Birra del Borgo Re Ale Extra

Brewed by Birra del Borgo
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Borgorose, Italy

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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at horecabeurs ghent 2012 pours blonde, smells hoppy, taste is bitter AND sweet, hops. very , very much taste for ’just a regular ’ ipa and for its ABV. winner of the event to me !

750ml bottle, slight cloudy honey gold hue, with a frothy bubbly white head, leaving some lacing, with a nice mild spicy, fruity, yeasty, faint floral hop nose, with some light pear, orange, candied lemon, grapefruit peel, faint granny smith apple esters, and with a soft honeyed pale, toasted, munich malt accent and a subtle leafy hop essential oil note in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a nice sweet honeyed pale, toasted, wheat malt, flowery candied lemon, grapefruit peel citrus, leafy, grassy hop character, with some zesty, lime, minty, lemon marmalade flavours, with a faint yeasty doughy, cedary backbone, leading towards a citrusy lemon, lime, grapefruit rind, minty, leafy, grassy hop bitterness finish.

Bottle. Spicy nose with peach tones. Coriander, pepper, lemon, herbs. Cloudy pale with a thin head. Clean and smooth, bone dry with a fruity hop note. Gorgeous.

Pours copper with thick 2 finger head. Aroma is a very smooth example of a floral hop explosion. Flavour is similar but loses some flavour in the bittering hops

[ASPETTO] oro carico, tendente ad un ambrato aranciato, velata [SCHIUMA] bianca, fine e compatta , buona presenza e persistenza [OLFATTO] molto profumata a tratti inebriante, con un sentori resinosi e balsamici in primo piano, un leggero tocco agrumato di fondo a cui si aggiungono note di cerali, miele, confettura e un velo alcolico [GUSTO] già dal primo sorso spiccano i contributi amaricanti del extra luppolo, fortemente tendenti a sapori resinosi, erbali, mantenendo una amarezza che sembra a tratti decadere in un agrumato, ma che invece, soprattutto nel finale, lascia emergere contributi dolci con note di miele, caramello, che frenano in giusta misura l’esuberanza inziale. una leggera speziatura alcolica si uchiude il cerchio . [TEXTURE] corpo medio, buona consistenza al palato, cabonazione media ed azzeccata, alcohol percettibile [COMMENTO FINALE] india pale ale americaneggiante, che potenzia il trend iniziato con la sorella minore ReAle. Profumata, piuttasto complessa e dinamica , sopratutto in bocca dove si riesce a tenere a bada una imminente esplosione di luppoli con un buona controparte maltata e toni dolci, non cadendo nel classico mostro luppolato USA (piaccia o non piaccia) e dando invece un prodotto con, si, un buon impatto sensoriale, ma anche molto godibile e beverino.

Bottled 75cl. Huge head. Caramel and piney hops are most present throughout. Sugary and yeasty. Poor malt back. Not really my kind of IPA.

Bottle@home, 75 cl. Head: delicate, off-white color. Color: from clear to hazy, golden. Aroma: hops, citrus. Taste: citrus, bitter. Palate: dry, full body, bitter finish. Overall: very nice.

Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks Amir. Pours hazy amber with white head. Rosey, hops, faint fruit aroma. A little sweet, fruity and really nice. Light to medium body, soft carbonation, peachy finish and really, really nice.

Pours gold/amber with a massive head. Nose shows grapefruit and pine, along with a load of spicy hops. Also a bit of faint malt. Similar flavours, more spicy hops and grapefruit. Not very aggressive though. Underneath is some biscuit-like malt. Mild bitterness. Nice moderate carbonation.

Into a tall glass. Three fingers of head, big and frothy. A hazy, dark straw colored body. Smells like lemon and pine, and a floral note. Which was a nice surprise. A solid malty taste, toned down pine bitterness. Tasty. Silky texture, moderate carbonation with a fizz. This is a good beer. For an American IPA it does not have the characteristic bitterness, or maybe I’m used to higher IBU for IPAs. In any case, it’s still enjoyable.