Birra Moretti La Rossa

Brewed by Heineken Italia
Style: Doppelbock
Milano, Italy

Tasted this one from the bottle and poured it into a stem glass. Deep russet brown with very fine carbonation managing to raise only a short, soapy off-white head, that left a little legs. Not overly inviting nose; dry, musty and gritty, cereal grains with a light yeasty marmite note. Unusual mix of grainy malt beverage and Tawny port in the mouth, quite full-on in flavour and definitely not the light quaffer I was expecting. Rich, sweet, toffee and caramel, toasted grain and bready, nutty notes; vinous Merlot grapes and fresh picked plums and dates. Dries out in the back and the finish is shorter than the palate would suggest with only a light, lingering alcohol and wine-like feel. Sprightly carbonation on the tongue, light bodied, yet reasonably smooth, it went down easily but I don’t think a six pack of them would go down the same. Quite surprised by this one. Unusual interpretation of a Bock, but it worked and made for a pleasant end to my day. Quite nice.

Mahogany color with thick off-white head. Aroma is of bready malts with notes of plum and fig. Malty, light roast and a hint of caramel. Not too sweet, some light notes of plum. Better than expected.

Pours a brilliantly clear, ruby red color when held up to the light. It is topped by a tan head that is quite thick as well as being frothy and creamy. The aroma smells of lightly spicy hops, caramelized malt and a hint of toasted grain. The taste is lightly sweet up front, but then moves to a toasty, caramel malt note. The finish is dry with a lingering toasted maltiness that is lightly astringent. Overall this beer is a celebration of malty notes. This is a fairly full flavored beer, and at one time was by far the most flavorful Italian beer, with a new wave of craft Italian breweries though this seems like a not quite flavorful enough bock.

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A pretty good bock beer. Can definitely taste roastiness. Tastes strong! Would buy again.

bottled, reddish amber. malty nose w/ note of caramel. sweet caramel taste.

Malty sweetness and a decent whiff of alcohol in the aroma. Pale copper/red color. Small head. Sweet fore and a fairly smoky paper finish. Very different.

creamy, kind of a burn on the end. lots of carbonation. some maple and buts in the flavor and the aroma. some carmel and chocolate added in the flavor. i believe this is my first italian rating :) thanks b.

This may in fact be my first straight bock to have rated. A fine-looking brew, the head is full of the same chocalaty-caramelness the beer has. Really a great beer. In fact, probably the first Italian beer I’ve had that I’ve rated highly at all.