3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tasted 19/09/2007. 330ml bottle from BrewNZ. Pale yellow gold with a firm white head, not quite brilliant. Mild honey notes dominate the simple sweetish nose with an integrated little hint of a floral character. Sweet and full-bodied in the mouth, with more honey and amlt sweetness, a little grassy hop action and a medium bitterness. Full, simple, drinkable but uninteresting.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Poured a pale, hazy straw with a small fizzy head. The nose was sweet and grainy, containing some clover honey, as well as some grassy notes. The flavor was also grainy and malty sweet. midway I tasted a cloying honey sweetness, and floral, grassy hops. The aftertaste was a bit metallic on the tongue. It had a good mouthfeel but also had a copper-like texture on the palate. I’m not a huge fan of Italian beers, and this has done nothing to win me over.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Actually not bad when mixed with its native cuisine. For (I guess) a mass produced pils, it has some complexity and a decent malt signature to go with average hop bitterness. Paired well with heavy and spicy food.
2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Bottle: Lightly hazy blond color, puffy white head, nice lacing. The nose is toasty with a bit of metal and hay, plenty of sharp noble hops. The flavor is decent, some toasty and fairly present malts. Not that clean of a finish and more of a dry hop husk tail. Corny?
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
12 oz bottle. Poured a clear golden color. Head was rocky and white, reducing over few minutes to a thin film. Aroma was of light malty molasses and cereal grain. Flavor was similar with the addition of noble hops. The hop flavor lingers. Slightly sweet. Not a show stopper.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
UPDATED: JUL 19, 2007 Bottle @ Jacobs BBQ. Pours a weak pale amber with a small white head with lots of lacing. Aroma has hay and malt. Flavour is very sweet, then slightly dry. Competent, but very dull and boring.
1.7 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
bottle - Pours clear yellow with a two finger head that actually leaves some lacing. It has an extremely mild aroma, a mild light malt taste, a thin, watery mouthfeel, and sure enough it goes down like water. It looks better than it is.
1.5 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 7/20
Bottled(330ml). –From some souvenir shop in San Marino as Birra dalla Storia.
One bottle costs 3.5€, whilst you can get three for 10€. So I bought 3, with Stallin, Josip Broz Tito and Mussolini (Duce) on label. There was also Che Guevara, Lenin, Hitler, etc. Stallin I drunk with Doggythedog, while Tito I had on Labor Day, and Mussolini is still waiting. Good and interesting idea, but the major problem is that beer is simply awful. Pours a golden colour with small white airy head and stale honey nose. Cardboard and caramel taste with stale vegetable notes and unpleasant sweet finish.
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