Menabrea Christmas Beer

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

Decent beer for a light christmas lunch. Colour is nut brown, no distinct aroma - flavour is on the malty and sweet side, but well balanced. It’s not a fantastic beer, but certainly worthwhile.

Bottle 66 cl. Dark amber color. medium head. Pretty mediocre beer. Cant believe this beer should be an award winning one. Pretty disappointed here.

Pretty reddish brown colour. Decent aroma with caramel and spices. Palate is a bit watery and I am not impressed by the dry, medium bitter finish. According to Ungstrup the beer is made exclusively for the Danish market.

Bottle. Amber colour with a off-white head. Sweet caramel malty, spicy aroma and a sweet dry caramel, fruity, spicy taste. Medium body with a dry finish.

Looks ok, light-brown and an ok head. Aroma is a bit odd / bad, corn or odd sucker. Burnt notes in the flavor.

(On tap) Beautiful, clear dark amber with a small, off-white head. Weak caramel aroma. Rather light body, sweetish caramel balanced by some harsh bittering hops. 291005

A hazy red beer with a huge bubbly light brown head. The aroma is sweet brewmashy combined with spices and yeast. The flavor is sweet grainy and brewmashy with some spices, I pick up cloves, allspice, and coriander, but also oranges and hints of metal - probably from the alcohol. The end is smooth and dry. Nothing special - except it is made exclusively for the Danish market.

Tasted at Fynske Øldag 2005, Deep reddish colour with a dense tan head. Sweet malty aroma a boring caramel note. Sweet and spicy flavor, but the beer is too thin and watery.