Birrificio del Ducato Machete Double IPA
Heavily hopped, it has aromas of grapefruit, white grape and tropical fruit. Warm and fairly bodied, bitter but balanced, complex and persistent, its palate shows its character. It finishes with balsamic and resinous notes.
After watching the trailer of the movie “Machete” 4 years before its showing, I was sold on creating a beer to honor him. Not any beer, only one could bear the weight of such a name: a Double IPA. I have always been fascinated by well brewed Double (or Imperial) IPAs.
These are far from easy beers to brew. Limiting the caramel amount, achieving a good dryness, making sure that the higher alcohols are not overpowering are some of the key elements to avoid an undrinkable “sludge”. Above all, hop has to emerge over everything else, powerful and imperious.
This is an extreme beer, either loved or hated. It has no middle ways, middle ways are not for Machete. Machete doesn’t come to compromises.
“Machete don’t text”.
18°
After watching the trailer of the movie “Machete” 4 years before its showing, I was sold on creating a beer to honor him. Not any beer, only one could bear the weight of such a name: a Double IPA. I have always been fascinated by well brewed Double (or Imperial) IPAs.
These are far from easy beers to brew. Limiting the caramel amount, achieving a good dryness, making sure that the higher alcohols are not overpowering are some of the key elements to avoid an undrinkable “sludge”. Above all, hop has to emerge over everything else, powerful and imperious.
This is an extreme beer, either loved or hated. It has no middle ways, middle ways are not for Machete. Machete doesn’t come to compromises.
“Machete don’t text”.
18°
3.6
258 reviews
Roncole Verdi di Busseto (PR), Italy
Community reviews
330 ml bottle at home, bb. 13.08.2018. Pours a hazy light orange color with a white head. The aroma is hoppy, very catty, blueberry, some peach - along with some pale malt. Medium-full body with a soft carbonation, a light sweetness and a medium to medium-heavy bitterness. The flavor is hoppy with notes of papaya, mango and peach, overripe grapefruits along with some biscuits. Overall hop forward but not fresh enough.
Aroma: 7
Appearance: 4
Taste: 7
Palate: 4
Overall: 14
Tap at Open Baladin, Rome. Hazy golden shade. White head. Grapefruit and grassy hops. Fair amount of honeyed sweetness. Not bad but feels a bit unbalanced.
Small frothy white head. Fair lacing. Fully diminishing. Cloudy average-density ochre body. Aroma: light malty, moderate hoppy, grass, pine, passion fruit. Initial flavor: light sweet bitter. Final flavor: light sweet moderate bitter; long duration. Palate: medium body, watery/oily texture, lively carbonation, metallic light alcoholic finish. dulçor de frutas tropicais, puxando para maracujá. Caráter de lúpulo frutas tropicais e pinho. Forte amargor final. 85 s
Old note. The aroma has mango, passion fruits, some pine, bit malt. Clear, golden coloured beer with a white head. The taste is moderate bitter with a malty sweet backbone and tropical fruit and pine. Medium bodied. Good one.
Draught @ Il Cavallino Alata, Asti. Light golden colour, slightly hazy, creamy white head. Really hoppy with pine, resin, grass, grapefruit, orange zest and backed by a clean but quite sweet malty base. Lingering hoppy finish. Low carbonation, good body.
the aroma is fruity and hoppy with hints of orange, grapefruit, pine, lemon peel and spicy herbs... the taste is fruity and malty with notes of sweet orange, pine needles, grapefruit, nuts and spicy grasses... sweet, bitter and dry aftertaste...
Tap at Lupulus Bologna. Hazy, deep golden orange. Juicy, fruity nose, peaches, oranges, esters. Malty. Hoppy, juicy fruit flavor, malty, peppery. Not overly strong. Good stuff.
Backlog, ocena przepisana z untappd, w ramach uzupełniania profilu na ratebeer.
tap@ Open Baladin Roma (in shaker even when I asked for tulip) Appearance: golden, thin white head Aroma: weak citrus, grapefruit Taste: grapefruit, citrus, a bit sweet, Bitterness: strong a bit harsh, long lasting Mouthfeel: medium dense Carbonation: medium Overall: High IBU IIPA, fruity but a bit heavy..somehow too cold, so aroma may be not representative (after got warm it was decarbonated, so only slight improvement occured)
Tropical fruits, mango, passion fruit, sweet malts, bread, caramel, honey. Hazy gold, medium, creamy, white head. Light sweet. Very juicy tropical fruits again, more ripe mango and passion fruit, soft carbonation, medium bodied, bitter and dry finish. Nice IIPA, not terribly complex but nice tropical fruits in the aroma and palate. Keg at Italian Job, Elephant & Castle.
