Grado Plato Melissa

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

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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UPDATED: NOV 27, 2007 2007-11-02, Papsoe Blind Tasting, 4-3-6-2-10=25
Muddy orange color; creamy head. Puke and plastic aroma. Dry mouthfeel, some sweetness, light malt flavor, very light bitter oranges. Useless.

2006-12-03, 5-3-5-2-10=25
Cloudy copper color. Quite smooth, but there is no honey, no malt flavor, no hop aroma, and the yeast is nothing special; medium-high bitterness at the end. I can homebrew something better. I’m disappointed.

30th October 2011
Bottle in Rome. Clear amber beer, no real head. Dry crispy palate. Sweet malt with a mild toffee streak. Really not getting much in the way of hops. Some caramel in the finish. An okay sweet malty beer.

Blond body, white creamy head. Aroma of caramel, hops, raspberries, wine and ... urine (but fortunately diminishing). Moderately bitter, lightly sweet flavour which is quite nice contrary to the aroma. Still not great, somewhat out of balance.

Etwas säuerlicher, ziemlich hefiger Antrunk mit hellen Kräuternoten, stimmig und erfrischend, die 8,8% sind nicht erkennbar. Auf Dauer langweilig, da sehr monoton. Zum Ende disharmonisch. /7/8/8/9/8

Bottle from GBBF, day 5 on 5 August 2006 (noted at 6.8%). Hazy orange colour. Light honey aroma. Smooth, sweetish but with some sour notes (slight infection?). Quite interesting.

A Mes rate. Bottle at LCRBM #5.
Hazy dark yellow with a good off white head. Cakey malt and some tangerine hops. Sweet and yeasty finish. Slight infection but it’s tolerable.

Bottle at LCRBM5. Funky farmyard, Infected I thought. Flavour of a pale ale. Perhaps I was hard on it, but I thought that this was pretty poor

Bottle 75cl. w. swing top @ LCRBM09 - Low Countries RateBeer Meeting V, Kulminator, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Unclear medium yellow color with a average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, flowers, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090905]

Bottle (courtesy of JorisPPattyn): Deep golden, hazy, small foamy layer; stronger "woody" hoppy nose with some lambic-like flavours(lemons, orange peel, lactic acid) moderate to solid sweet-sourish flavour,soft MF, medium to full bodied; sweet sourish-fruity and hoppy finish. Quite O.K..........

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2010 [9/5/09] Bottle sample during LCRBM at Kulminator in Antwerp. 6.8%. Cloudy yellow-ish golden with a white head. Acidic aroma with some barnyard notes and tropical fruits. Sourish fruity flavor with yeast, some banana bread, some wheaty sweetness and spices. Medium-bodied.

The bottle looks good, the beer in the glass is light yellow, turbid, small head. Quite sourish aroma. Starts the same, quite sourish, notes of lemon and apricot, some wood. Finish more and more mild. Okay.