Menabrea Strong Ale

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

Bottle. Pours a clear deep amber-brown colour with a nice medium sized creamish beige head leaving a good lacing. Sweet well toasted maltiness in the aroma with caramel and grains. Good mouthfeel. The flavour is sweet and bitter with a good toasty maltiness, caramel, hops, grains and some alcohol. Dry bitter finish.

Bottle. Clear, copper body, with a beige head. A bit roasted nose, with some fruits and malts. Lightly roasted matl in the flavor. A bit roasted finish. Medium body. Quite nice. 8070707)

Bottle. Red brown colour with an off-white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, caramel. Flavour is malt, fruit, caramel, hop. OK beer.

(660 ml bottle purchased at "Ego & Green" in Helsingør, Denmark) Clear brown color, big but fast dissipating tan head. Sweet malty and sugar scent. Sugary and sweet malty taste. A bit thin mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Vegetable aftertaste.

Draught at Copenhagen Beerfestival 2006
Dark amber color. Light caramel aroma. Medium body structure; malt and caramel taste. Drinkable but simple.

There are some confusion regarding the name of this beer, as the version I had was named Dark Ale, but was still at 7.5% ABV, and I’ve been told they are the same.<!-- br --><!-- br -->A brown beer with an OK off-white head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with a strong presence of yeast.

Lager aroma. Clear brown colour with a nice, creamy light brown head. Slightly metallic and peppery flavour. Roasted bitterness in aftertaste. Creamy mouthfeel. Not much ale character.

Clear deep amber colour with a small off white head. Malty, boring caramel sweet aroma. Malty, quite artificial sweet caramel flavor with a light metallic finish.