Montegioco Dolii Raptor

Brewed by Birrificio Montegioco
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Montegioco, Italy

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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September 2011. Bottle, vintage 2009. Earthy and tart aromas. amber color with a while head. Flavors of sour fruit, malt and yeast.

Bottle @ home. Pours hazy dark orange with a small, frothy off-white head, short retention with light lacing. Aroma is heavy phenols of bandage and bubble gum, cracker and biscuit malt with earthy hops and pear esters. Flavor is phenolic with light malt, faint hops, a lactic tartness, cherries, light bitterness, pear esters and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation with an astringent feel, light alcohol warmth and no creaminess.

From the bottle...subtle aroma with notes sour tart fruits. Oak comes thru with some barnyard and funk in the flavor.

(375ml bottle thanks to bu11zeye) clearish amber with a ring of fine white bubbles. Nose is vinous, wet wood, grapey, funky, horseblanket. Taste of caramel, alcohol, wine, vinous, barrel, wood tannins. Finish is a bit harsh/astringent, very tannic, medium-to-light carbonation.

Brewed 2009. Aromas of sour fruit and Brett. Sour fruit and wine flavors. Overall a very good beer.

12 oz. bottle to snifter. Pours clear bright amber with a quick white soapy head that dissipates to a faint wispy film. Aroma has a lovely sweet tartness of wood vanilla and sour sugar (very subtle and smooth). Taste is crisp and clean with a bitter subtle tartness of apples and grape peel and leather that leaves you with dry woodiness. Palate is medium and refreshingly crisp with a gentle carbonation and leaving a drying finish. Very smooth and enjoyable beer with an awesome balance being 8.5 % alcohol. I would consider buying again!

Molt interessant, amb notes de sour, àcida, complexa. Molt bona. I a sobre invitats per l’Eslsa de De Dolle. Perfecte!

Tasted at the Triple Rock Sour and Barrel Aged Fest on 2/12/2011. This Belgian Strong Ale pours a medium amber orange gold color from the bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is fruity and sweet, tons of oak and brett. A medium bodied Belgian Strong Ale. The malts are fruity and sweet, oak and funk. The hops are earthy and floral. Very smooth. Nicely balanced. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

375ml bottle. Large pop at the opening revealed a muddy amber body topped by a beige head that mostly dissipated. Aroma is moderately sweet, vinous, oak, some yeast, Brett, light bread/caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, vinous, wood, some alcohol, yeast, Brett, light bread. Medium body, light acidity, stickiness.

Clear golden pour with white head. Slightly sour acidic notes, which I attributed to the wine barrels. Didn’t really delve too deeply into this one, but It was definitely not worth the price.