Birrificio Italiano Scires

Brewed by Birrificio Italiano
Style: Sour Ale
Lurago Marinone (CO), Italy

Muddy deep burgundy with a little disappearing head. Strong cherry aroma, quite woody, sweet. Fruity yet too sweet for my likings, lack sourness to balance the whole. Not my B.I.’ beer.

Very deep dark brown beer with a thin pinkish-hued head. Aroma is quite cherryish and fruity but with loads of wild funkiness. An earthy dustiness, some lightly funky, chewy, dusty aroma. Softly bretty and chewy with a hint of fruity spiciness. The cherry skin tannic spiciness really comes out. Musty and funky and a little bit fruity. Quite sour and rustic with a chewy cherry fruitiness. The flavour of the cherry pits (almond) mixes with a bit of raspberry fruitiness. The cherry aroma really picks up and you even start to get a kiss of dark chocolate. Lingering vineous character. Very unique brew.

Thanks to JoeMcPhee for sharing this - this poured a very cloudy red - at first, the aroma and flavor were dominated by strong phenolic character, but as the beer was allowed to breathe, that quality faded, and this turned out to be quite a complex beer - extremely earthy flavor, with a lot of sour/acidic cherry skins and pits - the bacteria fermentation is evident; quite a bit of lacto character - little sweetness - lightly funky, with a slight vinegar-ish bite at the end - interesting.

Bottle. 75cl. Unclear medium red color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white - light red head. Aroma is moderate cherry, barnyard, vinegar, acidic, sour, wood, notes of medicine. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet, moderate acidic and acetic (vinegar) with a average to long duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (180408)

Someone generously gave me a sample from this $20+ bottle at PP bottle shop. Looks great. Big head, very cloudy red brown color, looks almost chunky. Aroma is mild. I bet the aroma was fantastic at bottling. Great flavor of cherries and a little malt. Not sour as you would expect from the lactic acid. Very nice.

750 From O’briens. Gusher lost most of the bottle, insnae gush. Red pour, cherry nose, overall okay, not super great.

In short: A tasty beer mixing unpleasant chemical elements and pleasant fruitiness. Drinkable.
How: Bottle, 750ml, relatively fresh, at unforgettable super-snowstorm Montreal suburb tasting session.
The look: Cloudy orange-red body with a very small off-white head
In long: Aroma of cherries and sweaty public bathroom (no kidding). Taste has a lot of band-aids and had a rather unpleasant chemical feeling (medicinal, urinal cake) mixed in with the pleasant fruity taste (cherries mainly but also some dessert fruits). Distant wild yeast sensation. Carbonation is way too aggressive. Very tasty, almost intense. I’m really not too sure what to think of it. Would require at least half a bottle to really make-up my mind about a beer like that, and given the price tag of this bottle I’ll do like a woman and never make-up my mind.

Objectively speaking: Highly attenuated, very sparkling, original pink fruit beer that feels like it could be classier.
I like: Alcohol nowhere to be found. Quite authentic fruitiness, relatively classy. Fair tartness balances the fruitiness. Not juicy, really attenuated in the finish. Nice transition from fruity, relatively sweet to gripping dry/tartish.
I dislike: Gushing upon opening. Extreme carbonation all through really reduces the drinkability. Very expensive - 20$+.