Castello Birra Italiana / Friulana Blonda - Castello Di Udine S.p.A.

Jason

Massachusetts

3.2/5  rDev +11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Presentation: 11.2 oz green bottle, no freshness date.

Appearance: The golden straw colour shimmers in the light, a surprisingly good head yields a sticky carnage of lace in its wake.

Smell: Light aroma of malt, faint fruitiness and floral hop.

Taste: The weak graininess does not go astringent, nice use of a noble hop. Solid crispness within a light body and the hop bitterness seems to clean house when the palate goes dry.

Notes: A run of the mill Italian lager, I prefer Peroni. It’s a tough import market out there and I wish this one some luck.

Serving type: bottle

08-05-2003 01:55:56 | More by Jason

MylesMac

Manitoba (Canada)

2.75/5  rDev -3.8%

03-20-2013 04:53:41 | More by MylesMac

GaryFields

Indiana

3/5  rDev +4.9%

01-31-2013 01:52:35 | More by GaryFields

rvajohn

Virginia

2.5/5  rDev -12.6%

01-09-2013 21:44:53 | More by rvajohn

cliff1066

Virginia

2.5/5  rDev -12.6%

12-30-2012 22:26:48 | More by cliff1066

jjamadorphd

Florida

3.35/5  rDev +17.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I really didn't have much hope for this beer - I mean, who woulda thought you would find a decent beer from Italy? But I was wrong, this brew was pretty good.

Out of the bottle the beer pours a beautifully clear, golden color. It shows up with no head whatsoever or even the smallest bits of lacing. This leads to making it difficult to test for smell, but it's there, and what is there is surprising. The smell has a distant sweetness to it that mixed good with the hops. Its mouthfeel was average - nothing really to mention, but the taste was definitely what was surprising. I had to have a second one to convince myself that it was pretty good.

Overall, its an average lager - but on its own it's a relatively good beer.

Serving type: bottle

12-16-2012 01:59:24 | More by jjamadorphd

mralphabet

Virginia

3.15/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3

12 oz bottle poured into pint glass.

A: Poured a clear light golden color with a fingers worth of head that settled to a small ring with little to no lacing to speak of. Pretty standard for a Euro Lager.

S: I'm getting some light malt sweetness with a very light floral hops and a old touch of pizza sauce (Loosing my mind)

T: I'm getting some sweetness right up front then a light hops to finish it out.... Not much inbetween. Also pretty Euro Lager like.

M: Here is where it got fun for me.... It is pretty medium bodied with a creamy and smooth feel. Finish is strangely little dry. Very interesting.

D: A very eady to drink Euro Lager that doesn't feel like a Euro Lager. Would be a prefect match for a nice Supreme Pizza. Worth looking for at your next Italian restaurant.

Serving type: bottle

12-10-2012 03:17:15 | More by mralphabet

t0rin0

California

2.75/5  rDev -3.8%

09-10-2012 01:19:47 | More by t0rin0

Dragon17

Florida

2.75/5  rDev -3.8%

08-14-2012 04:29:23 | More by Dragon17

JayKay412

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -3.8%

07-30-2012 02:35:23 | More by JayKay412

bh123

California

1.75/5  rDev -38.8%

07-23-2012 02:02:02 | More by bh123

UCLABrewN84

California

3/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I found this treasure at the 99¢ Only Store.

Best before 7/2012.

Pours a crystal clear pale yellow with a 1/2 inch foamy bone colored head that settles to an oily film on top of the beer. Thin foamy rings of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of grain and sweet grape juice aromas. Taste is very much the same with a slight hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a somewhat flat mouthfeel with only a hint of carbonation. Overall, this is a pretty average beer with nothing too offensive but nothing great at all.

Serving type: bottle

04-18-2012 05:26:01 | More by UCLABrewN84

jsprain1

Minnesota

2.48/5  rDev -13.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

A- Pale golden with a thin white head. Minimal retention and no lacing.
S- The aroma is quite sweet with some slight adjuncty aroma. Otherwise fairly clean.
T- The taste is the same. It has pretty much the same flavor as many euro pale lagers. A bit adjuncty at first, fairly clean in the finish.
M- Very light body. Carbonation is decently smooth at least.
O- It's an ok pale lager, but there's nothing here that excites me too much.

