Castaña Asada
Santocristo in San Cibrao das Viñas, Galicia, Spain 🇪🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
6.35
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Dark Smokey ale with roasted chestnut
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Aroma is malt, suprisingly potent smoke, spices, caramel, nuts, leaves, hint of dried fruits. Flavour is above moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter. Body is medium. Nicely smoked and a bit spiced, tasty with leaves and notes of nuts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Copper color. Aroma of caramelised malt, smoke and earthy tones. Taste has caramelised malt, soft smoke, ripe fruit, sweet-ish earthy tones that remind me of mushrooms and yeast. Not bad, but could be more outspoken. Bit like a smokey bock.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2017
at 16:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Color: Dark ruby brown, dense light brown head. Taste: Starting more on the sweet side, burned (chest)nut, red fruit, hints of smoke and bread. Finish is going to the more bitter and spicy side. Sticky mouthfeel. Nice beer but missing just a bit of balance and complexity in my opinion.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2017
at 10:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
33 cl bottle served in white wine glass. Pours hazy reddish brown, off-white head. Aroma is strawberry jam. Period. Oily, slick, high-carb. Full-bodied. No bitterness in the medium to low lasting finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2017
at 06:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
hazy dark amber colour, huge, approx 2 inches dense bright beige-ish head; aroma of moderate smoked cheese, roasted bread and some dried fruits (maybe plum); taste of (over-)roasted bread, smoked notes, some dried fruits, syrupy sweetness and mild lactic acid notes; correct beer, though I don’t really feel roasted chestnut in it
Tried
on 22 Jan 2017
at 08:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330 ml bottle, bb Jun 17. Thanks to my EU Local Swap 2/2016 sender Taboada!
Copper-brown, cloudy body, with a big, creamy, lacing, beige head.
Aroma of smoke, caramel, candy, cola, nuts.
Tastes of caramel, chocolate, dark bread, roasted nuts, some smoke, some herbs.
Medium, oily mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation.
Finishes roasty, moderate smokey, with dark chocolate, toast, some herbs, alcohol warmth.
Nice one. Quite varied, with a good mix of roasty, sweet and well integrated, moderate smokey notes. Maybe not fully balanced, with a slightly harsh finish, while still an interesting beer.
Copper-brown, cloudy body, with a big, creamy, lacing, beige head.
Aroma of smoke, caramel, candy, cola, nuts.
Tastes of caramel, chocolate, dark bread, roasted nuts, some smoke, some herbs.
Medium, oily mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation.
Finishes roasty, moderate smokey, with dark chocolate, toast, some herbs, alcohol warmth.
Nice one. Quite varied, with a good mix of roasty, sweet and well integrated, moderate smokey notes. Maybe not fully balanced, with a slightly harsh finish, while still an interesting beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 15:42
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rather a murky brown look. Aroma has a fair amount of candy sugar, sweet fruit. Flavour has a bit hit of smoke. Slightly leathery and peaty even. They mention that there’s no smoked malts in this. Maybe the chestnuts were heavily smoked/roasted though. Nuts tend to add body and texture to a beer but not with this one. It’s interesting and fairly pleasant but just not quite right.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2016
at 15:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Taboada, many thanks. Amber color with medium white head. Fruity, light sour aroma. Taste, malt, wood, chestnut, Brett, hoppy bitterness in finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2016
at 12:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at L?Artisanale. Very promising aroma but the taste does not live up to it not the least. It is astringent, poorly drinkable. Rerate bottle shared at a tasting. Moderately smoky, barely noticeable chestnut - it seems it drowned in the smoke. But otherwise it is more or less interesting and enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2015
at 14:17
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle 33 cl. Pours a hazy amber with a fizzy, quickly dissipating beige head. Aroma has some initial burned caramel which is quickly overpowered by a heavily smoky note. Solid, malty body, ashy, smoky note. I don’t really get much chestnut - just smoke and ashes. Hence not really much of a chestnut beer. 201015
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2015
at 05:55