BEER REVIEW: 304

BREWER: Birra Peroni, Lazio, Italy

STYLE: Lager 

ABV: 5%

VESSEL: 330ml tin

DATE OF POST: 4th August 2023

 

JYMI SAY’S…

Tin of Peroni eh?

I’ve only ever had this on tap or from a bottle before and have thoughts on both…

For a macro lager a pint of Peroni ain’t bad you know. In fact, to be fair, it’s good. But things need to be done right. Firstly, the pipes that bring the beer to our glass need to be clean and in good order. Secondly, it must be served in a (preferably chilled) Peroni glass. Follow this and a crisp, refreshing and enjoyable beer you will have.

From a bottle it’s a different story though. It ain’t great to be honest. Look, if it’s super chilled and you’re in company at a BBQ or whatever then it’s totally fine, passable. But honestly, it’s not a very good beer.

So, to the can we go. Will it match the quality of a pint? Will it be pretty rubbish like the bottle? Or will it be somewhere in between? Let’s find out.

Ok, what you can pick up from the nose is pleasant but virtually non-existent. Sip in mouth is tasty enough, refreshing and crisp. However once you reach the stages of swallow and then aftertaste this beer falls apart fairly spectacularly. There is simply no flavour to talk of. Nothing.

Similar to the bottle, if this was passed to you at a BBQ then fine, whatever. But this is not a beer you should be drinking out of choice.

Jymi’s Rating: 35%

 

SAMMY SAY’S…

Peroni.

Oh Peroni.

Formally known as Nastro Azzurro on these shores.  That was, before it became a very popular sight in many a UK boozer.  I think I preferred its previous name…

However, the launch of Peroni, with its marketing campaign (including glasses), was unarguably a success.  And when it’s pulled on draft, with pipes that are looked after, into a proper Peroni glass, it’s a very enjoyable, crisp, refreshing (albeit macro produced) lager.

But we are not here to review the draught drinking experience.

Neither are we here to review the bottle experience, which in my opinion, is a long way below the aforementioned draught experience.  

We are here to test the can.  Let’s be honest, it looks more like a pre-made spirit mixer drink that it does a beer.  Given the effort gone into marketing Peroni, this is very surprising and disappointing.

Peroni from the can is all a little bit meh.  It’s not bad.  It’s not good.  Way too soft, it has no bite that lagers should have.  It’s indescribable.  

The mere fact that there’s more to say about the marketing of the product that the product itself says it all.

I’d still have one on draft though.  Just keep those awful white cans away from me.

Sammy’s Rating: 40%

 

MUSE ON BOOZE RATING: 37.5%

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M O B 2023