Birrificio del Ducato Machete Double IPA

Brewed by Birrificio del Ducato
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Roncole Verdi di Busseto (PR), Italy

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Arôme orange-mandarine, Houblon bien dosé, finale assez sèche; assez bonne longeur aussi; très appréciable et rafraichissante pour cette 2IPA

Bottled 0,33L. Amber fraught color, much hazy with a nice bubbly aspect, very resistant and during head. Excepional nose, much rich bouquet, notes of orange peel, malty, very hoppiness, cask, amber woody and much flowery final very fresh and perfumed. Alcoholic but very equilibrate taste, notes of resin, hop, very crisp and sweetish body with a pleasant bitter end. Realy pleasant beer.

Very good yellowish head, over lively carbonated quite hazy orange-amber beer. Intense citrus and exotic fruitnose, with lots of hoparomas and even -bitterness suggested in the nose. Grapefruity, lychee, passionfruit. All the former aromas return in the taste, but paired to a remarkably present bubblegum flavour. Retronasal even hints at washing powder aromas; cray. Very slick, viscous - tempted to say soapy. Spritzy carbonation; long lasting flavours. Well worth some of its USA counterparts.

33cl bottle, from Geers, BB 10/2013, lot#188.12. Gotta love the ’Machete’ flick note beer description, ’Machete don’t text’. Dorée-orangée, col épais beige, blanc. Arôme est assez faiblard, fleuri presque de thé vert, citronné, bergamote et mandarine. Palais est houblonné, pointe de nobles et une fin de bouche douce, sucrée sur des notes de citron, fruité tirant sur l’orange.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy golden amber with smallish slightly offwhite head. Aromas are dominated by citrusy hops, most notably sour oranges. Some light caramel but really is all about the hops. Taste wise it is quite sweet with the hop bitterness coming through only right at the end. Not overly bitter or assertive. Medium mouthfeel. Very easy drinking, perhaps a little to easy given the abv, but nothing out of the ordinary.

330ml bottle. Aroma: floral, citrus (chinotto). Appareance: orange, cloudy, frothy head. Taste: light sweetness, fruity. Palate: bitter, light body.

On tap @ Beerhouseclub, corso Tintori 34/r, Firenze. A very interestig Double IPA, with a dark orange colour, light foam. The aroma is complex, some grapefruit, mango, raisin, some herbal and spicy notes, not too strong for a DIPA, a long, balanced and nice aftertaste. Very good!

UPDATED: JAN 4, 2013 21/XII/12 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: X/13 (2012-1387)

Little cloudy golden orange beer, big creamy off-white head, stable, bit adhesive. aroma: very fruity, floral, bit soapy, stinky feet. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: some citrus, then pretty bitter, chemical, pain, very piny, little malty, honey. Aftertaste: dry, piny bitterness, almost chemical, some pineapple, soapy ending.

330ml bottle- Nice dark orange colour, with bubbly white head. Good hop aromas and flavours. a very good beer.

Bottle 33 cl. Pours cloudy amber with a good bigishe creamy head leaving lace. Aroma is malty sweet caramel piny citric fruity peaches. Flavor dry yet has some sweetness, good maltyness and well bitter citric piny a bit pungent fruity some raisins bready. Finishe bitter fruity.