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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Well needed IPA after destroying my bikes gears on my trail. Poured out a bit of a murky light amber brew due to me dumping in the goop and a large, thick white crown that sticks around leaving great lacing. Rrgf, peaches, light pine, maybe something salty (which makes no sense), wonderful slightly sweet caramel smells. The taste is pretty good and is pretty much how I like my ipa’s. Standard yummy stiff with a bit of extra sweet richness. There’s just enough bite from the pine to balance everything out. Smooth pine, Rrgf, nectarine, spice goodness, non sweet caramel. I dig this. Medium bodied and a long bitter finish that has not ruined my ’buds. Wicked belch!

330ml brown bottle. Golden pour with light haze. Two fingers of creamy white cap that has decent retention and small rings of lacing left in the glass. Nose is grapefruity, faint pine whiffs along with some general fruitiness. In the mouth the beer has big grapefruit bitterness at front, brief sweetness/caramel note in the middle but grapefruity hops take over quickly and last till the end. Aftertaste is greapefruit with a grassy hint. Medium bodied, fine bubbled tingly carbonation. Pretty drinkable, bitter where it should be, the alcohol remians pretty well hidden, another way too drinkable double IPA.

330ml bottle pours a slightly hazy golden orange color with a 2 finger off-white head that retains well and eventually reveals some nicely latticed lacing. Aroma is caramel malts and citrus with some light earthy notes. Taste is malty sweet at first and follows with some pleasing grapefruit bitterness and closes with some earthy flavors. Medium body and average carbonation. A very pleasant experience.

A bit of a disappointment for me. Pours out a bright golden orange with a fluddy yellow head that slowly dies without leaving any traces of lacing. The nose is spicy, sweet and fruity with resin and pine notes an a few grapefruit notes. First taste is sweet, light malts and slight bitterness. Spicy hop notes and pine resins build up on the finish. This is a very average imperial IPA that is missing the smack of resin and puckering hops.

[ASPETTO] oro carico , quasi ambrato con riflessi arancio, velata [SCHIUMA] bianca, buona presenza, fine e compatta, lunga persistenza [OLFATTO] media intensità, con un tocco di caramello, affiancato da note fruttate, con sentori agrumati e frutta tropicale. Sentori alcolici [GUSTO] buona intensità, un dolce non molto pronunciato di fondo, che apre le porte ad un fruttato che non riesco a definire e che da una sensazione un po’ strana. seguono amari marcati, agrumati, buccia di pompelmo, che dominano un finale in cui rimangono toni erbacei ed una alcolicità che apporta una sensazione speziata e calda. [TEXTURE] corpo medio, abbastanza morbida, media percezione alcolica [COMMENTO FINALE] una DIPA italiana di tutto rispetto. Un aspetto quasi impeccabile, al naso manca di qualche sfurmatura in più comunque bene, in bocca tutto fila liscio; manca forse una certa consistenza dei malti ( siamo di fatto in territorio DIPA quindi si potrebbe pretendere di più) , lasciando il corpo meno consistente del previsto. dalla parte dei luppoli, rimane qualche sapore non ben definito, che lascia interdetti, virando poi in maniera monotematica verso note vegetali. anche se non contundente come le tipiche DIPA americane (il che non sempre è un male), il livello qualitativo è di fatto notevole.

A: clean, caramel malts, pineapple A: amber, medium foam T: sweet and well hopped P: mb: o: 17/20

On tap at Selezione Birra 2012, Rimini. Pours a copper color with a nice white head. Lasting foam. Aroma is malty sweet-ish with loads of tropical fruits. Taste is similar with a nice sweet backbone and tons of fruity hops. Pineapple, peach and citrus mostly. Good carbonation. No alcohol perceived. Stunning.

ambrata buona schiuma buona persisteza luppolata agrumata buona intensita un tocco etilico caramello finale un po sporco

En botella color anaranjado con buena retencion.aromas a caramelo,malta con notas frutales.sabor contundente pero poco definido!

Bottle 750ml.

Light unclear medium to dark yellow orange colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light light heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, grapefruit, fruity, peach notes. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, caramel, dark orange hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111125]