Menabrea 150° Anniversario Bionda

Brewed by Menabrea (Forst)
Style: Pale Lager
Biella, Italy

Pale golden yellow colour, light fresh simple and clean, soft lager better than most.

Bottle. High withe creamy good looking and lasting head. Clear yellow body with a good deal of carbonation. Surprisingly distinct barley malt aroma with a bitte of apples (I guess). Barley malt flavor with a suitable amount of hops bitterness. Low carbonation and a relatively long aftertaste. Better than expected.

Golden with a nice head. The aroma is neutral with weak notes of sour malt. The flavour has weak notes of malt (a bit sour), hops and light sweetness - plain boring IMO. 1760

Bottle. Clear golden with a medium white head. Aroma of malt, bit grainy, Flavour of malt, some hops, little sweetness, little citrus, bit dry. Some bitterness in the finish. A nice refreshing pale lager.

Brown bottle, 330 ml, gift from Bill, drank in the conference room at work, best before 27.07.07; eye: straw, light effervescence, clear, white head; nose: malt (grain), malt and malt, light corn; mouth: all in malt, light corn, really light caramel, finale in malt (grain), medium body, grainy texture, really slight astringence, average carbonation; overall: better than what I expected FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 330 ml, 4, cadeau de Bill, bue dans la salle de conférence au bureau, meilleure avan t27.07.07; oeil : paille, légère effervescence, claire, mousse blanche; nez : malt (grain), malt et malt, léger maïs; bouche : tout en malt, léger maïs, très léger caramel, finale en malt (grain), corps moyen, texture granuleuse, très légère astringence, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : meilleure que mes attentes

33 cl green bottle from Binny’s. No date on this one, but there’s a pretty skunky pour. Pale lager color under a thick bubbly head. Skunkiness dwindles once it has room to breath. Taste is immediately corny, with a little note of biscuity or Pilsner malt. Some fusels, too. Really can’t dwell on this too long, though it shows traces of having been more interesting if it were only fresh.

Bottle. Pale golden colour with a medium white head. Aroma and flavour of hops.

(Sample #3 [bottled] at the first Biertest-Online Gathering, Düsseldorf, 29.12.06) Clear, pale golden colour with a short foamy white head. Sweetish and grainy nose, shy herbal hops with a touch of grass. Moderately sweet and slightly bitter flavour, light bodied, medium carbonation. Grainy, slightly corny and papery taste; sweet-bitter finish with traces of grassy, metallic hops. Uninspiring brew, but still drinkable.