Tap. Good, if simple and straightforward strong IPA. Gold pour that doesn’t really stand out. Plenty of hops though, will well-masked alcohol. Very drinkable and solid.
Draft sample at Craft&Draft Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Time to taste event with a brewer. 05.07.2016. Taste with adamnowek. Pour it hazy yellow color with small white head. Aroma orange juice, fruitish, pine. Taste passion fruits, mango, pine, sweet orange candy at the end, pretty good one, medium body, sticky, lively, bitter finish as well. I liked it.
On tap at the Italian Job, London, UK. Really nice, well balanced beer with a bitter clean finish.
Loved this. Plenty of fruity, perfumey hops, but all very delicately and without brute force like so many Double IPA’s. Balance!
On tap @ Open Baladin, Rome. Pours slightly hazy bronze with a big and frothy head. The aroma features a strong punch of American hoppiness: citrusy and resinous notes and some tropical fruits. Taste is medium to heavily bitter; very hoppy with citrus fruits, especially grapefruit, and resin rising. The palate is medium-bodied, slick and smooth; excellent drinkability. Very tasty and refreshing. Predominantly hoppy and fruity DIPA, no residual malt sweetness.
On tap at GBBF 2016, Olympia, London. A hazy golden/yellow coloured pour with a medium white creamy head on top. Hoppy, malty, tropical fruit aroma. Tastes pretty much the same, hoppy, malty, tropical fruit, some grapefruit and caramel, slightly bitter. Pretty good DIPA from Italy.
Tap at One Pint Pub, Helsinki. Colour is cloudy murky orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, grape, caramel, some hops and malts.
Draught at One Pint. Hazy amber color, white head. Bitter taste with citrus, hops, resin, earthy notes, caramel, mango and grass. Bitter finish with citrus, caramel, resin, earthy notes and mango. Very nice imperial IPA.
Cloudy pineapple juice appearance. Incredibly refreshing aroma of a rainy coniferous forest. Taste has some mango, pine needles, and orange. Nice dry finish.
Ottima birra che ha un sapore amato che deriva dai luppoli usati buonissimo, buono anche il retrogusto, si lascia bere e ribere e riribere
Blonde orangée avec une mousse archi-abondante qui tient bien. Goût de malt dominant, accompagné par l’amertume du houblon qui ne verse pas trop dans l’aromatique (notes de résineux). N’empêche que le houblon reste présent en bouche bien longtemps après la dernière gorgée, ce qui ne laisse pas indifférent.
At Craft Bier Fest, Wien. Pours hazy yellow with white head. Quite sweet, fruit, caramel malts, ripe fruit. Bitter finish.
Draft @ Mother Kelly’s, Bethnal Green E2. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.
Tap @Luppolo12, Roma. Cloudy amber, small offwhite head. Mild citrus and caramel aroma. Slightly resinous flavour, caramel. Grapefruit and grass. Very drinkable.
Clear yellow, big lasting, lacing, lip sticking foam head. Great hoppy aroma, nice bitter taste. Floral and citurs notes, dry in mouth. Lasting aftertaste. (Velp 201603)
sample from bottle, poured a golden to light orange colour with a white head. nose is citrus forward, boiled vegetable hops, way to sweet for an ipa. off veggies in the taste aswell. not a succes
Golden, Clear, persistant head, heavily hopped with notes of fruit, light body, soft carbonation. It has a Long, Rich finish.
Bottle. Golden with orange color. Aroma: gentle tropical fruits like mango, slightly citrus, a little floral and grapes, a bit piney. Taste: pine hop bitterness, malty, fruits, grapefruit and mandarin.
Vienna Craft Beer Fest 2015. White head. Did not take much notes... Grapey, acidic, very sweet, even sugary, grassy... Body lighter than medium, Nice DIPA.
Bottiglia da 33 cl bevuta a lo sfuso di Torino. Colore ambrato carico ma talmente tanta schiuma che prima di vederlo si diventa vecchi manco fosse la metro C di Roma. Amaro degno di nota ben bilanciato da un corpo formoso. Buona double ipa.