Birrificio del Ducato A.F.O.
(Ale For Obsessed)
This top fermented beer is a free interpretation of a Pale Ale. It is deep copper in color, generously hopped (it contains more than ten different types of hops including the American Chinook, Cascade and Simcoe delivering its citrusy and exotic aromas) with a lightly toasted caramel flavor that perfectly balances its bitter finish.
A beer I have always craved. To all those obsessed by Ales like me.
A.F.O. is my second creation. It was launched on the market together with VIA EMILIA at the end of March 2007. The story behind this beer dates back to January 2006 when, for the first time, I came across the new and irresistible character of American hops. Despite the initial excitement, I soon realized that my dream pale ale aimed to express something different. Thus, I challenged myself to create a complex bouquet that would end up being unusual and enticing. The investigation in the field of hop aromas (which may never end) lead me to England and Germany. I also experimented with hop varieties from New Zealand. Despite this, A.F.O.’s unmistakable character will never change.
This top fermented beer is a free interpretation of a Pale Ale. It is deep copper in color, generously hopped (it contains more than ten different types of hops including the American Chinook, Cascade and Simcoe delivering its citrusy and exotic aromas) with a lightly toasted caramel flavor that perfectly balances its bitter finish.
A beer I have always craved. To all those obsessed by Ales like me.
A.F.O. is my second creation. It was launched on the market together with VIA EMILIA at the end of March 2007. The story behind this beer dates back to January 2006 when, for the first time, I came across the new and irresistible character of American hops. Despite the initial excitement, I soon realized that my dream pale ale aimed to express something different. Thus, I challenged myself to create a complex bouquet that would end up being unusual and enticing. The investigation in the field of hop aromas (which may never end) lead me to England and Germany. I also experimented with hop varieties from New Zealand. Despite this, A.F.O.’s unmistakable character will never change.
3.5
206 reviews
Roncole Verdi di Busseto (PR), Italy
Community reviews
Slightly opaque bronze colour. Aroma is malt and soy sauce. Taste is more soy with a bready, malty finish. Odd sour aftertaste.
Tap. Italian Job, Chiswick, London. Murky, orange amber. Film of sticky, off white head. Nose has spicy, ripe fruit hop. Granary bread. Some bubblegum. Taste has granary bread sweetness. Moderate bitterness. Medium bodied. Easy drinking. Light dry finish. Ok amber.
Keg at the Italian Job, Turnham Green. Very sweet and a bit floral. Toffee tinged. Forgettable fare, but great bar and lovely area.
Colore ramato, aroma fruttato e persistente. Fresca, beverina ottima compagna delle giornate estive
Bottle at home. Aroma is caramel malt, toffee, some yeast, fruity notes, biscuit, some floral hops. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Body is medium. Sweeter and more malt-forward than I’d hoped, but certainly an agreeable easy beer.
Draught @ Brewmakers dinner - Gastropuben KICK Malt & Mat, Kristiansand
Pours hazy amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, bread, bubblegum, floral, orange and hint of cooked vegetable. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long floral, orange, bready and caramel finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
On cask at the Crown in Berko. Pours a clear chestnut color with a tan head. The smell is toasted malt, nutty. The taste is brown sugar, toasted malt, mild herbal flavor abiding a bit earthy and dry. Medium in body with fine, elegant carbonation. Rich and very nicely made.
On tap @ Fiera Mastro Birraio Pordenone 2015. Hazy amber,small head. Intense herbal aroma. Dry hoppy taste,fruit notes comes out while warming. Average carbonation
On tap@kick. Pours amber with an off white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, some hay, citrus, flour and floral notes. Flavor is sweet and fruity with some floral notes, berries and hay. Medium body, average carbonation.
Aroma: floral hops, some straw, some grain, light caramel. Appearance: hazy amber, large, creamy, off-white head. Taste: light bitter. Palate: initially malts again, floral hops back, some citrus. Overall: nice APA, good aroma. Pint at GBBF 2015, Kensington Olympia.
Bottle a cloudy amber colored beer with a white off head aroma malts caramel fruits peach grapefruits spicy and some hops flavor malts sweetness fruits peach spicy some earthly notes and hops
Bottle.Golden brown. Thin body and really disappointing taste: not interesting
Bottle sample at Ariel’s place. Thanks Tom C. Hazy orange. Aroma of citric (some tangerine) and floral hops, slightly stale. Flavor has some sweetish malt, citric and floral hops and a bitterish finish. Medium-bodied.
Bottle. Hazy orange colour. Fruity hoppy aroma. Malty, caramel flavour, herbal, crisp.
