3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20Tap at Open Baladin, Roma - 04/10/12.
Clear dark amber with a big frothy tan head.
Nose is of toffee, fudge, spice a little smoke, dark fruits and Belgian yeast.
Tastes of light caramel, bread, biscuit, dark fruits, smoke and some spice.
Full bodied with soft carbonation leading to a bitter smoked finish.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Taster from the draft menu at Open Baladin. Clear, amber coloured body, naked surface. Intense and delicious smoked aroma, just like my Islay Smokehead whisky. The flavour profile does not follow suit with a rather ordinary malt-fruity taste with peaty notes. Herbal hoppy finish (Roma, 31.03.2012).
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From cask at Mugs Alehouse, Aged in JW Lees Harvest Ale Lagavulin Barrels from 2009.
Murky appearance, Very tart on the palate, absolutely flat with no carbonation, smokey qualities, vinous with some booze.
Unusual and feels slightly out of sync.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clear light amber beer. Diminishing off-white head. Fruity aroma with smoke tones. Malts and yeast, some brett. Slight banana. Flavour malty sweet, slight sour touch. Some honey tone, smoke, caramel and apricot. Finish dry and somewhat tart.
(From 75cL bottle @ home)
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at a bar in Rome. Clear amber look, small white head. Clean medium smoked peat aroma along with fruity belgian yeast. Medium sweet fruity and sugery flavor, light alchoholic bitterness.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
15/09/2011 Bir&Fud (tap). Ambrata carica, non molto intensa, con leggera schiuma biancastra sporca, poco persistente. Aroma di malti affumicati, interessante ma un po’ spento, con una timida punta di spezie. In bocca è malto, affumicato, ma manca incredibilmente di complessità, risulta spenta, timida, fin troppo lineare. Corpo medio-basso, carbonazione soft. Abbastanza deludente, da riprovare sicuramente.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from Domus Birrae, Rome. Pours clear amber with a big creamy white head. Aroma of smoked wood and campfire. Taste is more maltoriented, with the smoke not well incorporated, too sharp and oaky towards the end.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Troll. Some would say I should be an expert on their beers, but I beg to differ. I don’t live under a damned bridge. On tap at Bir & Fud. Mostly clear golden in color with a thick one-finger white head. Very smoky ham sandwich on the aroma with some sweet malts and honey behind that. The flavor also has that ham sammich taste you crave, with medium intensity, along with pale malt and sugar/honey sweetness. Medium-bodied and not at all boozy with average carbonation. Solid attempt at the style overall.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
5th June 2009
Hazy amber beer. Small white head. Made with peated malt. Soft dry palate. Peaty whiskeyish malt underpinned by sweet peach and banana fruit notes. Very dry finish. Unusual and quite drinkable.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap at Bir&Fud. The final beer from a beer journey of a lifetime. Unfortunately, it sucked. But thankfully it is very difficult to find a bad beer from Ma Che or Bir&Fud. Nearly impossible.
The pour is a hazed orange with a dense, small, white head. Sticky lace. Aroma is barely smoky, more full of orange candies, honey, and ham. Taste is cloyingly sweet, orange candies, syrup, lemon, light smoke. Sugary sweet, tart. Viscous on the palate.
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