Moretti Baffo D'Oro

Whilst in Italy we moved on from Positano to Rome via Naples. I must comment that Naples is one of the worst places I have had the misfortune of traveling through and needless to say I won't be traveling through there again! Anyhow after making it to Rome I was scouting around to see if I could come up with something a little bit more exciting than Peroni or Nastro Azzuro and managed to find Baffo D'Oro (4.8% abv) from Birra Moretti (a Heineken owned company). Baffo D'Oro is a premium all malt version of its ubiquitous common lager Birra Moretti. The beer is malt driven and the high malt content in its flavour profile hides away what I suspect is an extremely high level of bitterness, however due to the almost Bock like maltiness it comes across as being quite well balanced. I actually quite liked Baffo D'Oro and in a ways its a slightly tamer/less alcoholic alternative to Peroni Gran Reserva in the Italian malt driven beer sector!

And yes, that is the Pantheon you can see in the background to this photo