Menabrea 1846
Birra Menabrea SpA

Menabrea 1846Menabrea 1846
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From:
Birra Menabrea SpA
 
Italy
Style:
European Pale Lager
Ranked #284
ABV:
4.8%
Score:
68
Ranked #28,166
Avg:
2.87 | pDev: 18.82%
Reviews:
80
Ratings:
158
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 22, 2024
Added:
Jan 08, 2003
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  19
Lager Beer produced with bottom fermentation, Premium Lager. Brewed with water, malt, maize, hops. It is a well-balanced beer with a notable floral/fruity aroma thanks to the selected yeasts used in the brewing process.
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Rated: 2.54 by RockyM72 from Florida

Jan 22, 2024
 
Rated: 2.99 by marcrech from Brazil

Apr 04, 2022
 
Rated: 2 by mpenske from California

Feb 12, 2022
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Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota

3.75/5  rDev +30.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pretty sure this is the original. On tap in Bussana. White head with lace. Clear golden color.

A bit more bready and malty than some pils. Definitely has the euro pale lager flavor profile. A bit more crisp. Earthy hops. Smooth and drinkable. Solid.
Aug 05, 2021
 
Rated: 4.53 by Daneve76 from Australia

Jun 25, 2021
 
Rated: 3.3 by balizz

Jun 09, 2021
 
Rated: 3.25 by steevo24 from District of Columbia

Jul 08, 2019
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Reviewed by Hanglow from Scotland

2.95/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
It's ok, probably in the "slightly better than Tennant's" bracket. Brewed competently but still lacking in flavour,aroma,hops. A decent dry finish and long lasting head are probably the beers best traits. corny taste and aroma the worst. Has more to it than standard peroni, but only just.
Dec 14, 2018
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Reviewed by Bruno74200 from France

3.02/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On tap at the hostel We_Bologna.
Average lager but fine to see it's local and craft. Well a big craft brewery, almost industrial. A lot on the malt, crisp
Aug 09, 2018
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Reviewed by captaincoffee from Virginia

3.47/5  rDev +20.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
I'm not usually a euro lager drinker, but I tried this at a beer festival in London. Outdoor beer festival atmosphere always makes it hard to smell the beers properly, but this had light grain and citrus. Taste was standard euro lager, but fortunately very clean and no off flavors. Pretty easy drinking. Overall okay, although I probably would not want this from a bottle.
Jul 07, 2018
 
Rated: 2.21 by chiefz1 from New York

Jul 01, 2018
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Reviewed by TheBierdimpfe from Canada (QC)

3.41/5  rDev +18.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Bright dark straw color with moderate activity. Foamy light beige 3 finger head, lasting around 5-10 minutes, legs. Flavors of corn, sweet grains, light lemon and cabbage, soft caramel, with floral hops. Slick full body with prickly carbonation. Light strength finish, a bit flowery with a decent corn feel, not too adjunct feeling. Special likable malty smell and roasted barley taste. Good balance and freshness, decent attenuation, although not much intensity and complexion. Overall decent quality craft.
Jun 19, 2018
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Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania

2.6/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Clear pale golden color with a bit of white foam. Aroma has mostly pale malt and some fusel and dusty cereal. Taste is clean and malty with some bread notes and a light hop bitterness on the finish. Feels watery and has a medium carbonation. It's a quite clean lager but very boring and bland.
Oct 26, 2017
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Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand

3.75/5  rDev +30.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Copper filtered with a little carbonation, and 2 fingers of white head.

Smells of apple cider, white wine, sourdough biscuit and yeast.

Tastes of sourdough with hints of coppery hops. Quite bready.

Light body, moderate to low carbonation.

Had shipped from Bangkok, drinking in Chiang Mai, Sept 26th, 2017.
Sep 26, 2017
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Rated by OzmanBey from Massachusetts

1.75/5  rDev -39%
look: 1.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75
It's way too light to be considered a larger and the taste collapses on itself, not worth trying if you enjoy largers.
Sep 17, 2017
 
Rated: 3.48 by Beer_Rabbit66 from England

Aug 24, 2017
 
Rated: 2.71 by jcubz from Canada (SK)

Mar 26, 2017
 
Rated: 2.95 by Silke_Neryn from Sweden

Sep 27, 2016
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

4.39/5  rDev +53%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Ah, travel. I was up to Eataly (Manhattan) several months ago and snagged this out of an innate sense of curiosity. We had this gorgeous, tall Italianate beauty in at The Friendly Greek Bottle Shop as a rep last night & I was regaling her with my bocce prowess. How did I never know that "bocce" = kiss?!? The famous roll is called "La Bocce della Morte", one for which I am renowned, thanks to Giuseppe, my tutor on Sardinia in 1985. I will not reveal it here, but one night at Brooklyn's Floyd's Bar on Atlantic Avenue, I not only stunned a pair of jagov champs, but I flabbergasted my buddy & set off a riot! We barely escaped, but I realized that I have not lost it. I'm not sure that she was buying my patter, but I had everybody's attention within earshot. Good times!

From the bottle: "Quality assured by over a century of brewing tradition" (trans.).

I Pop!ped and then I Pop!ped the cap. Whoops! TMI. At any rate, the aggro pour raised two-plus fingers of fluffy, foamy, rocky, bone-white head that withered in the face of today's heat & humidity. Color was a gorgeous Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5) with NE-quality clarity, prompting yet another visit from The Gelt Gang of Midas, Mammon & Croesus, all shoving each other to get a taste. They did not have far to go as they were on my living room couch, watching the PSU/Pitt game while their TV is on the fritz. Nose smelled of honey, a clue to a good, adjunct-free lager, as well as a bready maltiness. Mmmm, a slice of freshly-baked bread drizzled with honey? Like being at my maternal grandmother's house in the summer. Take it down to the meadow and while away the hours. Last night, I invoked Enrico's Biscotti in Pixburgh's Strip District & man, did her eyebrows shoot up! How does a short Irish-English American with a strong Jewish cast know so much about her heritage? Back to the birra. It was such a pleasure NOT to be subjected to unnecessary adjuncts in a lager that I cannot adequately explain. I get that it is not an attractive style on this site, but one should rate to style, NOT to taste. Man, if this was CANned, I could drink it all day on the shore of the Med. Been there, done that. I am also almost done with this beer & its review. It finished semi-dry to dry and was entirely refreshing. It was clean, crisp, slightly malty. I wonder what others want from the style. This was A-OK by me.
Sep 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by steverx8 from England

Sep 06, 2016
Menabrea 1846 from Birra Menabrea SpA
Beer rating: 68 out of 100 with 158 ratings