Etrusca
Birra Del Borgo

Bottle at share. Light golden pour, cloudy, airy head. Tart, fruity aroma with light savory notes. taste gets earthy and natural, herbaceous, sweet, lemons, grass. All over the place, but it's an old historic recipe, so it offer a glimpse into the past.

 

 

L:
-pours a hazy amber-orange with a small,foamy,white head
-low to medium carbonation visible
S:
-very spicy,belgian yeast,red apple,tart,leather,doughy,caramel,honey,mead,cumin
T:
-grainy,woody,red apple,spicy,mead,vinegar,wheat bread
-finishes dry
F:
-medium carbonation
-light to medium body
-alcohol noticeable
O:
Good and certainly unique.If i had to describe it it's a mix of a Belgian Strong Ale and a Flanders Red.

 

A 330ml bottle with a best before date of March 2016, poured into a Duvel tulip glass.

Appearance: It poured a hazy murky dark orange colour with pretty much no head.

Aroma: Sour, tart, grapes, vinegar, woody and citrus lemon, maybe even a hint of apple juice.

Taste: Sour, tart, fruity pomegranate, apple, apple juice and apple cider vinegar with a minerally finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with low carbonation but with a prickly feel.

Overall: This was interesting. The sourness was nice, but I did not really like the minerally finish and it was on the flat side for me.

Great beer. It tastes like a Flemish sour. Almost like a mellow Duchesse de Bourgogne. The aging in terra cotta is weird but not off-putting or overly-intrusive. Altogether my expectations were met with this one. I love it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a murky dark orange with a foamy tan head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace slowly drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Small chunks of sediment are seen floating around in the beer after the pour. Smell is sour with grain, spice, fruit, vinegar, and acidic aromas. Taste is much the same with sour grain, earth, apple cider, apple cider vinegar, fruit, and spice flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of acidity on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is more sour than the DFH version of this beer that I tried in the past.

Serving type: bottle.