Martina - Birrificio Pausa Cafe

MattSweatshirt

Texas

3.78/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Pours out like an unblended lambic with the only "head" forming were bubbles generated from the pour and they die fast. The color is a hazy golden orange.

There is a funky hay overlaying the pears as well as some other tart fruitiness.

A nice sourness here. A metallic flavor which isn't the best is present but plays enough of a second fiddle to everything else to not be too distracting. The funk and pears is a great combo here.

Light bodied with a soft carbonation and a sharp sourness that takes over on the sides of the tongue and back of the palette.

Was suggested this while in Rome. Very nice sour. Haven't seen any other pear sours out there so it was a nice try and worth a taste.

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2012 01:26:15 | More by MattSweatshirt

cpetrone84

Pennsylvania

3.33/5  rDev -15.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pour is a light tranparent orange with tons of tight fluffy white head. Nose is very dusty and earthy with hints of rubber cement, peppery spice and notes of lemon in back. The taste follows the nose with a bit more spice and a very dusty earthy aspect mid palate, back is lemon grass with a decent peppery spice in the finish. Light body with a bit of a grainy feel on the palate, assertive carbonation and semi dry finish.

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2012 15:42:22 | More by cpetrone84

glid02

Georgia

4.65/5  rDev +18.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Bottle purchased from Birrae Domus in Rome.

Pours a hazy copper-amber color with a half-finger white head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving decent lacing.

Smells of good amounts of funk backed up by grainy medium malts. Hints of pear aromas waft out and intensify as the beer warms.

Tastes great. Mild medium malt flavors serve as the backbone for good amounts of funky flavors and sweet, syrup-soaked pears. Midway through the sip the pear flavors turn tarter and get a fresher flavor. The ripe and fresh pear flavors carry through to a crisp ending.

Mouthfeel is good. It's got a nice thickness with active carbonation.

Drinkability is very good. I finished my glass very quickly and could easily have a few more.

Overall I have to say that this was my first pear lambic and I'm glad to say that it was very well done. The pear flavors shine and it's interesting to taste almost two different types of pear flavors throughout the sip. Well worth a shot if you can get your hands on it.

Serving type: bottle

07-24-2010 01:25:11 | More by glid02