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Chiostro
Piccolo Birrificio
- From:
- Piccolo Birrificio
- Italy
- Style:
- Herb and Spice Beer
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 13.01%
- Reviews:
- 24
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 09, 2015
- Added:
- Dec 16, 2008
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
4.05/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
this has different packaging now than what is pictured, but its awesome beer all the way. done with wormwood leaves and flowers from what i understand. i think its the root they make absinthe from, so this isnt exactly psychedelic, but its really cool. never seen these extra ingredients before. its a straw colored brew, with a great bubbly white head on it, looks unassuming, i mean, its not neon green like absinthe or anything. it has a cool earthy aroma, very floral and bright, not artificial perfume, but definitely pungent. one curious absence here is the presence of much yeast character. the italians always have cool weird yeast, and this one doesnt seem to it all. its clear looking and i cant smell it. the flavor is less floral than the smell, but its clear the wormwood elements have made a cool contribution. more herbal than floral here, and bitter like dandelion. there is a nice spice to this, white pepper, it must come from the yeast, but its entirely new to my palate in this manifestation. crazy to have a beer this flavorful but also this refreshing. with such a low abv and all this carbonation, it drinks down really easy and makes a fantastic accompaniment to greasy food like pizza, or heavy food like cheesy polenta. one of the producers i know the least about, so cool to see this beer on the menu at gozo on broadway. fun stuff, wholly original. feels fancy.
May 09, 2015Reviewed by 57md from Pennsylvania
3.46/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.46/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Initial appearance was much more foam than beer. The foam retreated quickly displaying a pale straw color. The nose is the best part of this offering - grapes were distinctly present. The flavor has some muted sweetness followed by a touch of tartness. The finish was fairly bland. The body was disappointingly thin.
Birrificio is not terrificio.
Jan 28, 2014Birrificio is not terrificio.
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.54/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A: The beer is very hazy dark pale yellow in color and also has some bits of amber hues along with a slight amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a short head that quickly dissipated, leaving delicate lacing covering the surface and a ring of large bubbles around the edge of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of woody herbs are present in the nose, which I presume to be the wormwood. The smell becomes stronger and mustiness becomes detectable as the beer warms up.
T: The taste has flavors of woody herbs along with notes of apples and some hints of yeast. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels low- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a low amount of visible carbonation.
O: I've never had an absinthe beer before, but this wasn't that bad and was quite drinkable.
Oct 12, 2013S: Light to moderate aromas of woody herbs are present in the nose, which I presume to be the wormwood. The smell becomes stronger and mustiness becomes detectable as the beer warms up.
T: The taste has flavors of woody herbs along with notes of apples and some hints of yeast. No bitterness is perceptible.
M: It feels low- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a low amount of visible carbonation.
O: I've never had an absinthe beer before, but this wasn't that bad and was quite drinkable.
Reviewed by Cylinsier from Pennsylvania
4.06/5 rDev +10%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +10%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tap
Pours light hazh lemon gold. White lacing for a head.
Smells of light grassy citrus malts.
Flavor is of light grassy malts and sour lemon with some bitterness like oak, hops, and citrus rind.
Medium body with light carbonation.
Good tart saison like ale. I think some of the reviews here are confusing this with the other Chiostro. This is quite good.
Jun 23, 2013Pours light hazh lemon gold. White lacing for a head.
Smells of light grassy citrus malts.
Flavor is of light grassy malts and sour lemon with some bitterness like oak, hops, and citrus rind.
Medium body with light carbonation.
Good tart saison like ale. I think some of the reviews here are confusing this with the other Chiostro. This is quite good.
Reviewed by drpimento from Wisconsin
4.03/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Interesting, tasty beer. Poured with a huge, billowy, foamy, frothy, fluffy, textured, off-white head and a little lace. Color os a slightly hazy straw yellow and has loads of bubble trails. Aroma is yeast, musty, earthy, citrus, spice. Flavor is similar to nose plus tang from high effervescence. Body is good and carbonation is great. Finish is like flavor, clean, and tapers from fermented ingredients first, then the carbonic tang over some length.
