Beer review: Peroni Gran Riserva Puro Malto (5.2% Italy: Birra Peroni Industriale)

The Peroni Gran Riserva Puro Malto is a lager, more specifically a premium lager. It's brewed by Birra Peroni Industriale, an Italian brewery founded in 1846. Today the brewery belongs to SABMiller, the second largest brewery group in the world.

Taste: The Peroni Gran Riserva Puro Malto is a light/medium-bodied beer with a bready, slightly roasted and sweet malty body. The beer offers aromas of caramel, fruits and finishes with a slight grassy hoppiness.

Overall, the Peroni Gran Riserva Puro Malto is actually a good find, considering that it's available in supermarkets so it's a bulk product. It offers quite a wide range of aromas and delivers a balanced flavor profile. Nothing exceptional, but definitely worth a try.

3.5/5

Beer review: Peroni (4.7% Italy: Birra Peroni Industriale)

The Peroni is a lager, more specifically a pale lager. It's brewed by Birra Peroni Industriale, a brewery founded in Vigevano in Lombardy, Italy in 1846. The brewery has been based in Rome since 1864 and is now owned by SABMiller brewing group, the world's second largest brewing company.

Taste: The Peroni is a light/medium-bodied beer with a soft slightly roasted, dark bready and faintly sweet malt. The beer finishes with a slight bitter hoppiness.

Overall, the Peroni is an above average bulk lager. Personally I enjoy the slightly roasted malty aroma of it and overall the beer was a pleasant surprise. If you end up in Italy and enjoy roasted beers with easy drinkability, the Peroni is your choice!

3/5