ASPETTO: ambrato abbastanza torbido, con schiuma bianca, fine, abbondante e persistente. AROMA: buon citrico, erbaceo e luppolato. Lo avrei preferito piu’ intenso. GUSTO: appena messa in bocca, presenta note maltate, di scorza di pane, nonché un leggerissimo caramellato. Questo viene ripulito subito dall’Amaro molto evidente e dal chiaro agrumari, che ripulisce bene la bocca con un retrogusto secco. CONCLUSIONE: interessante birra, dall’amaro predominante. Disseta e ripulisce bene.
Tap @ Bishops Folkis.
Hazy brownish amber, off white head.
Caramel, bread, oranges and lychee, sweet ripe pear, slight hay. A bit muted aroma.
Taste is oranges and peach with some bread and caramel, low woody bitterness. Soft and a bit dull finish.
Medium to light body with low but "electric" carbonation, watery.
A bit weak overall. Could have needed som more hops to compensate the rather thin body and short flavour.
rothy white head. Amber color. Dry with lots of band aid note. interesting.
belle couleur cuivre. odeur fruité et légèrement houblonnée. amertume peu présente, notable en fin de bouche.
33 cl bottle. Hazy orange with small beige head. Fruity aroma with notes of hops. Sweet flavour of caramel, very dry, some bitterness at the end
33cl bottle from Grand Cru, Rimini. It pours a clean pale golden color with a medium white head, Aroma is crispy and citrusy, with light notes of caramel grains, hay, ripe peaches, grass, citrus peel grapefruit and violets. Taste is crispy, refreshing, herbal and grassy, with notes of violets, citrus peel, grapefruit skin, ripe peaches, caramel, wet soil and dried leaves. Light bodied with good carbonation. Overall, tasty pale ale
Review based on the BJCP2008 guidelines (style 10A, slightly adapted). Bottle 33 cl - Batch L338 12. AROMA: hop aromas with citric notes mixed with caramelized malt and some esters (orange). it also has a port like quality. APPEARANCE: amber color and very hazy with material in suspension. medium ivory head with good retention. TASTE: flavours similar to the aromas but much more restrained. floral hop notes with a nice malty balance. low bitterness with a medium-sweet finish. PALATE: thin body with medium-low carbonation. OVERALL: a different interpretation of an APA with more mild flavours and bitterness.
amber with a fluffy head. Aroma is grassy and somewhat earthy. Mouthfeel is dry, nice medium bitterness. Balanced. Very good.
A gushing bottle, pours a fairly dark amber-orange, hazy, with a large off-white head. Aroma is sweet, toasted malts, noble hops and some grapefruit and peach. Flavour is sweet, spicy, toffee, hops. Grapefruit. A light body with lively carbonation. Interesting and different but not amazing.
Bottle, exactly on the "best before" day.
Nice amber/orange color, hazy, with very big head. Smell is fruity, peach, apricot, something exotic, and also some caramel malt. Taste is instead very lemonish, citric, even tart.
The low carbonation doesn’t help, it reminds to me also the tea. I would like some more gas.
Not bad, ok beer, but not my favourite.
frothy white head. Amber color. Dry with lots of band aid note. Not exciting or interesting.
Small bottle at a tasting, props to Beerlover_ben. Pours clear orange with an off-white head. Aroma is lightly smokey and hoppy. Light palate. Watery body, taste is a tad akward; smoky hoppy tea.
Bottle thnx to Beerlover_ben
Pours clear, dark amber . Good white head .
Smell is hoppy, funky .
Taste is dry, funk ( brett ? ) bit hoppy .
On bottle from Vinmonopolet (on order)-.Copper colored, hazy with good foam. Immediatly hoppy ( medium intensity), also good fruitiness, citrus, grapefruit along with good malt base. Medium body & complexity. Good bitterness some sourness and nice balance. Very enjoyable
Bottle @ il molo, Ranco. Ambrato carico, quasi ramato, opalescente. Schiuma beige fine poco persistente. aroma intenso, fruttato, agrumato (scorza di pompelmo) e resinoso. sicuramente dry hopped. Note secodnarie di caramello, malto e frutta secca/tostata. Gusto secco, amaro, poi maltato che ricorda il caramello, lievissimo retrogusto tostato. Corpo medio, carbonatazione alta, spigolosa senza eccessi, poco calda, astringente. equilibrata ed armonica.
.33l bottle at Belgrade tasting. Rich golden, hazed body with firm white head. Mild acidic hop, sweet ale. Good balance.