Wanda
La Birreria
- From:
- La Birreria
- New York, United States
- Style:
- English Dark Mild Ale
Ranked #58 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #32,927 - Avg:
- 3.6 | pDev: 12.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 02, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 08, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Chestnut mild ale. Chestnuts are a unique brewing ingredient in Italy. Eataly Birreria’s Wanda is a moderate dark traditional mild ale with hints of roasted chestnuts.
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.33/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
RB transfer
Jul 02, 2025
Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
3.75/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A-Pours a dark amber color with a nice head and lacing
A-Aroma has hop and malt hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a hop and malt flavor flavor
M-A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
O-A good beer
Sep 16, 2015A-Aroma has hop and malt hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a hop and malt flavor flavor
M-A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
O-A good beer
Reviewed by Boto from Connecticut
3.77/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Draught @ Birreria: This one poured a ruby tinged chestnut brown color. It has a bit of an off-white head that leaves a little lacing. An interesting nose. Definitely a whiff of chestnuts. Some sweet malts also. The taste is good. Body was a hair lighter than I expected. A little yeasty and bready, hints of the chestnuts, malts. Interesting and definitely worth having a second one.
Feb 03, 2013
Reviewed by axeman9182 from New Jersey
3.76/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.76/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served on cask in a pint glass at Birreria.
Wanda pours a dark mahogany, lightening slightly towards amber at the very edge of the glass. The khaki colored foam is initially about two fingers tall atop the beer. While there's much lacing left behind, the head never really goes away completely either, there's at least a dusting of it all the way down the pint glass. The nose is disappointingly weak, though some toasty bread and nutty aromas are appreciable. The flavor profile has a little more life to it. Bread and biscuit maltiness and a definite nuttiness are the main attraction again here, but a subtle roasty, chocolate note creeps in to add a little depth to the beer. The body isn't overly chewy or rich, but it does have a little bit of sturdiness to it. The carbonation is predictably low given that it's served on cask, but that plays just fine with this beer. I enjoyed Wanda a bit more than the other Birrera beer I had (a witbier), and it's much more conducive to he cask conditioning they do with all their beers.
Aug 15, 2012Wanda pours a dark mahogany, lightening slightly towards amber at the very edge of the glass. The khaki colored foam is initially about two fingers tall atop the beer. While there's much lacing left behind, the head never really goes away completely either, there's at least a dusting of it all the way down the pint glass. The nose is disappointingly weak, though some toasty bread and nutty aromas are appreciable. The flavor profile has a little more life to it. Bread and biscuit maltiness and a definite nuttiness are the main attraction again here, but a subtle roasty, chocolate note creeps in to add a little depth to the beer. The body isn't overly chewy or rich, but it does have a little bit of sturdiness to it. The carbonation is predictably low given that it's served on cask, but that plays just fine with this beer. I enjoyed Wanda a bit more than the other Birrera beer I had (a witbier), and it's much more conducive to he cask conditioning they do with all their beers.
Reviewed by DrinkSlurm from New York
3.53/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Review from notes:
Poured from cask at the Birreria into pint glass. Pours a hazy brown, not much head. Sweet malty and nutty aromas. Taste is similar, of nutty sweet malts. Very lacking in wow, especially for $10 a glass... Its ok, but not amazing. I expected much more...
Jun 13, 2012Poured from cask at the Birreria into pint glass. Pours a hazy brown, not much head. Sweet malty and nutty aromas. Taste is similar, of nutty sweet malts. Very lacking in wow, especially for $10 a glass... Its ok, but not amazing. I expected much more...
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