Amiata Bastarda Rossa

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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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.

29/10/2011 75cl bottle @ hotel room, from Gradi Plato, Rome - BB: 28/7/12 (2011-591)

Cloudy deep orange to amber beer, creamy off-white head, pretty stable, nice lacing, adhesive. Aroma: upon opening a quite a bit of cork (from wine bottles), woody, then sweetness kicks in in the form of caramel and honey. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: bit dusty, citrus fruits, wood, rotten fruits, bitter hops, caramel, bitter chocolate. Aftertaste: bitter almonds, some sweet peaches. Couldn’t exactly detect the chestnut, even though I tried. Maybe I just don’t know what chestnuts taste like. :p

UPDATED: OCT 26, 2011 Bu en bouteille @ moeder lambic fontainas Belle robe rousse, doré. Bière douce et legerement ronde. Belle tenue de bouche. Rafraichissante. Elegante Nez legerement fume Debut de bouche fruité et épicé. Fin de bouche sur une belle note de chataigne.

Bottle from Domus Birrae. Pours slightly ruddy hazy amber with a creamy beige head. Light aroma of malt, herb and something strange. Med bodey. Flavor is fruity and herby with something strange - which apparently is chestnut. Not very bitter, but quite pleasant.

Bottle at GBBF 2011, Day 1, shared with Ken and Paul. Pours a clearish, golden-red with a mild, foamy head. Dusty malt nose, slight tang evident. Mild earth in the flavor, some toast, bit of toffee, pleasant sweetness. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Toast and faint smoke to finish, light caramel. Nice. Chestnuts don’t get no respect.

Bottle at GBBF 2011. It pours orange-amber, with a thin foamy beige head. The nose is orange, smoke, bonfire, farmyard and light sourness. The taste is tart orange, cream soda, lemon, mango, apricot and wood with a dry finish. Moderate body and soft carbonation. An interesting beer.

Con castañas. Color ámbar, con una espuma de color beige muy bonito y compacto. Olor al castaño, malta, y ligeramente a miel. Sabor a castañas. No está mal, pero a lo mejor resulta un poco demasiado dulce. Tal vez un poco monótona.

Birra-base alla castagna dell’Amiata, era la prima volta che l’assaggiavo, ottima impressione: sentori fortemente sbruciacchiati al naso, poco erbaceo, bella castagna, discreta complessità, mi dice Simone che è particolarmente in forma. Bene bene.

UPDATED: MAR 23, 2011 Bottiglia. Ambrata, media schiuma. Aroma inconsistente. In bocca sgradevole, il sapore di castagna è poco convincente e la rende eccessivamente dolciastra. Finale incerto. Peccato.

Sicuramente ho beccato una bottiglia sfortunata, perchè l’aspetto non era male, ma già dall’aroma notavo qualcosa che poi purtroppamente( grande cetto) si è rivelato anche al palato.

@Mondial de la Bière 2010, Strasbourg - cloudy dark brown colour with a moderate head retention; aroma of malt, biscuit and chestnut; medium-bodied and slightly sour, a fair hoppiness and a long malty biscuity finish