Friend
brought this as a souvenir from Venezia, Italy, where he and his wife
were celebrating their anniversary. Nice gift, though (of course) I
was first a bit suspicious, because my first thought after seeing the
bottle was “oh my, is this another strong industrial lager…”
Oh
boy, was I wrong. Very, very nice strong ale feel, almost like
sniffing a barley wine, though not that strong. Specs I copied from
net: 8,6% ABV, yeast is Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, hops used are
Tettnang and Spaalt with four kinds of malts: Monaco, Pils,
Caramunich and Carafa.
Taste
is full, warming, sweet but not ugly sweet. Malty, fruity feel (dried
fruits) and enough hoppy bitterness to give drying balance to the
sweetness.
Have to admit I was positively surprised but this is a
brewery with historical background and they make only this strong ale
and pils, so they definitely have put some effort in these selected
beers. If you want some great strong ale, choose this!
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