Amiata Bastarda Rossa

Brewed by Birra Amiata
Style: Belgian Ale
Arcidosso (GR), Italy

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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[Italian Blind tasting @ yespr, Bottle 21#] Hazy amber with floaties and a medium white head. Sourish aroma with smoky and yeasty notes. Sourish flavor with toasted malt, caramel, citric and smoky notes. Clearly infected.

Blind tasting @ Yespr. Light brown with a creamy head and a lot of sediment in the glass. The aroma has hints of smoke and notes of citrus. The flavour has sweetness, light notes of smoke, citrus, malt, light candy sugar, and it ends on a sweet and slightly smoky note.

Bottle#21: 75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Mild spiced aroma with a light yeasty note. Flavour is yeasty, slight acidic and with a medium dry caramel malt base. Ends spiced and with a mild herbal note.

2008-05-30, blind tasting at Yespr’s, 6-3-6-3-10=28
Cloudy light amber color. Sweetish and perfumy aroma, with a light sourness and smokey touch. Medium body; it seems to be a quite simple Ale, with sweetish malt flavor, but with a small infection in it (hence the low Overall rating).

2008-05-25, bottle, 5-5-5-3-10=28
Cloudy amber color, creamy head, and overcarbonation. There is some malt, and a light smokey touch from the chestnuts; but like the one I had on draught, this one as well shows signs of infection.

2008-03-28, draught at Salone della Birra Artigianale e di Qualità 2008, Milan, 5-5-5-3-10=28
Cloudy amber color; creamy head. It’s a quite common Ale, but also some characteristics are covered by a probably light infection.

So, in the end, I had it 3 times and each time it was infected… probably chestnuts are not suitable for brewing.

#21 Bottle 75 cl. [Mafioso testing @ yespr, thanks buddy] Average off-white foamy head that mostly diminished. Fair display of lacework. Light cloudy amber color with particles in flow. Aroma of grain, caramel, fruit, mild sour notes. Light bodied with a soft carbonation. Light sweet and sour flavor. Fruity sour finish. 5 / 3 / 4 / 2 / 9 = 2.3

Numero ventuno de la degustazione cieco in casa di yespr. Botella. Amber reddish colour. The aroma is malty and fruity. Soft mouthfeel. The flavour has toasted malt, caramel, spices, some sourness and fruits. Mild bitter finish.

Bottle #21 at yesprs mafioso blind tasting. Hazy orange coloured with floaties and a medium sized off white ehad. Sweet aroma of malts, caramel, fruits and flowers. Fruity flavour of caramel, spices, flowers and hops with acidic notes.

Draught at "Salone della Birra Artigianale 2008" - Milan.
Red clearly color with discreet and rather hazy fizzy aspect. Evanescent head. Singed cereal and malty aroma nose. Acrid taste with pleasant notes of anise and spices.