Troll Shangrila

Brewed by Birrificio Troll
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Vernante, Italy

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

Shared bottle at RBNAG 2011. Amber colour. Moderate perfumed aroma, hints of acetone. Some malts in the flavour, bready notes, a slight acidity. Not impressive.

Bottle, RBNAG. Amber beer, a bit hazy. Sweet, short body. Probably infected.

Shared bottle at RBNAG-11. Pours amber with a small head. Aroma of farmyard and shoe polish. Taste is raw alcohol, sweet malts and cinnamon.

75cl bottle. Red golden orange colour with a medium big head. Some faint fruity aromas and alcohol. Flavour is sweet with some bitter notes. Also alcohol, peach, malts. Short aftertaste.

Bottle. Pours golden with an off-white head. Aroma of nailpolish remover, malt and fruitines. Flavor is sweet and malty. Medium body, average carboantion.

Bottle sampled on 3/12/11: Pours a clear deep copper with a small-bubbled froth of off-white head. Has a lightly sweet biscuity and light caramel nose with a touch of cinnamon. Starts with decent fullness and some sweet caramel maltiness with a good balance of unique spices and light oxidation before a drier smooth finish. A pretty unique brew.

Bottle, argo0 tasting. Amery-orange with an eggshell head. Honey and all-spice in the aroma and some light grapes. Nutmeg, spice, cinnamon, and an very odd flavor overall. Too many things going on here in a not great way. Lighter body.

Bottle. Opened with a pop and gushed on my floor. After a quick cleanup, I poured into a snifter. It’s a slightly orange-hued brown with beige head and is opaque with floaties. The aroma is sweet malt, a slight fruity note, raisin, fresh muffins, and an odd sweet spiciness. The flavor is more assertive with the strange spices. I get the anise, coriander, and pepper right away. Then come the ginger and cardamom. The curry is detectable, but I wouldn’t have noticed it if I didn’t know it was there. A slightly sweet malt backbone helps keep the spice under control. Very bran-muffin like. The finish is somewhat dry and yeasty. It leaves a dusty spice aftertaste. Fair, but not great. I’d like to try it with some Asian dishes, though.