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Sally Brown Caffe Baracco
Birrificio Del Ducato
- From:
- Birrificio Del Ducato
- Italy
- Style:
- Irish Dry Stout
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 9.83%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 08, 2017
- Added:
- Jul 22, 2011
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 3
This beer is a variation of SALLY BROWN and a result of the collaboration with Torrefazione Baracco in Parma. The nose is notably marked by coffee aromas from the high elevations of the Equatorial regions. Fragrant malt roasts harmoniously mingle with coffee exotic aromas. The mouth has a velvety body with hints of caramel, cappuccino and smoked flavor.
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
4.08/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.08/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
**
04/24/13
AROMA: is coffee only. Faint otherwise.
LOOK: dark black color. Small head. Lacing.
TASTE: More coffee in the taste. Some roasted barley taste.....really just a good stout. Impressed.
**
Apr 08, 201704/24/13
AROMA: is coffee only. Faint otherwise.
LOOK: dark black color. Small head. Lacing.
TASTE: More coffee in the taste. Some roasted barley taste.....really just a good stout. Impressed.
**
Reviewed by EMV from Pennsylvania
3.52/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from an 11.2 oz bottle into a tulip. No freshness date
L: Dark black pour... 1 finger of fizzy tannish head that falls quickly. Pretty minimal lacing.
S: Italian espresso and roasted malts/sugars
T/F: Fairly standard Irish stout. Roast sugars/charred malts. Some sweetness at first. The coffee is subtle and blends into the roast character fairly well. Good/almost too much carbonation...body is somewhat thin, possibly due to the low ABV. Some tartness at the finish.
O: Interesting beer... but nothing spectacular. Tried it on a whim, and not sure how fresh the bottle is. May be better on tap? Wouldn't get another.
Jan 03, 2017L: Dark black pour... 1 finger of fizzy tannish head that falls quickly. Pretty minimal lacing.
S: Italian espresso and roasted malts/sugars
T/F: Fairly standard Irish stout. Roast sugars/charred malts. Some sweetness at first. The coffee is subtle and blends into the roast character fairly well. Good/almost too much carbonation...body is somewhat thin, possibly due to the low ABV. Some tartness at the finish.
O: Interesting beer... but nothing spectacular. Tried it on a whim, and not sure how fresh the bottle is. May be better on tap? Wouldn't get another.
Reviewed by zshaft from Connecticut
3.3/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.3/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
pours black with minimal head. taste is watered down coffee beans probably maxwell house. not that good. body is very thin and coffee is not to rich. pass especially for the price. drink some folgers
Apr 16, 2016Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.69/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
cool beer, but the fancy packaging, the rarity, the newness and excitement of italian beer now has lead me to expect more from these, this was somewhat of a letdown for me, although i did like the beer a lot, i guess i for some reason expect to be blown away by this stuff. ive found ducato to be the most hit or miss, i mean, the high notes are resonant, but the low notes are mediocre at best. loverbeer is a little samey, but all are good, while ive found baladin to be weird, but in a good way more often than not, while borgo can sometimes be generic a little bit, but also hits real high notes when they score. this is real coffee heavy on the nose, but light as they come, not rich or thick or big at all, and the coffee seems just a little stale, maybe a product of a long time resting. its also a touch oxidized, but really nice on the grain front, not too roasted, and a worthy glass of beer no doubt, with a frothy lathery feel but not quite the body i like in the style. a good one to share, but maybe not quite fit for a big celebration. i wouldnt buy it again but glad i did this time. the italians just have my interest (and my disposable income) right now.
Feb 06, 2015Reviewed by CrazyDavros from Australia
3.9/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Pours black with a large lasting head.
Nose shows complex heavy roast and roasted coffee. Quite enticing.
Very similar flavours. Quite roasty but with little roasty biterness. Some sweet malt and a fair whack of coffee.
A bit too much carbonation.
Gets a bit too sweet later.
Feb 11, 2013Nose shows complex heavy roast and roasted coffee. Quite enticing.
Very similar flavours. Quite roasty but with little roasty biterness. Some sweet malt and a fair whack of coffee.
A bit too much carbonation.
Gets a bit too sweet later.
Sally Brown Caffe Baracco from Birrificio Del Ducato
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
25 ratings
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