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Gradisca (Prima Donna)

Gradisca (Prima Donna)

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A Premium Lager brewed by
Amarcord

Falciano, San Marino

bottled
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202.62/5.02.63/5.04.7%54.9Lager glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Prima Donna Special Lager is a classic lager noted for its unique aroma and its unsurpassed hoppy flavour. It is characterized by a brillant golden color, a compact head, and its fresh, thirst-quenching qualities.

An Oscar-winning beer
…we chose to call our beer Gradisca, because we brew it in this corner of Romagna and San Marino, between the sea and the hills, a land rich in history and amazing stories. But above all, as a tribute to an illustrious celebrity who was born here, film director Frederico Fellini, who conquered cinema-goers the whole world over with his rich and poetic vein of inspiration, winning as many as four Oscars for his films, including, of course, Amarcord, where Gradisca is the protagonist. 4.7% Alc. Vol.

Note: Uses the name Gradisca on the local market, and Prima Donna for export.

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 cheapdark (1605), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/514/20

Dec 27, 2007    Updated: Dec 31, 2007
Decent bready yeast aroma, rather attractive. Surprisingly free of skunk. Slight hazy appearance, otherwise ubiquitous pale yellow amercan lager in appearance. Has a decently clean flavor with little hop bitterness. Non offensive an well mannered. Good amount of average fizz in the carbonation, but could use more. Finish is easy to enjoy, perhaps a nice session brew. Best premium lager to date for me.

 ucusty (1213), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/510/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Hazy gold pour fluffy white head and drippy lace. Pine hops on the nose. Floral hops, honey and a clean dry finish


wheelz843 (34), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/58/20
Oct 2, 2008  
bottle. has a bit of a pine aroma. clear yellow in color with a qucik dissolving head. has a bit of a nutty taste with very little aftertaste.


 porterhouse (951), Alna, Maine, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 16, 2008  
(330 ml bottle from Bootlegger’s) Pours hazy gold with a big pillowy white head. Aroma is a bit honeyish and malty with some pine, dishrag and sweat. Mouthfeel is fairly smooth, slightly prickly with a decent amount of heft. Lots of foamy patches of lacing. Flavor is lightly honeyish and malty with a light-medium bitter presence emerging toward finish. Not a bad lager.


 1FastSTi (2402), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Aug 5, 2008  
Pours to a glowing flat yellow body with a tall, lasting frothy white head. Nice lacing. The aroma is very strong and smells of hops that are floral and honeysuckle like. Some dry yeasts. Smells kind of like a Kolsh. Some straw. The flavor is clean and crisp lager yeasts and floral hops. A touch watery. The palate is sweet, clean, easy drinking. Bitter on the finish. Slightly mouthwatering. Nicely made and an easy summer beer. I don’t see how so many people are hating on this one.


 Beerman6686 (780), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/57/20
Jun 29, 2008  
POured a weak golden color with a white head. Aroma of corn and malt. Taste is much the same, not too much to say here.



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