Menabrea Original
Birra Menabrea SpA
- From:
- Birra Menabrea SpA
- Italy
- Style:
- American Lager
Ranked #431 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 75
Ranked #38,515 - Avg:
- 3.15 | pDev: 14.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 11
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 02, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 17, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 16
SCORE
75
Okay
75
Okay
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Sinte from Italy
2.76/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.76/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Bottle 0.66L.
Clear yellow body with a medium, fizzy, white head, mostly diminishing with virtually no lacing.
Light malty and hoppy (herbal) aroma.
Moderate bitter flavour with very light malty sweetness.
Light body with watery texture; soft carbonation.
Apr 02, 2025Clear yellow body with a medium, fizzy, white head, mostly diminishing with virtually no lacing.
Light malty and hoppy (herbal) aroma.
Moderate bitter flavour with very light malty sweetness.
Light body with watery texture; soft carbonation.
Reviewed by FLima from Brazil
2.95/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
2.95/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Light golden color with a thin head.
Mild aroma with notes of malt sweetness and hay. Not much to see here.
Flavor with notes of malt sweetness, minerals, faint wood and floral hops. Dry aftertaste with a mild but balanced bitterness.
Light body with appropriate carbonation.
Although this Adjunct Lager is not very special, it has its own character and it is well balanced. Ps. It felt much better to have it in local, than oxidized feeling imports.
Jul 24, 2024Mild aroma with notes of malt sweetness and hay. Not much to see here.
Flavor with notes of malt sweetness, minerals, faint wood and floral hops. Dry aftertaste with a mild but balanced bitterness.
Light body with appropriate carbonation.
Although this Adjunct Lager is not very special, it has its own character and it is well balanced. Ps. It felt much better to have it in local, than oxidized feeling imports.
Reviewed by Alexc11 from Canada (QC)
3.55/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.55/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours clear gold colour with a thin head. Light head residue and lace. A crisp, carbonated lager. Not much going on with the aroma. The taste is sweet with cereal/grassy overtones. Nothing overwhelming or dominant. Don't expect any complexity. It fulfills the characteristics of an American lager. I enjoyed it for what it is.
Aug 10, 2022
Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California
3.75/5 rDev +19%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +19%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at Kesling’s Kitchen in Borrego Springs, CA.
This beer does the trick like that one chick in “Nights of Calabria.” Yeah, it’s pretty much like that - a romp that you have to pay for, but it’s still a romp. And this offering is ok on all sides.
Ok, see ya, my children.
Jan 01, 2022This beer does the trick like that one chick in “Nights of Calabria.” Yeah, it’s pretty much like that - a romp that you have to pay for, but it’s still a romp. And this offering is ok on all sides.
Ok, see ya, my children.
Reviewed by SSS from Canada (QC)
3.19/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.19/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
A-Golden Strother yellow, very clear and transparent. A bright white head that does linger for a while
S-aroma is that of white bread and yeast particles
M-Medium carbonation with a light Sweet mouth feel
T-A very sweet overall beer that lacks some character and flavour development
O-Your standard yellow beer more on the sweet side
Jan 19, 2020S-aroma is that of white bread and yeast particles
M-Medium carbonation with a light Sweet mouth feel
T-A very sweet overall beer that lacks some character and flavour development
O-Your standard yellow beer more on the sweet side
Reviewed by Mick_Bynes from New York
5/5 rDev +58.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +58.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
My personal favorite beer of all-time. It's an obscure beer. It was at an Italian restaurant in my area, but it closed. It's highly rare in my vicinity. It is truly an amazing beer!
Jun 15, 2018Reviewed by Wolvmar from Michigan
3.08/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.08/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours a golden color with a decent head. Not much aroma. Taste is clean and crisp; Italian Stella Artois. Mouthfeel is a little more full than I expected; which I like. Overall, nothing special but very drinkable and decent with heavy Italian meal.
Dec 29, 2017Reviewed by vinicole from England
3.15/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.15/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
A bottle at Zizzi's. Straw colour. Very fizzy. Frothy head.
Little aroma discerned. Cut grass maybe.
Tastes like euro lager to me. Why APL?
I suppose it was quite refreshing with my mixed Italian starter.
Nov 27, 2016Little aroma discerned. Cut grass maybe.
Tastes like euro lager to me. Why APL?
I suppose it was quite refreshing with my mixed Italian starter.
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