Jul 08, 2011Reviewed by feloniousmonk from Minnesota
4/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Chiostro, bird bionda, amaricata con assenzio, ale chair prodatta artigionalimente non pastorizzatta…more Italian I can't understand…"con levito trappista"…that sounds like it's in a Belgian style. Now in English: "ale brewed with spices., 5% alc./vol" Piccolo Birrificio. Ingredients: barley malt, water, hops, wormwood leaves (huh??)and flowers, Trappist yeast. Are those the spices, you think?
Well, here we go, let's do it to it!
Hazed, golden color, beautiful pure white head of gentle froth, …big carbonation, intensive bubble traffic, rising up to the top.
Slightly sweet and delicately spicy. light and lovely.
Taste: bitterness and spice greet the tongue first, a highly hopped thing in the mouth. Brisk, crisp, flush with citric fruit feel, sweetness that was dries off, spice and hops remain foremost.
Light-bodied and easy-drinking, never-ending hops and spice. Quite a nice Belgian pale ale/tripel. Way to go, Piccolo!
May 28, 2011Well, here we go, let's do it to it!
Hazed, golden color, beautiful pure white head of gentle froth, …big carbonation, intensive bubble traffic, rising up to the top.
Slightly sweet and delicately spicy. light and lovely.
Taste: bitterness and spice greet the tongue first, a highly hopped thing in the mouth. Brisk, crisp, flush with citric fruit feel, sweetness that was dries off, spice and hops remain foremost.
Light-bodied and easy-drinking, never-ending hops and spice. Quite a nice Belgian pale ale/tripel. Way to go, Piccolo!
Reviewed by AgentZero from Illinois
2.9/5 rDev -21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.9/5 rDev -21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A - Straw colored beer with a white head that left solid sheets on the side. A little hazy, but turns to a clear gold on the edges.
S - Super sweet honey smell with a slight fruit or stong sugar that I can only guess is the absinthe. The sweetness is really what's dominating, really about it, but smells quite inviting.
T - Tastes like a lot of nothing. There is some pale sweet malt, and a hint of peppery spice on the back end, but watered down and blah.
M - Lower carbonation, medium bodied.
O - Smells good, tastes blah. Doesn't taste bad, but unless the absinthe in this starts giving me an off-the-wall experience I'll not seek this out.
May 11, 2011S - Super sweet honey smell with a slight fruit or stong sugar that I can only guess is the absinthe. The sweetness is really what's dominating, really about it, but smells quite inviting.
T - Tastes like a lot of nothing. There is some pale sweet malt, and a hint of peppery spice on the back end, but watered down and blah.
M - Lower carbonation, medium bodied.
O - Smells good, tastes blah. Doesn't taste bad, but unless the absinthe in this starts giving me an off-the-wall experience I'll not seek this out.
Reviewed by Rizalini from Nevada
2.88/5 rDev -22%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
2.88/5 rDev -22%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a Sam Adams Perfect Pint glass...
A - Extremely foamy! Almost 4 finger white head, leaving great lacing.Pours a hazy yellow. Maybe a chill haze.
S - Slightly yeasty aroma, almost belgian, but not (if that makes sense).
T - Has a very mild flavor, lightly spiced. Nothing more there, sadly.
M - Light mouthfeel, but that's what to be expected from a light blonde beer.
O - This beer was $15, and I'm upset I paid that much for an average beer at best.
Mar 19, 2011A - Extremely foamy! Almost 4 finger white head, leaving great lacing.Pours a hazy yellow. Maybe a chill haze.
S - Slightly yeasty aroma, almost belgian, but not (if that makes sense).
T - Has a very mild flavor, lightly spiced. Nothing more there, sadly.
M - Light mouthfeel, but that's what to be expected from a light blonde beer.
O - This beer was $15, and I'm upset I paid that much for an average beer at best.
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Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
36 ratings
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