Revelation Cat - Alpha Blood

Brewed by Revelation Cat Craft Brewing
Style: Barley Wine
Rome, Italy

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle. A lightly hazy blood red (as stated on the label) body with a very small, lightly lacing, almost fully diminishing, off-white head. The aroma is moderately malty (caramel, toasted grain), moderately hoppy (resin, grapefruity, pine needles, spruce), with notes of red and dark fruits, alcohol, toffee and tropical fruits. The flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Almost full body, velvety/syrupy texture, soft carbonation, very long finish with moderate to heavy bitterness, moderately alcoholic. Superb in every aspect. except maybe the small and fading head (but the ruby red body is remarkanble).On the sweet side, but with a great final bitterness and the perfect booziness. Drinkable for its size. Another excellent RC beer.

33 cL bottle at Archea Brewery. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is solid pine hops and dark roasted caramelish. Solid bitter, pine, woode and caramelish. Lasting dry, slight caramelish but mainly hoppy and bitter finish.

Alla spina. Limpido color rubino con un cappello di schiuma beige chiaro mediamente persistente. Al naso sentori di toffee, bucce di agrumi e tantissimo luppolo; gusto favoloso e intensissimo che offre note dolciastre, maltate e caramellate rimpiazzate alla svelta da una luppolatura esagerata degna di una IPA americana; emergono qua e là note di frutti rossi, finale amaro e persistente. Corpo medio-abbondante, effervescenza debole, struttura liquorosa e un abv generoso che contribuisce ad arricchirla. Forse il fusto era particolarmente in forma, oppure erano i miei sensi ad essere particolarmente ben predisposti, fatto sta che l’ho trovata spiazzante, una birra eccezionale che raccoglie tutte le caratteristiche che amo di più!

Draught @ GEIB, Grande Esposizione Italiane della Birra 2012, Nuova Fiera di Roma, via Portuense 1645, Rome, Italy 00100.

Clear medium orange amber colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, riped fruit, light alcohol. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sharp citrus, caramel, BW alike, hoppy BW, resin - pine bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121214]

Barleywine rosso sangue dalla luppolatura generosa, all’americana. E’ prevalentemente dolce ma sullo sfondo si staglia netto il luppolo resinoso.

Tasted on tap @Ma Che, Roma, on 28/10/2012. Pours of very hazy dirty brownish color with a surprisingly proper off-white head. Aroma is quite faint, cant say much. Taste is rather intense, caramely sweet upfront, then coming usual barley wine flavours. Alcohol shows up in the end, with excessive bitterness, which both kind of ruins that beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

02/10/2012 Brasserie 4:20 (tap). Color rosso vivo, rubino, bellissimo, lievemente torbida, schiuma bianca non molto abbondante, poco persistente. Al naso note di malto, caramello, con una sberla di luppolo memorabile che aggredisce letteralmente le narici. In bocca malto, caramello e un lungo finale luppolato molto intenso. Corpo pieno, buona carbonatazione. Barley Wine all’americana in versione estrema.