3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
The fresh, citrusy hoppy aroma is similar to that of the blonde, but maybe with some slight sweet malt tones added. In the mouth it has the dry finish and drinkability of the Blonde with some sweet caramel nuances, becoming even easier and more enjoyable. Great balance, like a a cross of Ambrata and Blonde. Very good batch to inaugurate the new equipment!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAR 18, 2009 Bottle from A Tutta Birra, Milan
Hazy amber color; gushing bottle; the head reduces to a persistent layer. Very nice aroma of hops and cereals. Strong cereals and malt flavor, residual sweetness, good body, quite good bitterness. Pleasant but rough.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
ambrata buona schiuma puttosto persistente il naso è discrtamenter intenso si avvertono leggere sentori fruttato malto caramello e luppoli quasi agrumati in bocca il malto è bilnciato dla luppolo note di caramello amaro medio un buon corpo
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Marks for Appearance are an average, as beer was sampled in weak artificial light after dark. Very hoppy, some malts, and a fish-like, faraway salty aroma, iodine. Dry hopbales; Hops, nuts and liquorice. Ends again on saltiness, an a flavour like mushrooms. Quite carbonated, medium bodied. Quite good, certainly for a prime edition. Pleasing brew.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
My Bottom Line:
Herbal hops and comforting bready yeast swirl around fresh cereals in this balanced and very drinkable Belgian-style Ale.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A gorgeous tower of foam rises atop the misty amber.
-The hop signature is very herbal and slightly floral, well-levelled with the rest of the proposed flavors.
-Carbonation is fluffy and increases drinkability.
-Some fruity caramel maltiness is also perceived.
-This may be a tad too yeasty in the flavor profile to completely seduce me.
-This is a special batch brewed to inaugurate the new, customized equipment which they have bought themselves. A pretty solid first try if you ask me!
-The nose faithfully announces what the flavor profile reveals.
-The herbal hop bitterness builds with each sip but remains approachable.
Bottles; best before June ’09. Merci Massimo et Fausto!
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: AUG 3, 2008 Molto buona ma fra le meno eccellenti della serata; abbinata con formaggetta genovese (ottima) e cima genovese (fantastica e imprevista). E’ una birra veramente rara e direi quasi unica, in quanto non la produrranno probabilmente mai più; mi sono scippato la bottiglia infatti.
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Ribevuta stasera a temperatura meno glaciale e con ottima compagnia; ha mostrato una complessità nuova, floreale, nell’aroma, che ho adorato. Impossibile non alzare il voto.
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