Menabrea 1846

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

12 oz bottle. Poured a clear golden color. Head was rocky and white, reducing over few minutes to a thin film. Aroma was of light malty molasses and cereal grain. Flavor was similar with the addition of noble hops. The hop flavor lingers. Slightly sweet. Not a show stopper.

Bottle @ Jacobs BBQ. Pours a weak pale amber with a small white head with lots of lacing. Aroma has hay and malt. Flavour is very sweet, then slightly dry. Competent, but very dull and boring.

bottle - Pours clear yellow with a two finger head that actually leaves some lacing. It has an extremely mild aroma, a mild light malt taste, a thin, watery mouthfeel, and sure enough it goes down like water. It looks better than it is.

Bottled(330ml). –From some souvenir shop in San Marino as Birra dalla Storia.
One bottle costs 3.5€, whilst you can get three for 10€. So I bought 3, with Stallin, Josip Broz Tito and Mussolini (Duce) on label. There was also Che Guevara, Lenin, Hitler, etc. Stallin I drunk with Doggythedog, while Tito I had on Labor Day, and Mussolini is still waiting. Good and interesting idea, but the major problem is that beer is simply awful. Pours a golden colour with small white airy head and stale honey nose. Cardboard and caramel taste with stale vegetable notes and unpleasant sweet finish.

Bouteille. Couleur or pâle, claire, belle mousse, colle au verre, s’estompe lentement pour laisser un lacet. Arôme oxydé, grains, légèrement houblonné floral. Goût très oxydé, houblons floraux, légèrement malté, finale sèche. Mince, effervescence modérée à forte. Inintéressant.

Bottle 0.66L. Pale yellow body with an average, frothy, white head, mostly diminishing with a fair lacing; nice bubbles coming up from the center-bottom of the glass. Moderate hoppy aroma (flowers, herbal) with a light-to-moderate malty note. Light bitter and sweet flavour: well balanced but very attenuated; short finish. Light body with a watery texture; dry finish; soft carbonation. Honest standard lager, not particulartly satisfactory; in the complex a watery/ dilute feeling prevails.

come out of the bottle a pale yellow with a half inch of frothy white head up top. Has a grainy nose and is reminiscent of czech pils. taste is minimal minus the prickly hops that are forced to the front by the over carbonation.

Bottle... Clear yellow lager with a large, frothy, white head. Great retention. Earthy, lemony nose... very subtle... discreet. Maybe a meaty note. The flavor is crisp, but dull and a bit stale... just not much going on. Medium-bodied and spritzy. Short, very crisp, clean finish.