Montegioco Dolii Raptor

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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375ml, pours hazed amber with creamy white head. Nose of sour apple, cherry, brett, oak, and vanilla. Flavors of dried fruit-apricot and grapefruit, spicy alcohol notes, sharp oak, earthy, with mild sour finish. Fizzy and full mouth feel.

12.7 oz bottle. an aggressive crack when opened. hazy orange under a soapy beige head. a sour oak barrel aged aroma with some brett. moderately sweet flavor with some bretty tang and oak. fruity with peach, berry and apple. hints of caramel. smooth and mellow sourness. slightly spicy.

Cherry and grapes on the nose, with hints of vanilla and an oakiness. Pours orange amber color with a thin white head that dissipates quickly. Hints of caramel with dark grapes and cherries, fairly sweet with a lot of oak. There is a slight tartness. Great beer!

12.7 oz bottle. Opens with a loud pop. Foggy brown with a thick, foamy white head. Nose is apple, cherry and toffee with a hint of citrus. Medium light with a tingle. Taste is sweet and sour lemon and tangerine peel. A touch of spoiled peach. Dry, woody, bitter grass finish.

Hazy deep amber with tiny off white head. Sour aroma with caramel, wood and berries. Sour flavor with roasted malt, caramel, wood and berries. Ends sour.

From notes: Received as an extra in a past trade with WilliamD. Pours a dark, hazy golden amber/chestnut brown color with a two finger frothy off white head. Good retention, slowly fading into a lasting ring. Sporadic spots of lacing left behind. Earthy oak aroma with hints of vanilla as well as some crisp light fruit and vinous dark fruit. Slightly funky with hints of grape and strawberry. Vinous medium body that is slightly funky/tart but not acidic with hints of dark fruit and earthy oak. I’m picking up hints of cherry, strawberry and grape as well as some subtle vanilla. Dry finish.

Thanks Pepsicanihave4beers! One of those trick beers one happens upon every few hundred rates where the taste is drastically different from the aroma. Aroma-mildly tart, vinous, slight caramel, bready. Flavor-a big slap in the face with cognac (although good, once I became accustomed to it). Candy, caramelly sweetness. Very low carbonation. A little spicy. Hated this at first, liked it by the end.

12.7oz bottle from Whole Foods (Tampa, FL). Pours a hazy amber reddish color with little head. Aroma is sweet and floral with notes of sour ripe fruit, light vinegar, barrel, oak, hints of vanilla, dark cherries, funk. Flavor is sweet and floral with notes of sweetness coupled with tart ripe fruit and hints of dark floral esters. Medium body, overripe fruit finish.

Bottle at Churchkey. Murky light brown, five huge bubbles, no lacing. Aroma of citrus and clay. Flavor starts and ends sour, interesting bits of wood and earth. Worth trying.

Bottle shared courtesy of ’Irresistible’. Poured a medium amberish color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of tart cherries, wood, vanilla, and light caramel. Smelled more like a ’sour’. Tastes of dark fruits, light wood, vanilla, and cherries. Thin body. Light lacing left on the glass.