La Mummia
Birrificio Montegioco

 

This one pours a slightly hazy dark orange color, with no head or lacing.

This smells like stale and funky wine, with some vinegar as well.

This does not seem like it aged very well. The lack of carbonation does not help this beer at all, as there’s no flavor to this, and maybe some carbonation would help prop up what little flavor there actually is. It was a drain pour – just too unpleasant to drink more than a few ounces of.

This is light bodied, flat, and lifeless, with no drinkability.

This sounded pretty interesting, but it didn’t work for me at all.

 

 

 

2011 vintage enjoyed in Bir & Fud, Roma in early 2019.

Slightly hazy pale without any head

The taste is on the grain, slightly funky.

Quite tart and sour, the ale is quite balanced. Floral and lemony notes.

Low carbonation.

Quite similar as Lambic, this old ale is very enjoyable

 

Bought this at Coaltrain, Colorado Springs several years ago the morning after I saw Rotting Christ, Watain, and Mayhem live. I don't know why all these details stand out so clearly. Found this little fella on sale and just could not pass it up.

The odd artwork… the name… the country of origin… why?

It's a cold night, here we go.

Brewed and bottled in 2009.
Upon opening the cap, I hear just a little breathe released. A bit concerning. Pours a rather strange hazy yellow color. Something about the shade is not all that appealing. The carbonation is, or might as well be non existent, but I am not very surprised by how old this beer is. We are in the 8 year range. It could be in elementary school right now learning simple multiplication facts.

I'm shocked by the scent. It smells… pretty great! A slight funk, tart pie apples, baking bread and yeast. You can pick up some of the oakiness. It has a vinous white wine sort of character to the nose almost.

I'm flabbergasted by the taste. It's good, but the mouthfeel is so minuscule in the carbonation department. I actually have had "good" carbonated beers that have not even come close to the way this tastes. It's pleasant. A light honey and dough taste, a pinch of funk and the tart pie apple background is there. It is not intensely sour, just a nice level sourness. There is a faint tea like tone to it, probably the hops that have died out or shifted in the time it has been in the bottle. like a white tea or green tea. And you do get a bit of dry sour cherry with a punch of wet hay. There is a lot going on.

Feel… well, no carbonation almost at all. Once you get used to it it is wine like. Slips by nicely and has a god drying effect at the end. It has a rounded body.

Overall. I'm just aghast. I have never had an experience where I poured, sipped considered pouring out thinking it must be a dead beer. But then came to be so entranced I ended up drinking it all and deciding it was a diamond in the rough. But what more could one expect from a beer named: La Mummia!

 

 

 

crazy beer here, brewed in 2009, collecting dust down at coaltrain in colorado springs. its very very yellow beer, quite thin, without as much haze as these usually have, and with basically no head aside from a few soapy looking bubbles that rise up on a vigorous pour. the nose on this is great, insanely sour, puckery and woody, but also somehow light. none of that residual saison funk, no wheat textures at all, no protein, tannins, or anything else we often see in lambic. the flavor is far less sour than the nose, allowing some of the subtle fruit tones to come through. white peach, golden raisin, pear, crabapple, all of that sort of comes on in the middle, but the finish is a salivating puckery lemon thing, very lacto, but far less sour than it usually is. the lightness of body makes it really refreshing and drinkable, and the lower acidity helps too. the lack of carbonation really hurts it though, its almost dead still, and just feels dead on the palate as a result. stinks to have a beer that tastes so alive feel so flat, horrible juxtaposition here, but the flavor really is good, and is definitely not the norm for the style. i like this less than some other italian sours, but cool to try, all the italians are worth it for me lately. still some dusty bottles down there marked down if you find yourself in the springs...

 

 

 

 

A: Pours a brilliant, hazy gold with a minimal white mousse that dies away quickly, leaving a thin ring of white lace around the sides of the glass.

S: Aromas of cider vinegar, pickle brine, sea salt, must, unripened grapes, green apple, unripened pineapple, oak, and barnyard funk contribute to a very deep, complex bouquet.

T: Soft notes of grass, straw, pickle brine, sea salt, must, unripened grapes, green apple, unripened pineapple, cider vinegar, lime, oak minerals, and barnyard funk swirl across the palate. The finish is complex and sour with oak, vinegar, mineral, unripened grape, and musty funk notes in abundance.

M: Very soft and dry in the mouth. Carbonation is initially lacking, but intensifies around mid-palate and lasts through the finish.

O: A very intriguing, interesting, complex sour ale. I am not entirely certain that I would say it is equal to some of the better Belgian sours, but it is definitely close. Probably the most unique sour ale I have tried in some time.

 

Brewed in 2009.
Poured a clear bright golden color with no head.
Sharp funky aroma with notes of sweaty horse blanket, oak and apple juice.
Initially with a bold tartness but that fades away quick. Predominant flavor of apples, lime and Portuguese green wine. Notes of lactic, musk, dust, vinegar and bretta. Astringent and acid aftertaste.
Medium body with very low carbonation.
Very refreshing and assertive Lambic. Worth trying.