Birra del Carrobiolo O.G. 1111

Brewed by Fermentum
Style: Smoked
Monza, Italy

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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02/01/2012 Bir&Fud (handpump). Bruna, scura, quasi nera, impenetrabile, leggera schiuma biancastra, molto persistente. Aroma intenso di malti tostati, con note affumicate, di frutta rossa e frutta secca. In bocca è meravigliosa, dolciastra all’attacco, quindi una punta di affumicato, morbidissima e di una eleganza sublime, equilibrata in maniera pazzesca. Corpo medio, liscia, consistenza vellutata. Birra semplicissima come concezione, eppure complessa ai livelli di un barley wine invecchiato in botte. Chapeau.

Bottle from Manuele at Ma Che. Almost black with lace. Crazy nose: very fruity, lots of dry fruit and acd, raisin, cherry, big caramel. Flavor is hot alcohol, raisins, grape, some caramel, wine, and some smoke. Light palate, but smooth and full. Nice light tang to it as well as a distinct bitterness. Great.

A: wood, peat, hay, roasted malts, spices. A: black/brown T: dry rosted malts, sweet (moderate), peat (heavy), alcool in the throat. P: fb. O: 19/20 (flatdraft version)

Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty smoky aroma. Roasted malty smoky caramel and chocoalte flavor. Has a roasted malty smoky finish.

In short: A heavy, boozy and greasy smoked brown ale. Nice sipper.
How: Bottle (375ml I think). Exact age unknown but purchased only one month before by dickinsonbeer in Italy. Shared with a few friends in a hotel room pre-RBSG 2011 tasting.
The look: Cloudy brown body topped by a persistent small beige head
In long: Nose is very smoky with a smoked pulled pork character and also some roasted nuts. Taste has a lots of smoked peat, oily nuts, beach wood, sweet brownies, smoked salmon, bacon, smoked pork, caramel. Alcohol is somewhat apparent but I would not have guessed 13%. Funny that this brewery uses the original gravity as the name of each of its beer. You can precisely measure the original gravity of a beer but you can’t precisely measure how much you enjoy beer. Although the bathroom scale can give you a rough idea.

Dark mahogany pour. Creamy, off-white head when forced. No lacing. Very smoky aroma at first then dies down to malt and dark fruits. Smoky taste that also makes way to malt and a sour sweetness. Bitter and smooth mouth feel. Bitterness in the back end. Sour feeling left after each swallow. Very nice smoked beer that is not too smoky, but still let’s you know it is a rauch styled beer.

Bottle shared by Dickinsonbeer at RBSG. Pours brown. Tan head. Nose/taste of smoked BBQ pork, bacon fat, caramelized dark fruits and burnt wood embers. Medium body.

Bottle at yespr. Hazy orange brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, smoke and dried fruits. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, smoke and dried fruits with notes of hops. Smoked and hoppy finish.

Bottled. An unclear dark amber beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has note s of malt, smoke, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt,tar, smoke, wood, roasted malt, and alcohol, leading to a dry alcoholic finish.

Bottle 37,5 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a cloudy amber with an off-white head. Heavy burned rubber aroma with quite some roast and dark fruit underneath. Solid body, boozy, woody dark fruit and roast but the heavy smoke dominate. Solid hop finish with a boozy finish. Fairly brutal - I prefer smoky beers to be a lot more subtle. 190511