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Birra Del Borgo

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From:
Birra Del Borgo
 
Italy
Style:
Wild Ale
Ranked #635
ABV:
5.8%
Score:
87
Ranked #17,347
Avg:
3.86 | pDev: 11.4%
Reviews:
59
Ratings:
250
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 24, 2023
Added:
Jun 27, 2009
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  20
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Ratings by Fabiand:
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Rated by Fabiand from Texas

3.52/5  rDev -8.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Dec 09, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.68 by not2quick from Missouri

Feb 24, 2023
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.32/5  rDev -14%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Shared 330 ml bottle. Hazy pinkish-peachy colour, white head. Aroma and flavour. of over-ripe raspberries, medium sweet. Not the best from Birra del Borgo.
Sep 03, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Aug 18, 2020
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Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand

4.11/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Copper with a pinkish tinge, cloudy with no visible carbonation, and topped with 1 finger of off white head.

Smells of funky acidity, like Cantillon's brewery, and its really floral and fruity. Its kind of like a kid's pink candy, or ice cream. I get raspberries in there as well.

Highly acidic, relatively dry with a hint of sweetness, and really floral as it was on the nose. There's also a strange bitterness as well, perhaps from the excess yeast that poured in. There's a funk as well and a woody, barrel quality.

Medium, crisp body, with a light, almost fiery carbonation.

Got from Bangkok, drinking in Chiang Mai Nov 5th, 2017. Excellent, quality European brew that reminds me of some of the best Lambics.
Nov 05, 2017
 
Rated: 4.26 by Duffman79 from Connecticut

Feb 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Karibourgeois from Texas

Jan 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4.12 by von_kaiser from Connecticut

Dec 02, 2016
 
Rated: 2.12 by q33jeff from New Jersey

Jul 29, 2016
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Reviewed by Premo88 from Texas

3.86/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
11.2 oz. bottle poured into wide-mouthed stick

L: red, clear, pushes up thick head of pink-tinged offwhite foam at least 2 fingers tall that dissipates quickly; a little sticking off the head; keeps an almost full skin of pinkish foam with thick collar; clarity isn't 100%, but the slight mistiness is still easy to see through

S: sharp, sweet fingernail polish; sweet fruit, sweet raspberries mixed with lemon juice; musty barn and old oak wood in background; the musty barn aroma begins taking over relatively quickly

T: yeasty sweet/sour raspberries ... almost a raspberry/lemon candy flavor; bitter, earthy flavor eats into sweetness; fingernail polish/remover; bitter floral flavor coats the mouth in the aftertaste, like licking an air freshener; something is mixed in with the fingernail polish flavor I've not encountered ... it's fruity and floral and somehow artificial, like the way burning plastic smells; as it warms, a musty barn flavor starts taking over, an earthy dirt flavor that isn't overly bitter

F: very full from good amount of carbonation yet lightweight

O: very hard to score overall because it has some fantastic "sour" notes and a couple notes I don't like; very yeasty tasting brew with a couple of unique things about it that do make it quite interesting, even if one of those unique notes is the flavor of burning plastic (?); a one-off for me but worth the trouble
Jun 11, 2016
 
Rated: 2.5 by Nichols33 from Massachusetts

Apr 18, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by stompilator from Texas

Apr 12, 2016
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Reviewed by Slack from Virginia

3.58/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A somewhat hazy deep maroon in color with about a ¼ inch of head. Some lacing present.

Sour fruit dominates the nose - raspberries, citrus, maybe cherry. Funk and acid also present.

Taste is sour/tart raspberries mixed with citrus.

Mouthful is medium to light with medium to light carbonation. Finish is clean and dry.

A smooth ale with wine like qualities that make it enjoyable but the flavors could be more pronounced and the carbonation a bit higher.
Jan 31, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by ConradKenney from Maryland

Jan 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by petermethot from New Jersey

Dec 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by kvgomps from New Jersey

Dec 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by Immortale25 from North Carolina

Dec 05, 2015
 
Rated: 4.14 by Maich from Texas

Nov 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by probert from New York

Oct 31, 2015
 
Rated: 4.18 by Domvan from Texas

Oct 20, 2015
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Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 250 ratings