Birra del Borgo Castang’Ale (Castanha)

Brewed by Birra del Borgo
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Borgorose, Italy

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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750ml bottle, cloudy amber hue, with a big frothy white head, yeasty, fruity, faint chestnut butter nose, with some ripe apple, pear esters, with a cookie dough, toasted, caramel, biscuity malt accent, with a soft multigrain granol bar, floral grassy hop note in the aroma follows through on amedium-palate with a yeasty, toasted, caramelized, biscuity, bready malt, light fruity ripe apple character, with a mild cookie dough, chestnut butter, dried dark fruit flavours upfront, and a hint of smoked, roasted chestnuts, and a faint flowery grassy, leafy hop undertone, leading towards a fruity yeastiness, malty, chestnut nuttiness, bready, lingering grassy hop bitterness finish.

Bottle at DBF2012. Clear amber with small white head. Aroma medium malty (caramel, fruity, roasted). Flavor medium sweet, light bitter of roasted chestnuts. Medium body.

Bottle @ DØE Øl Festival 2012. Clear golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops and a little caramel. Flavour is malt, fruit, medium sweet, citrus, little caramel and a little bitter.

Hazy copper colour. Fruity malty aroma. Soft texture. As the beer warms slightly the nuttiness becomes detectable. Light hoppy finish.

Sample from bottle, CBF 2012. Clear, golden colour with a white, fluffy head. Sweet and yeasty aroma with berries and caramel, faint note of roasted chestnuts. Sweet taste. Light to medium body with a thinnish texture. Finishes sweet with caramel malts, citrus, yeast and berries. Nice.

Bottle. Low fluffy and quickly disappearing white head. Hazy brown body. Mild sweet fruity caramel aroma. Mild sweet fruity nutty caramel flavor with a solid malt base but little hops bitterness. Low carbonation.. Short aftertaste.

Pours a hazy and light brown beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is malt, chestnut, yeast and caramel. The flavor follows the nose. The palate is sweetness. Overall this is an average beer.

Pours amber with a small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, co2 and apple. Flavour is malt, fruit, apple, yeast and light citrus.

Bottle, bought @ LIVA, Kolding. Pours light hazy darkish golden, big, frothy, white. Aroma is sweet, nutty, mild. Medium carbonation, kinda dry and creamy mouthfeel. Flavour has mild nuts, caramel, light toffee. Fairly dry finish. Okay.

Odense IBM Club tasting. Hazy dark golden with a small white head. Malty aroma with fruity yeast and a hint of nuts. Sweetish malty flavour with biscuit and nuts, and a yeasty finish

nuts, amber, hazy, minimal head, white foam, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, light body, average carbonation,