CastagnAle
Birra Del Borgo
- From:
- Birra Del Borgo
- Italy
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #377 - ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #35,099 - Avg:
- 3.5 | pDev: 17.43%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 03, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 08, 2009
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
2.28/5 rDev -34.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.28/5 rDev -34.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
March 2016: 750 ml bottle, as Birra del Borgo CastagnAle, probably from Matkroken Stokka. BBE 12/2014. ABV is 4.2%. Beautiful reddish colour, unfortunately spoiled by loads of floaties that don’t dissolve in the beer. Moderate off-white head. Aroma of malts, chestnuts and over-ripe fruits, hints of solvent. Slightly sweet flavour, with the same elements as in the aroma. Might be somewhat better fresh, but probably not my cup of tea under any circumstance.
Sep 03, 2022
Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania
2.75/5 rDev -21.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.75/5 rDev -21.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Almost clear dark amber color with beige head. Aroma has some toasted malt but not much else. Taste is quite weird. Earthy, slightly astringent, bready, maybe just a hint of chestnut. Light body, medium carbonation. Overall it's quite disappointing.
Jan 09, 2017
Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan
4.33/5 rDev +23.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.33/5 rDev +23.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I tried this at Open Baladin in Roma. This was brewed with chestnuts, and something I wanted to try more to experience an uniquely Italian take on a style (amber ales) I wouldn’t normally prioritize over other offerings (sours, IPAs, etc).
This pours the color of caramel amber with a tan crema atop it. There’s a light aroma which I can best describe as caramel malt with a hint of floral notes. It’s akin to a Belgian amber with a rounded floral yet drying, sweet finish, perhaps from the chestnuts? This beer is pleasing and floral and not at all what I had expected. Style-bias aside, which seems to be the case, I believe this beer is an excellent representation of the Italian style (using localized, specific ingredients, such as the chestnuts). Besides, it was fun to try for the first time.
May 15, 2013This pours the color of caramel amber with a tan crema atop it. There’s a light aroma which I can best describe as caramel malt with a hint of floral notes. It’s akin to a Belgian amber with a rounded floral yet drying, sweet finish, perhaps from the chestnuts? This beer is pleasing and floral and not at all what I had expected. Style-bias aside, which seems to be the case, I believe this beer is an excellent representation of the Italian style (using localized, specific ingredients, such as the chestnuts). Besides, it was fun to try for the first time.
Reviewed by corby112 from Pennsylvania
2.65/5 rDev -24.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.65/5 rDev -24.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Pours an opaque dark amber, chestnut brown color with a one finger light beige head that quickly settles into a thin ring. Minimal spots of lace left behind.
Earthy, spicy aroma with soily/dirty hops, pepper, sweet malt and dark fruit. As it warms, the malts come forward with hints of hazelnut, caramel, toffee, coffee bean and toast. Strange combination of yeast, spice and hops in the nose.
Medium bodied with light carbonation and a slightly syrupy, medicinal fell. Zesty spice and grassy, piny hops give off some dry bitterness that lingers over the spices and malt backbone into a dry finish. Hints of pepper and cinnamon followed by caramel malt, nut and toffee. Slight astringent finish which is too dry for my preference.
Sep 05, 2012Earthy, spicy aroma with soily/dirty hops, pepper, sweet malt and dark fruit. As it warms, the malts come forward with hints of hazelnut, caramel, toffee, coffee bean and toast. Strange combination of yeast, spice and hops in the nose.
Medium bodied with light carbonation and a slightly syrupy, medicinal fell. Zesty spice and grassy, piny hops give off some dry bitterness that lingers over the spices and malt backbone into a dry finish. Hints of pepper and cinnamon followed by caramel malt, nut and toffee. Slight astringent finish which is too dry for my preference.
Reviewed by Gambrinus1184 from Connecticut
3.17/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
3.17/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a tulip-shaped Duvel glass. Split a bottle between frostpool and my dad.
A: Dark, golden honey color with loads of carbonation bubbles building to a small head of crackling off-white foam before subsiding quickly and leaving little lacing.
S: Fruity profile laced with honey and spices. White pepper, coriander, cloves and white grape skins make up the nose.
T: Light, sweet, mild bready malt flavors up front hit around mid palate by a rush of honey and spices. Sort of a chewy, wheat and sediment flavor before finishing dry, with a mild bitterness and honey resin.
M: Rather light-bodied and thin in many areas. The sediment and spicy chew didn't help the feel in my opinion.
O: This bottle was past prime, but even at its peak, its probably bears close resemblance in flavor, which is a mild, slightly bready, spiced honey beer that borders on mead-like qualities. It's extremely mild and still flavorful enough at 4.2% ABV to try again perhaps with a honey-braid pretzel twist and whole-grain English mustard.
Jun 21, 2011A: Dark, golden honey color with loads of carbonation bubbles building to a small head of crackling off-white foam before subsiding quickly and leaving little lacing.
S: Fruity profile laced with honey and spices. White pepper, coriander, cloves and white grape skins make up the nose.
T: Light, sweet, mild bready malt flavors up front hit around mid palate by a rush of honey and spices. Sort of a chewy, wheat and sediment flavor before finishing dry, with a mild bitterness and honey resin.
M: Rather light-bodied and thin in many areas. The sediment and spicy chew didn't help the feel in my opinion.
O: This bottle was past prime, but even at its peak, its probably bears close resemblance in flavor, which is a mild, slightly bready, spiced honey beer that borders on mead-like qualities. It's extremely mild and still flavorful enough at 4.2% ABV to try again perhaps with a honey-braid pretzel twist and whole-grain English mustard.
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.88/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: The beer is hazy brownish yellow in color and poured with a thin creamy white head that gradually died down and left a ring of bubbles around the edge of the glass.
S: There are moderate aromas in the nose along with some hints of chestnuts and toffee.
T: Similar to the smell, the taste has flavors of chestnuts, notes of caramel and hints of honey. The nutty flavors become stronger as the beer warms up.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The beer is very easy to drink and the chestnuts make the flavor very unique.
May 15, 2011S: There are moderate aromas in the nose along with some hints of chestnuts and toffee.
T: Similar to the smell, the taste has flavors of chestnuts, notes of caramel and hints of honey. The nutty flavors become stronger as the beer warms up.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The beer is very easy to drink and the chestnuts make the flavor very unique.
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