Baladin Birra Lurisia Dodici

Brewed by Le Baladin
Style: Barley Wine
Piozzo, Italy

Bottle from Eataly, Bologna
I curse the plastic coat over the cork and neck, messy to remove; it pours an amber color, mostly flat, with few lonely bubbles.
The aroma reminds a Gale’s Prize Old Ale, milder, with oak wood, vanilla, delicate smoke and fruits.
It has a medium body strength, with sweet malt flavor, but never syrupy; there is an average lactic, woody acidity; to a Gale’s Prize Old Ale it has a smoother and rounder body; the Lapsang Suchong tea gives a light tangy smoke touch, but not the promised tannins (as in the recent Fishermann’s Tea Party), a bit oaky; the alcohol can easily be perceived, but it’s not disturbing.
Balanced final, with a mix of all components (acidity, light sweet malt, oak, smoke…).
A very original beer, positively built over a classic Gale’s style, extremely interesting.

This delicius Barley Wine is by far the best beer I had so far from Baladin, wonderful and world class. Still, its price is insane in comparison with the rest of the market, and I despise the extortion that brewers prepare for us consumers.

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