Birra del Borgo Re Ale Extra

Bottle. High and lasting creamy off-white head. Hazy dark amber body. Plums and raisin aroma with some caramel. Hops caramel flavor with lemon notes. Low carbonation. Long bitter aftertaste.

My Bottom Line:
Blooming flowery hoppiness is balanced by cuddly caramel malts before earthy, resinous hop bitterness settles on the tongue in this very drinkable and amenable hop fix of American inspiration.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A crown of foam tops the misty amber.
-The hops are quite fruity too, developing a wide range of citrus fruit.
-The finishing hop bitterness is as complex and pleasant as the aroma.
-Malts are maybe linear, but they do their job admirably well in balancing out this IPA and creating a smooth mouthfeel.
-For Italy this is very hoppy, but amongst its peers on the American West Coast, it would not stand out as much. Still, this does not take anything away from this wonderfully quenching and expressive Italian IPA.

On tap at Bir & Fud, Roma.

Bottled. Hazy golden colour, fruity and yeasty. Aroma is fruits, sweet alcohol and vanilla. Flavour is pleasantly mixed fruits, yeast, vanilla and some woode notes. Also mild notes of spices and alcohol.

Hazy amber with medium off white head. Hoppy aroma with caramel and fruity notes. Sweet flavor withs pine, caramel and hoppy notes. Bitter finish.

On tap at Bir & Fud in Rome on 7/6. Pours amber with a medium think head. Aroma of citrus and grapefruit hops. Taste is similar. Has a nice finish, maybe not quite as bitter as most American pale Ales.