Birrificio del Ducato La Prima Luna

Brewed by Birrificio del Ducato
Style: Barley Wine
Roncole Verdi di Busseto (PR), Italy

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No head on hazed red beer. Heavy fusels nose, maltsyrup, alcohol. Sugary, syrupy with some red fruit, preserved fruit, ginger or some other spice. Very slick to viscous, balance with the fusels only arrives in the palate. This beer constitutes a good base, but it really cries for a good C-hopping, for a more fruity balance, and some drinkability.

A reddish amber to brown barley wine with a thin receding mocha head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt with vinous notes, stewed plums, tea bag, light grassy qualities, quite nice. In mouth, a rich and smooth sweet treacle malt with light molasses, barley candy, British hops, warming alcohol, all well balanced and pleasing. Light soy sauce in finale. Bieropholie import.

Bottle. Deep, slightly hazy amber body, small white head. Aroma is caramel, wood, molasses, hints of syrup and cream. Lovely. Taste is the traditional hard cream-based caramel we call "knekk" in Norway; nuts, caramel, wood and hints of cream again in the back along with some red fruits. Blended to near-perfection; the smoothness of the sweet caramel tones mash seamlessly in my mouth. This is really, really good. What a pleasant surprise from Italy.

Brown-copper coloured and hazy. Has an off-white head, medium duration. Aroma is heavy sweet, malty, light bread, faint almond. Heavy sweet flavor, has some bitter finish. Syrupy texture and soft carbonation.

nice sweet caramel,alcohol, golden, hazy, off white foam, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, light bitter soft finish.

2009 Vintage (probably, it is good until 2019 – batch 349 / 09) – 33 cl wine/champagne-like bottle purchased @ Alvinne shop: opens with an ominous hiss, is this still good? – pours a hazy berry jam colour with a disappearing tanned head, at the bottom the bottle a huge chunk of white yeast sediment is clustered together, looks like a disgusting mix of plaster & mould, nasty – smell is very, very sweet, booze, fermenting berries & lots of fermenting dough mixed with candy & candy sugar – taste starts out passable but quickly gets grouse, almost sickenly sweet, fermenting dough, malts, Christmas pudding, candy, candy sugar, fruits (cherries, fermenting strawberries, peach, apricot, berries,…) mixed with paprika & touch of vomit, aftertaste feels bitter, ominous, almost rotting, booze – body is thick in disturbing way, heavy yeast, dough texture, I sincerely hope that this was infected because I cannot imagine anyone actually making and selling something like this

A: Deep orange A: Sweet, fruited and spiced T: Amazing sweetness, complex, some herbs P: fb O: 20/20 An amazing Barley Wine

Bottle. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and powerfull vinius aroma. Heavy vinius oderae bitter flavor. Long nice finish. Creamy palate.

Bouteille 330ml, courtoisie de SlovakSniper. De couleur ambrée foncée et voilée. Nez assez fruité (raisins sucrés et aux faibles notes vineuses, petits fruits séchés, traces de prunes rouges), de caramel toffee sucré aux notes rôties, léger de chocolat noir avec des notes d’alcool et de houblon herbeux. Moyenne-ronde en bouche avec un pétillement bas-moyen et une texture très légèrement sirupeuse et aux notes crémeuses. Goût fruité (raisins rouges, cerises, notes d’autres petits fruits, traces de marmelade) accompagné de traces fumées (bois brûlé) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût malté de caramel toffee sucré aux petties notes rôties ainsi qu’un léger goût de chocolat noir et des traces de biscuits secs puis à mesure que l’on progresse vers la finale, un léger goût d’alcool doux aux notes vineuses se rajoute et est accompagné d’une légère amertume de houblon herbeux. Post-goût long, légèrement amer d’alcool doux avec des notes de chocolat noir et de houblon ehrbeux ainsi qu’avec un goût fruité (moût de raisins et de cerises).

@ ACBF 2011. The aroma has fruitella’s, raisin maltiness. Clear, amber-brown coloured beer with an off-white head. The taste is sweet, has candy and raisins mainly. Medium-full bodied.

Bottle at ACBF 2011. Pours ruby-brown with a faint head. Just some slight bubbles, gents. Lots of toffee in the nose, some other sweet bready malts. Pretty sweet flavor with hints of cured meats, candied fruits, mild bitterness. Full bodied with high carbonation. Warming finish, very sweet, malty, some meat and toffee, pure sugar, some toast. Rich, enjoyable brew.