Birrificio del Ducato L’Ultima Luna

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

sampled on 8/13/10. 330ml dark green bottle with mitch. pours a hazy dark brown color. no head at all. aroma is fruity, oaky, red wine. taste is sweet, oaky, red wine, musty, earthy. more like a wine than a beer. i cant figure this one out, very interesting. i like it, just not sure how 2 rate it. no carbonation. body is medium. mouthfeel is full. aftertaste is tannins.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Sampled on 8/13/2010. This barley wine pours a semi cloudy dark amber color from a 33cl bottle. Small sized white foamy head. The aroma is fruit, sweet, oak, must and wine. A medium bodied barley wine. The malts are fruity and oaky. Lots of red wine flavors, mostly oak and tannin, with some must flavors later in the taste. The hops are herbal. Lots of flavors going on here. The beer is way more wine like than beer like, very much like a cross between the two. Little to no carbonation, yet the flavors do not seem to suffer much. Fairly smooth taste, with just a little alcohol bite. An interesting beer, kind of hard to classify, but definitely interesting. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste slightly sweet.