Menabrea 150° Anniversario Bionda

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

Bottle. Large off-white head that mostly diminished, decent lacing, carbonation, transparent, and an orange hue. Nose was malty, somewhat grassy and hint of hops. Flavor was malty, caramel, sweet, grassy, and some hops. Tingly mouthfeel and light-medium body. Just so-so.

Aroma of fresh rolls with maise ontop to mkae them crunchy, corn lager malts. Taste is caramel , corn, sweetish, with some grassy herbal hops.

From a slender 11.2 oz. capped green bottle with a silver foil wrapped neck, no bottled/freshness date I could find. Poured a slightly hazy dull golden yellow with a foamy white head that settled into a thin lacing. Aromas of bread dough, a light lemon and a herbal hoppiness. Good lager carbonation and a softly crisp, smooth light bodied mouthfeel. Pleasant, but average tasting, a nice bread doughy, plus with a sugary maltiness as well, a subtle lemon flavor that mixes with a light, softly spicy, herbal hoppiness, a very soft bitterness and a lemon herbal, sweet malty finish, not bad, but overall, average euro lager drinkability. A decent lager from Italy, comparable to other Italian lagers, passable, but average.

Bottled. Aroma is grain and sweet carrots. Pale yellow color, ugly head, few lace. Grainy, bit floral, veggies, bitter metallic finish. Sticky start and dry finish. Yuck.

Golden apperance poured from a bottle with a classic label design.Sounds very promising but it turned out to be bland with no distinctive taste.Probably quite refreshing on a warm day but so is a cup of tea.

Deep clear gold; ever so slightly off-white head, creamy. Nose: grassy, pilsner malts, "herb", dry and an aroma resembling raw, still bodywarm milk. Bitterish initial tase, grassy hops, going over in hyperclassic sweet pilsner malts. Light to medium bodied, ever so slightly burning MF, getting stronger with swallowing. They tried to make the archetypical German Pilsener in the classical way with Bock strenght. Nothing wrong with that, but does that make for a festive beer?

Bottled. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Grassy malty aroma with maizeish hints. Flavour is dry papery and hoppy. Some maize and malts also there. Nice bottle, but not too exciting content...

Bottled, alc. 4.8% (BB 02/2007)
Pale yellow, small white head. Sweet maize aroma. Carbonated mouthfeel. Weak flavor of herbal/grassy hops. Fancy bottle does not save this bulk lager.