Birra del Borgo Duchessic

Brewed by Birra del Borgo
Style: Saison
Borgorose, Italy

Serve in Tulip

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Birra fantastica molto bella da vedere da annusare, da bere! Va giù che è un piacere, birra estiva perfetto incrocio tra saison e soprattutto cantillon! Dimenticavo acida ma non all’eccesso!

Pours a hazy peachy ochre color with a big frothy head that stays around for the length of the beer. On the nose great aromas of strawberry, stonefruit, wet hay and floral touches of lavender and grassy hops. On the palate this beer is a beautiful blend of my two favorite style... saison and lambic ! Yum, all the components are there... rustic round earthy flavors with wild yeasty herbalness from the saison... balanced with bright sour fruit touches of basement funk and amazing lingering lemon summer barnyard notes ! Top Notch

Exceptional beer! Poured at a good temperature with an enormous, fluffy, frothy, foamy, off-white, billowy head that very slowly settled and loads of sticky lace. Color is a very slightly hazy amber with many bubble trails. Aroma is yeast, citrus and pears, malt, crackers. Flavors very close to nose, ever so slightly sweet, great bitter and carbonic tang balance. Body and carbonation are perfect. Finish is like flavor with a neat slight sweetness up front and astringency in back, fairly long, and drinkable for a tart brew.

Pours a clear golden color, bone white collar and decent staying power. Smells of musty lemon, hay, barnyard and funk aromas as well. In the taste, mild wheat malt, aggressive sourness from the Cantillion blend. Sour lemon, mild wheat and clove flavors, and mild bitterness. Finish is drying, sour and beckons for another sip. Overall, a really nice farmhouse ale with ample sourness.

Bottle. Pours a light tangerine with loads of bubbly head and very active carbonation. Nose is apricot, nectarine pit fruit, lemon and funk. Flavor is amazingly sour with lots of fruity tones to keep it interesting. This is fantastic stuff!

Hazy golden with a big white sustained white head, nice lacing... Lemony very very tart, sweet tart aroma, light pepper... TArt sprees, lemony, dry, medium body, amazing flavor, great yeasty fruity Saison flavor then a punch to the face of brashness... Medium body dry finish... Awesome awesome...

Bottle at Churchkey in Washington DC. A: hazy yellow, same color as a urinary tract infection (but in a good way). Larger than expected white head that lasts longer than expected. Great lacing. Simply amazing aroma, combo of freshly mown grass, barnyard, hay bales and horse stall. Taste starts with light citrus and bread, continues to a musty finish with the barest hint of bitterness. Body is lighter than expected. This might improve with age. The aroma is everything. definitely a unique brew.

UPDATED: DEC 31, 2009 (Bottled, 0.75l) Opaque orange with a smallish head. Very fresh and pleasant aroma with a touch of lambic sourness and earthy saisony notes. Flavor is pale-malty, slightly tart and very well balanced. Medium body, soft carbonation, very refreshing palate. I liked the Duchessa, and this is even better - a great summer drink.

Bottle. Pours a beautiful cloudy straw gold with tons of tiny carbonation bubbles. A quick medium white head. Aroma is great slight funk tartness not over powering a nice tropical fruit good sweet malt and a tinge of bright citrus and a good honey note. i love it. Flavor is a bit weaker than expected but very nice slight lemon and a tiny tart funk extremly easy to drink and unbelievably refreshing. I love this beer wish more was available would make a great session beer

12.7oz bottle. Unfiltered orange-tan body, steady creamy white head. Attractive slow champagne carbonation bubbles rising. Bigtime funky aroma, more earthy Saison than straight up sour. Medium bodied, very refreshing and enjoyable. Lemon-lime notes, some creamy yeast. Really enjoyable beverage.