Panil Bionda

Brewed by Panil Birra Artigianale - Birrificio Torrechiara
Style: Belgian Ale
Torrechiara-Parma, Italy

Bottle: Poured a cloudy dirty beige color ale with a huge off-white head with perfet retention and lacing. Aroma of funky barnyard and dry hops is really great. Taste is also a perfect mix between some dry hops with some powerful funky barnyard notes originating from the yeast. Easily drinkable with not much alcohol (5.5%) and perfectly mix between dry and funky and I love the fact that filtration was limited. I wish this was more accessible over here.

Light colour, bubbles groving while going up in the glass. Quite long end, some bitter and yeast taaste.

2007-11-02, Papsoe Blind Tasting, 7-3-6-3-13=32
Cloudy blond color; creamy head. Very nice crispy malt aroma. The flavor is sweetish, with some malt, good body, average bitterness. Pleasant.

2006-10-29, 7-4-7-3-15=36
Hazy blond color; very nice and persistent perlage; big head, yoghurt-like; nice lace. Nice aroma, delicate, malty, with honey, light camomile. Smooth taste, soft malt, some sweetness, low bitterness. Very pleasant and well made.

In short: An original floral/grassy and fruity yeasty Belgian blonde session ale. Tasty and refreshing.
How: Bottle 750ml, consumed fresh soon after receiving it through private importations
The look: Partly cloudy blonde body topped by a persistent small white head
In long: Nose has a little barnyard character and grassy notes. Fluffy body with a medium carbonation. This is a very yeasty beer. Interesting and original taste blending bananas, dandelions, ice-cream vanilla, flower petals, pineapples, a lot of fresh grass. A light acidity touch in the finish. The mix of fresh floral/grassy character and light fruity acidity make a for a very refreshing beer. I don’t understand the low ratings on this fine tasty nourishing and refreshing session brew, probably not strong enough for the typical ratebeerian and this is not a Panil Bionic.

The pour reveals a gorgeous cloudy golden color with a thick, frothy, white head. Interesting aroma of grass, honey, yeast and some bretty funk. The flavor has acidity, honey, grass, yeast and bretty funk, it’s quite refreshing while having some complexity. The body is surprisingly thick, the texture is creamy and the carbonation is moderate. Nicely done.

Olive bottle, 75 cl, best before May 1 2009, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on March 6 2009; eye: beer geysered out of the bottle leaving only about 250 ml for tasting, apple juice, opaque, hazy, voluminous white head made up of rather large bubbles and that turns into a tiny ring, average lacing, suspended matter; nose: Brettanomyces yeast, horse, floral, light perfumy, light fruity; mouth: a bit thin, have to wait for the savours, Brettanomyces yeast, a bit of horse, good presence of malt, floral, slight perfumy, light fruity, finale in yeast with a slight perfumy, lightly sour, medium-light body, quite carbonated, refreshing; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille olive, 75 cl, meilleure avant 1er mai 2009, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 6 mars 2009; œil : bière a jailli de la bouteille, il m’en est resté environ 250 ml, jus de pomme, opaque, voilée, mousse blanche abondante formée de bulles plutôt grosses et qui se change en un petit anneau, moyenne dentelle, matière en suspension; nez : levure Brettanomyces, cheval, floral, légèrement parfumé, léger fruité; bouche : un peu mince, saveurs se font attendre, levure Brettanomyces, un peu de cheval, bonne présence de malt, floral, très léger parfumé, léger fruité, finale en levure avec un très léger parfumé, légèrement aigre, corps moyen-léger, très carbonatée, rafraîchissante; en résumé : bien

Bottle RBESG 07 ... Hazy yelllow ... not much nose ... mellow fruits with a little hoppiness.

Another Belgian-style beer from this Parma micro. Not unlike a Belgian strong blonde, i.e. Duvel. A rich malt tate ans some sourness. Slightly soapy aftertaste. (Bottled at the Highlander, Parma)