Moretti La Rossa Birra - Italian Red Beer
I speak no Italian - but what I know of Spanish I would guess that La Rossa Birra means the red beer. I have never had a ‘red’ beer before. My wife and I went out to eat tonight at Nothing but Noodles and I asked the girl at the counter what kinds of dark beer they had. She offered Guinness and ‘La Rossa’. I had never heard of La Rossa but between something I had never heard of and a Guinness - well the La Rossa was an easy winner.
I was pleasantly surprised! The beer was fairly sweet with a rich, malty flavor. It went real well with my spicy Thai noodle dish. The label showed 7.2% alc/vol! I would not want to drink too many of these at poker night but would like to find somewhere to purchase them by the six pack instead of $2.95 a bottle :)
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