty caramel, spices, fruity.

Dark color, small foam. Nice aromas. Medium to light body. Roasted malts, sweet aftertaste. I was expecting more from this beer.

Premetto che sembra una stout, e dico anche che non ha quel sapore/odore metallico riscontrato in altre birre del birrificio del borgo! Detto questo non riesco proprio a capire perche ha un rating cosi’ basso e perche a molti sembra non piacere. Appena stappata si viene investiti da aromi di cioccolaro e noci, versata risultadi un bel colore scuro cioccolatoso, abbastanza densa e secca con una schiuma appena velata sulla supefice! Il sapore e’ secco di cioccolato e fave una punta di liquerizia, leggere noci e altro, molto complessa a mio avviso! Retrogusto delicato e persistente. Una cosa che mi ha lasciato favorevolmente colpito, e’ il fatto che i suoi 9,8% gradi non si sentono, ATENZIONE! Davvero molto molto buona!

Bottled@Monks Cafe, Stockholm. Hazy reddish brown colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, herbs, some wood and mild notes of nuts. Flavour is nutty, leathery, fruity, some slight sourness as well as some spices and earthy notes.

75 cl Bottle. Sour aroma and sour flavour. A lot of other flavour but totally over dominated by sourness. To ugly and too infected. Just buy some sour infected crap for 20$

Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Cloudy mahogany colour, small beige head. Fruity and nutty, medium to full bodied with soft mouthfeel. Mildly coffeeish with notes of caramel and tobacco. Light ashy salty bitterness. It’s greatest assetts are its soft, creamy mouthfeel and broad spectre of flavours.

Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Pours out in a hazy dark brown colour with a small beige foam. Malty aroma of nuts, toasted grains, anise, yeast and and cocoa-powder. Medium-bodied with malty and a bit smokey flavours of cocoa-powder, yeast, toasted malts, anise, black pepper, ash and tobacco. Dryish finish of neutral yeast, nougat, tobacco and anise.

This beer contradicts itself from the beginning pronouncing the ABV to be 9.8 on one label and 6.1 on the other, but judging from the flavour I tend to believe the latter. It’s dark mahogany with a red hue and a low, creamy head. The aroma isn’t very strong, and it has notes of cocoa and roasted malt. The flavour has notes of roasted malt, cocoa, a sourness (like in a beginning infection) and a light bitterness. The overall impression is thin and peculiar.

Bottle. Dark red brown colour with a beige head. Roasted malt, dark fruits and butter aroma and a sweet light roasted malt, light butter taste. Medium body with a sweet finish.

Bottle. Pours a nice deep red-brown colour with a creamish light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, toffee, dark fruits and a bit of chocolate. Flavour of roasted malt, toffee, dark fruits, some spices, little liquorice and slight chocolate.