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2012 02:21:06 | More by jsprain1

TheBigBoy

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -3.8%

04-01-2012 11:49:42 | More by TheBigBoy

Douberd

Netherlands

3/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Another one bought at Walmart, Mexico, and one of the few sold not in a six pack.
Pours a golden yellow colour with one finger head, quickly gone.
Aroma is of malts, some grass.
Taste is nothing extraordinary, but honest.
Average thickness on the body and average carbonation.
I hadn't noticed that it was Italian when I got it and I hadn't had my hopes high when I did, but after all it wasn't that bad,just an average Euro Lager.

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2012 16:03:18 | More by Douberd

TMoney2591

Illinois

3/5  rDev +4.9%

03-18-2012 21:21:01 | More by TMoney2591

rangerred

Tennessee

2.3/5  rDev -19.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

330ml bottle into a pint glass.

Pours a clear gold with a thin fizzy head that quickly disappears.

Smells of metal and stale cabbage. A tiny bit of bready gran.

Flavor is cooked vegetables and creamed corn. Slightly metallic also. Some faint grassy hops are present but everything fades away to a watery mess rather quickly. Mouthfeel is slick but really watery.

Overall this was a really disappointing beer. Very watery and just tasted stale.

Serving type: bottle

03-16-2012 21:09:37 | More by rangerred

jeffjeff1

California

3.15/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

I picked it up at Travis AFB yesterday.

Appearance- gold color, thin head that dissipated to nothing quickly

Smell- grainy malts

Taste- grainy malts, very slight flavor of hops

Mouthfeel- light to medium bodied

Drinkability- I thought it was ok. Not the best or worst. I might drink it again.

Serving type: bottle

02-06-2012 19:14:10 | More by jeffjeff1

IronLover

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Why is it that hotel bars offer not only terrible service but awful beer selection? Since this particular bar was attached to an Italian themed restaurant - well this was the alternative to bud and heinekin. This was a very average euro lager in every capacity. Enough said.

Serving type: bottle

02-02-2012 03:16:43 | More by IronLover

khargro2

Georgia

2.5/5  rDev -12.6%

01-11-2012 20:18:10 | More by khargro2

RockinRob925

Florida

1/5  rDev -65%

11-29-2011 19:53:54 | More by RockinRob925

dmamiano

West Virginia

2.45/5  rDev -14.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

pours an extremely crystal clear, pale amber with a small white head and no lacing to speak of.
the nose has hints of skunkiness, cereal brains and noting no hops to speak of.
taste is some what sweet with some mild kunkiness.
fairly thin and unspectacular for sure

Serving type: bottle

11-24-2011 19:27:26 | More by dmamiano

BretSikkink

Mexico

3.03/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I have a brown bottle here, maybe it will help with the skunkiness. Head is not much to look at, fizzles quickly although the streamers keep up a mild lid for a minute. Golden yellow in color, quite clear. Nothing special.

Aroma is very clean, with malt and some grassy hop. The flavor is actually fairly forward on the hoppy bitter side, relative to the nose as well as the Euro lager competition. No major complaints.

Still very average, nothing special going on, but for a slightly hoppier lager that stays quite clean, it's not a bad choice.

Serving type: bottle

10-04-2011 00:34:19 | More by BretSikkink

twiggamortis420

Texas

3.08/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

12 oz bottle with a best by date of 11.20.11. Pours a very clear yellow hue with a white head that is a bit more dense than your typical euro lager/adjunct lager.

Nose is grainy and grassy with a honey-like sweetness. Pretty standard fare for the style.

Taste follows suit closely with the most unique part of this beer being the honey-butter sweetness and creamier mouthfeel than most. It has a pretty fresh flavor and is low on the carbonation for a lager. Hops are light, but some faint grassiness is detectable. Meh, another Italian lager...Id probably order this before a Peroni but after a Moretti.

Serving type: bottle

07-31-2011 17:08:00 | More by twiggamortis420

biggred1

Indiana

3.43/5  rDev +19.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pale straw colored with a thin filmy head of white bubbles. Untoasted grain, hay and herbal hop notes in the aroma. Mildly sweet and bready with faint earthy hops to balance. Light bodied and effervescent. Meh, another Euro Lager that probably doesn't need to be imported as it tastes about the same as all the others.

Serving type: bottle

03-08-2011 01:36:25 | More by biggred1