Rome Starbess Strong Ale

Brewed by Rome Brewing Co.
Style: American Strong Ale
Roma, Italy

An unclear amber beer with a fine lazing white head. The aroma is great: sweet with lots of hops - reminds me a little of an Imperial IPA. The flavor is strong, sweet and with lots of hops.

[Draught at the brewpub] Clear nut brown, small creamy head. Aroma of rye bread. Sweet, fruity and estery with notes of bubblegum, Full bodied with burnt malt, nuts and syrup, but surprisingly low bitterness. An unusual but complex and tasty beer.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours almost clear deep orange with a fully diminished off-white head. Sweet corn/hay-ish aroma, brewing cereal. Hayish flavour yet smooth from the alcohol but surely doesnt hold any complexities. Very straight forward and too sweet and cereal-like for my taste.

A beer rare to find as the brewery will probably close; brought by Laurent Mousson
Dark amber color. Light malt and fruitness. Maybe it used to be reasonable, but…

Dark amber color, medium malty aroma and medium sweet sour taste, medium body, light sour dry finish.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3   Light Brown(1)->Dark(5) : 4   Ruby : 2   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 1   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 1   Bread : 1   Apple : XX   Esters : XX   Banana : XX   Phenols : XX   Leather : 2   Perfume : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 3   Toast : 3   Caramel : 2   Toffee : XX   Maple : XX   Molasses : XX   Nuts : XX   Candy : XX   Pumpernickel : XX   Cereals : XX   Fruits : 2   Chocolate : 3   Coffee : XX   Vanilla : XX   Grapes : XX   Blackberries : XX   Dates : XX   Cherries : XX   Plums : 2   Figs : XX
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 4   Leafy : XX   Floral : 2   Orange : 2   Herbal : XX   Spicy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : 2   Wood : XX   Cloves : XX   Smoke : 2   Pepper : XX   Ginger : XX   Peach/Pear/Apricot : 1   Candi Sugar : XX   Anise : XX   Vinous : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 2   Complex : 2   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : 1   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: I just learnt that this beer surpasses 10%ABV and am astonished. It is a clean, soft, well-made, very fruity, sweetish, toasty-biscuity ale of softness more than punch – but perhaps not very spectacular. Still very impressive task with the alcohol.

Bottle. Quiet syruppy and sticky, quite raisiny and sweet, with a fair amount of hops, a bit sweet, the style really isn’t my bag, i preferred the Pioneer Pale Ale of the same brewery.

reddish colour, fine little foam, lactic and caramel aroma, sweet and full-bodied, sour and very bitter, dry bitter finish - something’s went wrong here