Bia IPA
Birrificio Del Ducato

Bia IPABia IPA
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From:
Birrificio Del Ducato
 
Italy
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.75 | pDev: 10.13%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
44
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 27, 2019
Added:
Dec 04, 2010
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by wordemupg:
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Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)

4.03/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330ml bottle poured into pint glass 15/9/11

A light copper with lots of bubbles and plenty of sediment and even chunks of yeast? floating around. great retention and lace from a two finger cream colored head, pretty good looking stuff

S caramel with some leafy hops, faint pine and some citric rind

T mimics the smell quite well but with a little more earthy hops and some biscuit

M medium bodied with enough bubbles to cream it up a bit without turning it to foam, very faint heat from the booze

O pretty decent stuff and unexpected being a IPA from Italy, there's some balance with enough malt to keep the hops in check

A bit of a surprise for me and I like good surprises, a bit of an English/American hybrid IPA interesting and worth trying
Sep 16, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.53 by thatsmyspot from Italy

Jul 27, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by fostachild from Wisconsin

Aug 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by slowfade from Canada (QC)

Aug 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by lgmol from Canada (NS)

Dec 25, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by GoHabsGo from Canada (ON)

Dec 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by supermeniscus from Netherlands

Oct 02, 2013
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Reviewed by mick303 from Canada (ON)

3.61/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Bia IPA
Poured into a tulip glass this is a very solid looking IPA. Nice cap of rocky white head, really good retention, lacing is alright. Colour is an off-orange tan, no visible carb, bit un unfiltered haze. 3.75

S – fruity, sourdough bread, apple note. A bit of a sour-ey unripe fruit, peach, biscuit malt. Hops are hay and faint fruitiness, with a trace of some more oily herbal notes. Not much to be excited about yet. 3.25

T – a smooth start with more grassy oils then a bit more tropical fruit, mango, papaya, some orange citrus. Lots of bready malt and a fair bit of a caramel sweetness going on. Some nutty, dry fruitiness, apple, peach, leading to more slight herbal hop kick on the end. Finishing a bit more robust then edging out with a little crispness and drawn out yeasty grassy and spice flavours. 3.75

M – mild to moderate, with a fair bit of carbonation. Lots of malty body to it. Easily drinkable and refreshing, malt forward without a lot of IBUs or oily slickness. Ending is dry, aftertaste is lingering and herbal/grassy. 3.5

A tasty IPA with some pleasant fruity flavours and mild bitterness. I had trouble getting excited about this though. A good balance of bready and fruity/nut flavours and easy refresher. I was hoping for a bit more hop favour presence and slickness. Still its a well balanced and fairly tasty beer and worth a try but I would seek out others instead. 3.75
Sep 08, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by samEBC from Belgium

Aug 20, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by beerhunter13 from Canada (ON)

Aug 19, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by KeKeKumba from Canada (ON)

Jul 29, 2013
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)

3.76/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
330 mL bottle from the LCBO; best before February 2014. Been looking for this one for a few months, as I'd heard about the LCBO including it in one of their earlier seasonal releases. Hopefully the extra months on the shelf haven't weakened it too much. Served slightly chilled, and poured into a tulip glass.

Pours a pale golden-amber colour, cloudy with sediment. Seated atop is nearly two fingers of puffy, frothy, delicate white head with excellent retention. It leaves behind luxurious swaths of sticky lacing as it slowly dissipates over the next five minutes or so. The aroma is clean and fresh, with plenty of orange citrus as well as some lemon/grapefruit rind, apricots, caramel and yeast. Typical of the style, but well-done nonetheless.

The flavour is somewhat unique amongst the IPAs I've tried previously. Bready pale malt and biscuity sweetness come through at first, followed by floral, fruity hops - with pineapple, mandarin, apricot and some slight piney notes. The finish is yeasty and somewhat musty, an interesting combination, though not a particularly orthodox one for the style. Dry finish, with hints of yeast and apricot lingering into the aftertaste. On the light side of medium-bodied, with relatively heavy carbonation that gives this brew a zippy, crisp mouthfeel that softens as the beer breathes and warms.

Final Grade: 3.76, a B+ grade. Bia IPA is an enjoyable brew, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for from an India pale. This beer is not as intensely hopped or flavoured as most American-style IPAs - whether this is intentional or simply related to the fact that this bottle is close to 5-6 months old now, I cannot say for certain. To be fair, this is still a tasty beer, and the combination of citrusy, floral hops and the yeasty, musty finish gives this one a 'hopped farmhouse ale' vibe that I can see some people really digging... I'm just not one of them. An interesting beer that I could see myself returning to, though I'd probably wait until a fresher sample became available. Give it a shot.
Jul 28, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by gloryhole from Canada (ON)

Jun 16, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by ThinkAgain from Canada (ON)

Jun 13, 2013
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Reviewed by allergictomacros from Canada (ON)

3.68/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Hazy amber with a not-bad head of foam on a hardish pour.

S - Nose is sweet and hoppy, hints of grapefruit, fruit.

T - Sits on the sweeter side - maybe a bit too much. Sharp hop bitterness and a lot of fruitiness. Almost candy-like impression. A little bit of husky grain sneaks in the back door and a bit of an alcohol kick.

M - Smooth, even body. Not too fizzy and good heft.

D - Not bad. A bit sweet for my taste, but some nice flavour.
Jun 11, 2013
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Reviewed by jrenihan from Canada (ON)

3.67/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Beer is cloudy golden, a bit of orange. Small to moderately sized white head.

Nose contains some citrus, some pine and a herbal scent. I don't think the batch brought in by the LCBO was the freshest, and that is probably affecting the scent, as it is a bit lifeless. The herbal scent is not the best and is rather prominent.

Taste is a bit nicer than the nose. The citrus is more pronounced, mainly orange. Some sweet malty flavours, a bit of caramel. Some pine.

Medium bodied, strongly carbonated. A bit irritating.

Overall, not bad, and may be fairly nice when fresh.
May 13, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by HATS4BATS from Canada (ON)

May 04, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by KrisDLSmith from Canada (ON)

Apr 30, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by NightINgale from Russian Federation

Apr 21, 2013
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Reviewed by spinrsx from Canada (ON)

3.54/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12oz bottle from the Ottawa LCBO for $3

Appearance - Hazy amber with an average size fizzy off-white coloured head. It's hard to make out the amount of carbonation showing and there is some decent lacing. The head lasted for around 3-4 minutes.

Smell - Hops, malts, grassy, grapefruit

Taste & Mouth - There is an average amount of carbonation and I can taste caramel, malts, and hops. There is also some grapefruit/tangerine and some light apricot and something along the lines of medicine/solvent. It ends with only a bit of bitterness.

Overall – Worth trying but don't be expecting a flavourful explosion like most other American IPA's have. It also doesn't have a whole lot of hop bite to it. I wouldn't buy this one again.
Apr 19, 2013
Bia IPA from Birrificio Del Ducato
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 44 ratings