L'Equilibrista
Birra Del Borgo

L'EquilibristaL'Equilibrista
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From:
Birra Del Borgo
 
Italy
Style:
Bière de Champagne / Bière Brut
ABV:
10.5%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.96 | pDev: 9.85%
Reviews:
11
Ratings:
48
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 19, 2021
Added:
Oct 25, 2011
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  6
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Shared bottle at regional tasting. Deep golden colour, moderate white head. Aroma with oxidised sherry notes and oak. Medium sour and oaky flavour. Fairly good.
Aug 19, 2021
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Rated by AElfwine_Nerevar from Connecticut

3.53/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
2012 Vintage

Faded and oxidized. Still get a hint of the grapes and funk though.
Nov 30, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by Griffith from Connecticut

Jun 27, 2019
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Reviewed by NilocRellim from Minnesota

3.93/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Pours a hazy, vibrant orange. Smells mostly of white grape/sauv blanc grapes. Tastes like it smells, heavy white grapes, fruity, light/medium-bodied, crisp and refreshing.
May 01, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by GRG1313 from California

Mar 08, 2016
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Reviewed by mdgogiants from Texas

4.05/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
OK who bottled sparkling wine in this beer bottle? Look: rose with som haze, smell: pretty awesome city's, Apple, maybe cranberry, taste: is it bine or weer or what. Tastes on a wheat laced sparkling rose scheme. I've had some fruited JKs that are similar (Figlet). Feel: Again a bit confused that it's supposed to be beer, but as a sparkling beverage, overall good. Overall: my sense is an overload of grape / Chianti And champagne techniques rendered a hybrid. Not worth $30, but another interesting product.
Feb 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by BColton1 from Rhode Island

Mar 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by wethorseblanket from California

Dec 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by CampusCrew from Florida

Dec 15, 2014
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Rated by Jwale73 from Rhode Island

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%
Bright carbonation, grape must and slightly medicinal.
Dec 13, 2014
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Rated by jFRIDAY4 from Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%
awesome beer. great nose of grapes and nutty cheese.
Dec 12, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by PeteRiz from Connecticut

Nov 23, 2014
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Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia

3.94/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a burnished red colour with disappointing rim of lace. Small bubbles, a bit flat overall with not much head or lace. Nice colour though.

Smells quite tart and funky. Earthy, barnyard kind of aroma with some notes of cinnamon, orange and some green apple notes. Slight acidity but mostly fruit, spice, yeah pretty decent.

Taste is quite funky - Belgian spice with organic barnyard character. Berries with some orange peel, cinnamon sticks and clove. Notes of barnyard funk, with horsey flavour, some fermented honey notes and some mild tart berry notes over the top. But yeah, mostly funk. Classic funky notes in fact, which I'm grateful for, because there's a feel that they might have tried to do too much with this, and the classic, subtly organic flavours win out overall.

Nice texture, bitty and quite dry on the back.

Yeah, not quite what I expected, but nice interesting complexities and classic in style. Really back to basics but with a bit of punky edge to it too.
Aug 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by WTKeene from New Mexico

Jul 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Jul 14, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by MPSTARR from Florida

Jun 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by cultclassic89 from Texas

May 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by SteeleWright from Texas

Apr 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by ThreeFishes from Florida

Jan 31, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by ShemRahBoo from New Jersey

Jan 26, 2014
L'Equilibrista from Birra Del Borgo
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 48 ratings