L’Olmaia La 9

Brewed by L’Olmaia
Style: Belgian Ale
Sant’Albino - Montepulciano, Siena, Italy

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottled 750ml. -from La Rinascente, Milano. Murky amber coloured, medium to big sized pale beige head, fresh hoppy nose. Moderate malty, flowery hoppy and mild citrusy with notes of elder in the finish. Pleasant, aromatic and enjoyable brew, and one of the best Italian beersthat I’ve tried in past few years.

Ogi’s. "La 9" and has 6.5% alcohol. Umm... What? Poured a murky amber-brown body with a big, fluffy nice off white head that went away relatively slowly. Nice, really fresh notes of elderflower and maltiness, with very light soapy notes, aroma hops, some orange. Fresh taste again, apricot, orange rind, nicely and very much aromatic, peach juice, slightly lactic, quite lovely and enjoyable - these last 3 Italian beers were definitely a nice surprise, though I’m sure that Ogi paid quite a lot for them.

11/04/2013 La Tana (handpump). Ambrata, miele, limpida, schiuma biancastra sporca abbondante e persistente. Al naso sentori di malto e luppolo, note erbacee. In bocca è un po’ confusa, l’attacco è dolciastro, maltato, il finale è amaro ma non così secco come mi sarei aspettato. Corpo medio, carbonazione soft. Un po’ caotica e confusionaria.

Tap at PP Olde Towne. Pours a full haze reddish amber. Creamy beige foam. Excellent retention. Nose is spicy, nutty, earthy. Taste is heavy dust, wood, spicy forest, forage, nuts. Quite hoppy and mildly cheesy. Palate is dry, aerated, forage bitterness. Complete sheety lacing. Yum. I really liked it. Like a dry, non sticky, DIPA. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle at marea in NYC. Pours hazy deep orange with decent sized fluffy head. Nose of malt and bread. Tastes bready, spicy of pepper and coriander, decent amount of citrus hops, caramel, grass, and light banana. It’s dry on finish and paired well my seafood feast.

Apple, dried leaves, and a little alcohol on the nose. Cloudy copper, no head. Dried leaves, oily rose petals, and lemon zest flavor. A bit like potpourri.

Draft. Hazy amber color, fluffy tan head, solid lacing. Aroma of dusty brown bread dough. Taste is bitter roots. Interesting.

Draft. Minimal white head, clear dark amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, orange, spicy. taste is medium sweet, orange, herb/spicy. Undercarbonated medium body.

bottle, 0.33. Very acid. Golden-amber beer with a l beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and fruit.

Bottle. Poured clear yellow color with medium to large white frothy head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Medium to heavy citrus and yeast aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration. Complex drinkable brew.