3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Buon esperimento, una birra al basilico ben fatta e molto profumata, che batte già giovane quella del Bicu.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Caught a cold in Tuscany so my tasting notes could not be at the top for this. Bottle has the brewery logo, a mug of beer with the Genoese "Lanterna" drowning into - or maybe rising from - it, raising a big foam of different color depending on what brew we’re tasting, and here it’s obviously green. I mean obviously because this beer is flavored with basil and was designed for pairing with the delicious and worldwide famous Genoese "pesto" (a dressing for pasta with basil, pine nuts and cheese). This is in fact a basil flavoured lager, built on the basis of Andrea’s good pils (Caea), with less hops; look is very promising, a nice head crowns a deep gold, hazy liquor. Aroma is impressive, with strong notes of fresh basil all over the place, this is the famous basil from Pra (now a suburb of Genoa, but has lots of cultivations of this fine herb on the terraces of the hills behind the town). It also dominates the flavor, which is a bit unbalanced to malt sweetness (it’s a wonderful beer for breakfast); a bit watery, needs a little dryness in the finish but somehow works very well. Alcohol content is hardly perceivable, I don’t believe it’s precisely 4.5%ABV but a bit less; a refreshing, characteristic, unique brew. Bravo Andrea.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: AUG 19, 2010 Assaggiata in birrificio direttamente dal maturatore. Innanzitutto non è verdognola ma ha un colore giallo opaco simile a una weizen. Tantissima schiuma, un profumo intenso di basilico appena innaffiato, un sapore amarognolo (la base è la caea) con un delicato sentore del basilico che si sente anche al naso. Mi è piaciuta moltissimo non l’avrei detto SECONDO ASSAGGIO dalla bottiglia da 33, è squisita, lascia un retrogusto di pinoli che con il basilico è la morte sua
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