Known simply as "green cap", this classic Aussie ale is dry and pleasantly hoppy, with a fruity malt palate (banana and toffee). This beer is sedimented, and can either be drunk clear or cloudy.
Halfway between a lager and a wheat beer lies this lesser-known gem. The wonderful aroma of pears and bananas follow through onto the palate, with a rich, lively, fruity finish. Can be poured clear, but you lose a lot of the flavour that way....
Billed as "The Strongest Lager Beer in the World", this deep rich beer has a full complex aroma - christmas pudding, sherry, cognac, cherries, chocolate - and an incredible flavour. The deep, rich taste goes on for ever, changing from sweet to fruity to nutty, to dry. A classic digestif beer. One to lay down to mature like a fine wine.
The wonderful Deus really needs no introduction. It takes many months to produce, made of barley, it combines the best of two different production methods. Firstly it's brewed in Belgium, then secondly, it's transported to France and "refined" using an ancestral technique, including the "riddling" and "yeast removal" A very different, and surprisingly good Champagne beer. 5 stars.
This barley wine style ale has a luscious depth of flavour making it an ideal after dinner drink. It is made with top fermenting yeast, fresh whole hops, the richest runnings of a thick all-malt mash. Old Foghorn is dry-hopped in the classic tradition and aged until it attains the perfect balance of malty sweetness, estery fruitiness and exquisite hop character.
Brewed in honor of the 1000th batch at Goose Island original Clybourn brewpub. A liquid as dark and dense as a black hole with thick foam the colour of a bourbon barrel. The nose is an intense mix of charred oak, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and smoke. One sip has more flavour than your average case of beer. A great cigar beer.
In this video, award-winning beer writer Zak Avery steps out into the freezing night to appreciate the warming qualities of this mammoth, bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout
The 60 Minute IPA is continuously hopped - more than 60 hop additions over a 60 minute boil. 60 Minute is a session IPA brewed with a slew of great Northwest hops. Powerful, but balanced, with a lot of citrus hop character.
This remarkable ale is a cross between a Scotch Ale, an Indian Pale Ale and an American Brown Ale. It is both well hopped and malty. Indian Brown is the colour of an American brown, the caramel notes of a Scotch Ale, and the hoppiness of an IPA. This beer is brewed with Aromatic barley and organic brown sugar.
An unfiltered, unfettered, unprecedented brown ale aged in handmade wooden brewing vessels. The caramel and vanilla complexity unique to this beer comes from the exotic Paraguayan Palo Santo wood from which the tanks were crafted.
La Mi Dona is the colour of old gold, with a fine compact head and an intense aroma of malted barley. The flavour is full-bodied and rounded, with a persistent aftertaste.
La Volpina has a splendid colour flushed with ruby red. Rich in spicy aromas, giving a warm sensation that enfolds the palate and conquers it with a rounded and persistent finish.
La Tabachera has a splendid copper colour with hints of ruby red and an aroma of roasting.
Its full fragrance gives it appeal and elegance,
with a flavour reminiscent of freshly gathered almonds.
A golden amber spiced ale, Castagnale is a beer brewed using chestnuts. The chestnuts are dried on a chestnut wood smoker for several days.
The beer is pale amber in colour, the nose is slightly smoky with hints of chestnut honey.
In the mouth, soft and mellow, very drinkable.
A porter-style beer brewed with Kentucky Toscano tobacco. The result is a very dark beer,virtually impenetrable, with a rich nose, giving an aroma of toastiness, tobacco, spice and nut husk.
In the mouth a slight acidity gives way to spicy, peppered notes.
Very full-bodied, long and complex considering the alcohol content.
Beer produced traditionally in the territory of the regional park and mountains of the Duchess of Borgorose.
Duchessa pours golden in colour, the head abounding . The nose is fruity (banana, pineapple, tropical fruit) and floral, with a light and pleasant peppery tone. In the mouth the bubbles are fine, a light acidity in the body is noted. The finish is very pleasant and refreshing.
Belgian pale ale in style, Enkir presents as a golden colour. It has a spicy aroma is fresh and thirst quenching. Enkir (Einkorn wheat) is a pre-historic cereal grain abundant thousands of years ago.
Belgian style abbey ale, Duc Ale is dark, the colour of a monks habit, with hues of reflected rubies and a fine head of foam. On the nose there is a hint of dried fruit and hazelnut. In the mouth is an attack of sweetness, leading to a fully rounded body. The finish is toasted, with cocoa notes
Inspired by the English IPA style, this beer is characterized by fragrant American hops.
In the glass it is presented amber-colored, on the nose there are pleasant notes of grapefruit and orange and a slight pepperiness. In the mouth bubbles are low. Body is good, with a leading to a bitter finish, intense and very persistent.
ReAle Extra (6.4%abv, bottle conditioned) is a paler beer than the Reale, quite different in character, all pale malt and Amarillo dry-hopping. It's a little leaner on the nose than ReAle and drier on the palate, with a spicy, slightly medicinal/herbal bitterness, pitching itself somewhere between a pale golden English and a drier Belgian triple. It's a much more grown-up beer than the straight ReAle, less interested in playing a stadium gig than an intimate in-the-know venue.
My Antonia is a collaboration beer between Birra del Borgo and Dogfish Head (of the USA).
My Antonia, named after the Willa Cather book, is a 60 minute continually-hopped imperial pilsner.
Belgian style witbier. Isaac gives an intense fruity fragrance where the camomile and mallow stand out. Balanced taste of apricot, pear and fig with a lovely spicy note, typical for the white beer.
Loosely described as a Belgian Saison-styled beer, Le Baladin Wayan is made of 17 different ingredients including barley, wheat, spelt, oats, rye, different types of hops and many different spices besides coriander.
The masterpiece of the brewery. Originated from a recipe using the style of Belgian abbey beers. Intense aroma of warm flowers, apricot and banana and hints of bitter almond. Agreeable, refreshing and quenching taste of apricot in syrup, almond cake and citrus fruits.
Le Baladin Noel is brewed in the tradition of an ancient winter warmer. A strong complex beer that will keep you warm during the cold months of winter. One to savour on a special occasion.
Belgian style strong golden ale, with a big sweetish malt body, and a spicy cane-sugar note in the long finish. Medium sweet finish with lots of herbal and spice character. A very big beer.
