Grado Plato Chocarrubica

Brewed by Birrificio Grado Plato
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Chieri (TO), Italy

Dark brown reddish would be clear look. Cream colored head. Smell is fruits punch, tart, cocoa, malts, and spices. Taste is dry, fruits, spices, and cocoa. Retains its head well.

DFW Tasting 6/8/08 Thanks to Bu11zeye for sharing! Aroma is Light Chocolate and flavor is off chocolate. This beer did not impress me very much. I really didn’t like it. Cheers!

Tap. Dark brown with little thick lasting head. Chocolate, cherries, some spiciness, a very good malty note mixed with a really nice earthiness hit gently the nose, inviting and balancing the whole. Explodes in a medium bodied silkiness, with a huge chocolate and cherries flavour, reminding a pastry specialty of the same region, Piedmont, that host that brilliant brewery. Long aftertaste, no traces of that 7%abv, flavourful and dangerous drinkable. Delicious brew.

Artebirra Pasturana 2008: senza dubbio alcuno la regina della manifestazione, chapeau.

Dark brown with a thin lid of milk tan bubbles. Charred fruit, sweet aromatic woods, dark cherries, dates and a hint of creosote in the nose. Interesting, but not overly pleasant. smoke and ashes fill the mouth from the start. Some mild vinous qualities, I happen to be reminded of an old bottle of cab with a dry cork. Some nibs, elderberries and choke cherries also creep in. LIght soft palate. Very earthy and course.

Dark brown like you’d expect from the name, but the flavor isn’t as choclately dark, roasty, and rich as I’d hoped. There was a good bit of tartness in this one.

brown pour with a tan head. Chocolate and spice nose. Same flavor, some cola notes. Finishes thin, slightly boozy.

Filp top bottle shared by ’we-r-180’ or something or another. Poured a dark, dark brown color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of chocolate, nuts, oranges, some caramel, and some berries. Tastes of chocolate covered oranges, nuts, and roast.