Panil Barriquée Settembre

Brewed by Panil Birra Artigianale - Birrificio Torrechiara
Style: Fruit Beer
Torrechiara-Parma, Italy

Bottle at LCRBM 2, Kulminator, Antwerp, Belgium
Hazy, orange to brown body. Aroma of wood, paint, white spirit, ... Moderately bitter, lightly sweet initial flavour. Lightly bitter, lightly sweet finish. Very strange flavour, this one is like an astringent bomb, attacking your mouth with some unpleasant flavours. The balance is quite good, but this astringentness is not so welcome.

LCRBM2. Not sure what this is supposed to be. Woody aroma and flavour. But some reddish fruit odd flavours in mouth. Bit of woody plum. Dry finish. But overall "ugh."

Bottled - LCRBM2 - A hazy blood orange coloured beer with no head. The aroma is like burnt wood and ashtrays and reminded me of the Birra del Borgo Re’Ale at GBBF 2005. The taste is musty woody and smoky. Creosote notes. Like licking a fence. Unpleasant. (3,3,4,2,7) (1.9)

Rerate at Chris_O Fest March 2007. THere is now some fruit and some sour character to this beer rather than the fence effect. Still notes of wood but in a more acceptable way. Much tastier and actually drinkable (7,3,7,3,14) (3.4)

Score is an average of the two.

Muddy amber coloured beer with quick disappearing head. Aroma is quit special, it is earthy with hints of rotten overripe stone fruits and dead leafs. Et exposes a soft sourness in the nose but allong with the ather aroma’s it was not really. The taste was like the nose predicted, again thouches of unplesant smelling overripe (rot) fruits, earth, wet forrest soil and a slight bitter thats not working with the soft souryness that has to caracterize this beer. I hope to try it again in the futur. At the LCRBM in Kulminator Antwerp.

I like Panil Beers, just a shame about this one. It had the potential to be someting really special. The mixed notes, unbalanced hybrid is a love or hate it. The sour and vine clash with the malts? Too many odd flavours and very little finish. Oops. Re-Rate 1/3/07 - ’m sitting here drinking a perfectly clear, burnished copper elegant beer. It is a completely different beer. Wow. The mad chemically phenolic nose has completely gone. That typical Panil barn nose is there. No sourness just balance, mellow beer. Light spritz, dry oaky finish - SO impressive.

(75 cl bottle: RBESG 2006: Thanks to Knut Albert) Shady orange color, small tan head. Sour, sticky, some cherry seed bitter almond, a bit of alcohol, scent. Mellow mouth feel. Small taste compared to the scent, a little bit sour taste. Medium bitterness, rather dry after taste and "after" mouth feel.

[Bottle. RBESG Göteborg] Hazy amber colour. Very vineous aroma with notes of hot stone and pee. Super smooth mouthfee, fruity backbone and a touch of dust and steamy rocks. Little almond paste. Indeed interesting.

Dark amber coloured, almost no head. Heavy aroma, very different, alcoholic, sweet banana, spices. Little burning taste, herby. Finish is heavy and alcoholic. Really overwhelming, less balanced.