Menabrea 1846

Brewed by Menabrea (Forst)
Style: Pale Lager
Biella, Italy

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

330 ml bottle. Rated @ 15.12.2009.
Pours a clear yellow colour with a frothy white head. Aroma of maize and some malts. Flavour of malts and mild caramel with some spices. Light bodied, watery mouthfeel. Never again.

This appeared to be an Italian macro that I’ve never seen before, so I grabbed it. The aroma is light and grainlike, and there is a fair amount of cereal taste. Run of the mill Eurolager. A drinkable brew. This would be a good deal if it were really cheap, but it is not.

Another euro pale lager. Not great but nothing offensive. Not much else to say. Serving: bottle

Bottle at Garda Lake. Gold crystal body with medium head. Nose of corn and paper-like. Taste of malts and wheats and yeast. Bitter finish. Enjoyable.

Pale yellow color with a decent quite steady white head. Very light aroma with just a hint of malt. Faboluosly light flavor with just a little touch of sweet lager malt, tastes almost nothing yet not watery.

12oz bottle at an italian pizza joint. I knew this one would suck but still the ticker in me ordered it. Golden color, light hoppy aroma and taste with some maltynes, light body, light dry fruity finish. Pretty hard to finish.

Aroma/Malty-light, Appearance Head/Initial-small, Head/Color white, Body/Hue-medium, Initial Flavor-bitter light Finish Flavor-bitter light Palate/Body-light beer

No real aroma to speak of. Pours like any macro lager looks like. It was a hot day and this was cold, so I didn’t mind drinking it. But it was very boring, a mainstream boring euro-lager.