What beer are you drinking now? #4097

Good morning Advocates,
Lately I've been writing a little less due to life commitments, but when I manage to do so I try to take up as much space as possible with my notes.
So... one of the first days of 2024 while I was returning from a work commitment (zero holidays except for holy days, gentlemen), on the road I noticed a sign pointing me to this young brewery 3 km away from where I was.
Having already taken care of my business, it didn't seem ethical to return to the office without a break.
And then here...
I enter this small place alone and as soon as I walk through the door I am immediately enveloped by that unmistakable smell of cooking. They were making beer.
A boy comes to welcome me and shows me around the Mastrobirraio to say hello while I was looking out to see what he was doing.
It was a face I had already seen.
I was thinking about the last EurHop Festival, but no. He had worked as an assistant for a few years at Eternal City Brewing, another brewery in my area.
They ask me what I wanted to taste.
I answer "the one you are most satisfied with or find best".
They opened two fruit "sours" for me (Berliner Weisse and Catharina Sour), I politely highlighted how, for my tastes, a more lively carbonation would certainly have benefited those products.
I was told that it was a factor that depended on the machinery, as when putting the beer in cans (they only make cans) it foams too much due to the carbonation they give it and that to have a product equal to the one in the keg you need suitable machinery and very expensive.
Instead, among those I tasted at home, the Pacific Pale Ale (DIRTY HARRY) and the Imperial Stout with Tonka beans and cinnamon (PAPERCUT), are the ones I liked the most. But the most particular one, which I will review first, is this very pleasant Blanche flavored not only with coriander, but also with pink pepper, lemon and orange peel. It impressed me positively.

Given this premise:

Radiocraft Brewery (Albano Laziale, ITA) - AMELIE - Blanche with coriander, pink pepper, lemon and orange peel (5%).

When poured, releases the scent of coriander intersected with lemon.
It produces little foam and has a poor consistency.
Veiled straw yellow colour.
Very fragrant.
In the mouth, beer flows on a very light body aided by wheat and oats which also give it a light silkiness.
The taste is very well balanced with coriander being the first scent to be felt, followed by an almost "Asian" spiciness of pink pepper, before a dry, clean, not bitter but aromatic citrus finish.
Tasting it you can clearly also taste a little lemon juice which combines very well with the spicy hints of pink pepper, with the coriander in the background.
Beer that is drunk with extreme simplicity, but which truly leaves a pleasant, as well as dissenting, taste with every sip: great balance between all tastes. Too bad the usual element of poor carbonation.
It's not my favorite style, but overall I appreciate a product like this and I think it's one of the most distinctive offerings of this tiny brewing reality.





Sláinte !
Cheers !

 

change of pace this morning. needing to extinguish some of these hops i've been neglecting.

 

Good day BAs! Thanks @ChicagoJ for rolling out today's thread. And @Jack_14, thanks for yet another enjoyable review! I love how you find, visit, and review the tiny breweries hidden in off the beaten path Italy!

For me, today's New Breakfast Beer is another from bulging box #2 sent by @muchloveforhops3 in BS BIF#1:



Final impression and summation: 4.25 Both flavorful and aromatic, an excellent coffee stout. Thanks Doug!

Rating 4.37, rDev +7.6%

 

I'm diggin that glass, @Highbrow!

 

You bet- I really enjoyed that one as well! Cheers, my friend

 

Happy Monday and day 8 and week 2 of my dry month.....this new to me one surprises me - very good beer! Will have to grab a sixer of this!

 

A Snow Angel for the wife and a Tiny Bomb for me.
Seth has a chocolate bomb

 

It's 35 degrees with winds of 20 mph. Certainly not a day for the golf course.

 

Lost Barrel Bourbon Barrel Coffee Stout

 

Hello friends! Thanks @ChicagoJ for 4097. I got the big eye at 4am so I'm damn ready for John Barleycorn...and then some. Staring kinda big w Trappistes Rochefort 10. Incredible. Last time I had this I was living in Boston or Somerville. Wow. Just rcv'd an inch of light, cottony, fluffy snow. Very cool. I drove thru big spots of road salt Thursday eve. They'll be salting all week and I just smile that both my SUVs are rust buckets. Ha! Salute!!

 

Head Hunter IPA

 

Hey BA!

Today is a sad day because our legendary "Kaiser" Franz Beckenbauer died.



Drinking a few Oktoberfests in honor of Franz



Prost & RIP!

 

I raise my chalice to Franz!

 

Agree! Being a non-"football" gringo I did a bit of quick research...."Franz Anton Beckenbauer was a German professional football player and manager. Nicknamed "Der Kaiser", Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder, but made his name as a central defender. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper." RIP "Kaiser"......

 

Lunch is toasted tuna on rye with Pepperoncini peppers, baked Lays and a Founders All Day Haze...

 

Grolsch Blond.
Cheers

 

Nice glass too !
Cheers

 

Another NA brew with lunch...this one is always good!



some early skunk cabbage poking up from our morning hike.....