Birra Moretti - La Rossa

This is one of my current favorite beers, brewed by an italian company called Moretti founded around 1860 in Udine, Italy. Since the founding by Luigi Moretti it has over the years been assimilated into Heineken Italia and is no longer brewed in the original village/town.

Either way it tastes good and is a beer I discovered by accident!

Back in the day when I was at university I spotted a cheap beer on the shelves of the local ASDA, it was the generic Birra Moretti which lacks tast, feel and general lacking in quality. I bought a box and pondered the picture of an old italian bloke who was supping from his overflowing glass.

A year or two later I was in the local ‘Bottlo’ scanning the shelves and spotted my old friend the cheeky chappy italian bloke! However it was not the usual green bottle rather a dark brown with red label. On further inspection it turns out this is a 7.2% ‘doppio malto’ aka double malt , or in proper terms a doppelbock. Yes, an italian doppelbock! 

The beer is a great dark red colour, nice and malty with proper caramelization aroma. The head fades quickly and the mouth feel is a tad watery, and there is nothing overly complex but it is a good straight taste which is very enjoyable.

Over here it is a $11.99 for three bottles, which in proper money is £4.88 , so at £1.62 a bottle you cant really go wrong for a such a decent attempt from the italians.