Malthus Birolla

Bottle 50 cl. Pours a slightly hazy amber golden with an off-white head. Aroma of a little smoke and burned caramel. Medium body, sweet burned caramel and distinct smoke accents. Subdued bitterness. 130809

1 pint 0.9 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark orange with a small, off-white head. Smoked and dry malty aroma. Sweet malty, light smoked and caramelish. Smoked and mild acidic to dry malty flavoured finish.

Bottle 50cl.
Light unclear medium amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, smoke - rubber. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090813]

Date: October 17, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta
Appearance: cloudy amber, fine beige head
Aroma: dry malt aroma, hint of honey sweetness, light nutty character, big herbal presence with light mint, touch of fruity tartness
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, nice honey sweetness, light herbal spicyness, nice nuttyness, light finishing bitterness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

(50cl bottle) Clear copper body with medium off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, nut, chocolate, some ash/smoke. Taste is medium sweet, nut, chocolate, some smoke, caramel. Medium body, low carbonation.

Hazy orange with a medium off white head. Aroma had smoke, malt and ham. Flavour was sweet with smoke, ham and toasted malt. Finished smoked.

Bottle... Clear caramel-colored ale with an orange tint and a small, creamy, off-white head. Decent retention. The nose is an intermingling of dark malts and roasted nuts (think chestnuts roasting on open coals in mid-town Manhattan around Christmas time); very rauchbier-like. Full-bodied with moderate carbonation. Sweet, but not cloyingly so. Chestnuts, toffee, caramel and a puff of campfire smoke. Nutty, sweet, smoky finish. What’s up with Italians knowing how to brew?

(50cl bottle) Pours a cloudy brown body with a small creamy beige-grey head. Aroma of roasted chestnuts, spruce, florals, honey, basil, and other various herbal notes. Flavor of roasted chestnuts, honey, light smoke, flaxseed, and caramel malt.