Dark Star Old Chestnut

Brewed by Dark Star
Style: Old Ale
Horsham, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Cask at the Draft House Tower Bridge, deep red-brown with a fluffy head, soft and malty, a little nuts and caramel, tasty.

cask @ Lortica. Dark amber color, low caronation, dry and spicy flavored. Great bitterness and simple taste. Very good beer english style.

Tap @ The Harp. Pours deep red brown with a nice beige head. Aroma is malty, caramel, a bit fruity and a bit bready. Flavor is fruity, malty, caramel and a bit bitter. Finishes malty and bitter.

Cask at the Craft Beer Co. It pours dark brown, with a thick foamy beige head and low carbonation. The nose is caramel, wood, leather and chocolate. The taste is sweet caramel, roasted malt, cola, wood, nut, burnt malt, wood, charcoal, coffee and chocolate, with a dry finish. Perhaps a bit thin, but what can you expect from this sort of alcohol percentage? Yet another tasty brew from Dark Star.

From cask at 4:20. Pours dark amber with a small tan head. Aroma is spiced and nutty. Spiced and dry nutty flavoured. Bitter and spiced into a dry finish. Simple.

26/04/2011 Brasserie 4:20 (cask). Spillata a pompa. Nera densa con riflessi color caffè, lieve cappello di schiuma morbida biancastra, non molto persistente. Al naso un po’ assente, si percepiscono il luppolo, il malto, sentori di castagna, ma senza lasciare il segno. In bocca si sente subito la castagna, il luppolo, un leggero fruttato. Alle lunga risulta un po’ stucchevole. Corpo medio, consistenza oleosa, carbonazione soft. Beverina, molto simile a una porter. Niente di che.

(Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki, 2011-03-21) The beer poured dark brown and clear. Its head was long lasting and light brown. Aroma had roastedness and nuts. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were roastedness, nuts, hops, mildly coffee and medium bitterness. Aftertaste was a little bit burnt and quite bitter. A tasty brew with a bit too harsh finish.

UPDATED: MAR 7, 2011 Bevuta a pompa alla Brasserie 4:20 (Roma) - Interessante lo stile, ma le preferisco la Original Dark Star. Al naso un po’ assente, mentre in bocca si percepisce abbastanza netta la castagna. Forse un po’ troppo speziata, alla lunga risulta stucchevole. Non male comunque.

Very faint cereal "chestnut" aroma. Clear dark Brown appearance. Thin non impressive taste of malts and absolutely no finish. I will concentrate on other beers.

Cask (Guide Dog, Southampton) - Dark brown with red tinges. Nutty and roasted aroma with hints of caramel and dried fruit. Nutty taste with roasted malt, caramel and fruit.