The label!
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Moretti La Rossa is high on my love list.
The bottles of La Rossa came to us with a label I couldn't help but notice. It is quite unusual. The label shows a man drinking a beer. This label was created from a picture of a man drinking a beer in a restaurant. It doesn't have any fancy significance but it is an eye catching label. Birra Moretti was founded in 1859 by Luigi Moretti. It is said to be the most popular beer in Italy.
You may see this beer called different names. You may see it as Birra Moretti, Moretti La Rossa or Moretti Birra La Rossa. Our bottles had the name La Rossa on it.
Moretti La Rossa is a lager beer. Lager is a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast. La Rossa uses Spalt select hops.
I drank this beer from a glass. I was pleasantly surprised. It had a sweet smell to it that I didn't expect. The nose was slightly malty. It is a double boch (double malt) beer using 100% malted barley which would account for the rich, sweet and fairly strong aroma of roasted malt. You might note a hint of citrus in the nose. I did not note the smell of alcohol.
Rossa means red but I noted a golden hue in this reddish- brown beer. This comes from the kind of malt that is used in the brewing. Malt is dried roasted barley. The head was thick and creamy. It was white in color rather than tan. The foam lasted for quite awhile.
Moretti La Rossa should be served at a temperature of about 50 to 60 degrees F. I tasted no flavor of alcohol which is one important factor in whether I like a beer or not. This might be surprising since it has an ABV (Alcohol by Volume) of 7.2%.
Another reason I just loved La Rossa was how smooth it went down. If there was any essence of bitterness it was in the aftertaste but even that I felt to be really mild. Instead I tasted the malt.
Not surprisingly Moretti La Rossa is a perfect match for Italian meals. I liked the carbonation which I would characterize as high.
This medium bodied beer would have fooled me as a dark beer but that's the classification. There are 241 calories in a 12 ounce bottle. La Summa is sold in 6 packs of 12 ounce bottles and in 7.92 gallon kegs. In the store you will find it selling between $1.55 to $1.85 a bottle.
The bottles of La Rossa came to us with a label I couldn't help but notice. It is quite unusual. The label shows a man drinking a beer. This label was created from a picture of a man drinking a beer in a restaurant. It doesn't have any fancy significance but it is an eye catching label. Birra Moretti was founded in 1859 by Luigi Moretti. It is said to be the most popular beer in Italy.
You may see this beer called different names. You may see it as Birra Moretti, Moretti La Rossa or Moretti Birra La Rossa. Our bottles had the name La Rossa on it.
Moretti La Rossa is a lager beer. Lager is a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast. La Rossa uses Spalt select hops.
I drank this beer from a glass. I was pleasantly surprised. It had a sweet smell to it that I didn't expect. The nose was slightly malty. It is a double boch (double malt) beer using 100% malted barley which would account for the rich, sweet and fairly strong aroma of roasted malt. You might note a hint of citrus in the nose. I did not note the smell of alcohol.
Rossa means red but I noted a golden hue in this reddish- brown beer. This comes from the kind of malt that is used in the brewing. Malt is dried roasted barley. The head was thick and creamy. It was white in color rather than tan. The foam lasted for quite awhile.
Moretti La Rossa should be served at a temperature of about 50 to 60 degrees F. I tasted no flavor of alcohol which is one important factor in whether I like a beer or not. This might be surprising since it has an ABV (Alcohol by Volume) of 7.2%.
Another reason I just loved La Rossa was how smooth it went down. If there was any essence of bitterness it was in the aftertaste but even that I felt to be really mild. Instead I tasted the malt.
Not surprisingly Moretti La Rossa is a perfect match for Italian meals. I liked the carbonation which I would characterize as high.
This medium bodied beer would have fooled me as a dark beer but that's the classification. There are 241 calories in a 12 ounce bottle. La Summa is sold in 6 packs of 12 ounce bottles and in 7.92 gallon kegs. In the store you will find it selling between $1.55 to $1.85 a bottle.
Comments
John
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(Guest)
10/02/2009
I live in Columbia, South Carolina and would like to know where I can purchase LA ROSSA.
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