Birra del Borgo Duchessic

Duchessic

 

Birra del Borgo in Borgorose (RI), Lazio, Italy 🇮🇹

  Farmhouse - Saison Regular
Score
7.26
ABV: 5.9% IBU: - Ticks: 55
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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Undated bottle drunk 1/28/23. Clear, pale, brassy. Hint of warm honey. Small, white, frothy head clinging to edge. Nose is a bit oxidized, or suggests it anyways. Honey, vanilla, hint of strong bread and maybe a pinch of acetic acid mixing with cherry-like brett and mild lactic acidity. Not as much of the saison character as you'd hope for. Clean, however, no alcohol noted. Somehow not oxidized in the flavor despite the nose suggesting it. Instead, mineral, yellow fruits and moderate lactic acidity with mild, tart brett and a crisp, saison yeast snappiness on the finish. Cherry and mild acetic acid with hints of oak suggest the lambic but it's certainly not overdone or dominant. Clean.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2023 at 18:45


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Thanks Tim M. Cheesy, light Lambic sourness, funk and fizz. Light sourness, bit of a spritz. Interesting mix. Lychee like?

Tried on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:02


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Sexy little bottle. Pours out a golden topped with a white head. Nose is band aids funky barrel spice. Taste is more of the nice funky bugs barrel notes.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2017 at 17:05


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Dec. ’16. A 0.33 l bottle at Regina del Formaggio, Split. It poured a hazy golden body with a huge head. Fine, lemony, tart lambic and apricot aroma. Flavor was lightly sour and lightly sweet, showing some cider characteristics but on the other hand a typical lemony-chalky saison. That fruity sourness was balancing somewhere between green apple and lemon, with ton of chalk from yeast. Spiced up with cork and leather, this was quite complex beer although, as it’s a saison obviously, not very rich in flavors except dominating tartness. Thinner in body with moderately long finish which followed the flavor in leather and apple-lemon notes. Interesting blend I never thought about before, but it turned out excellent, ennobling base saison which is good anyway. Very refreshing and enjoyable summer beer.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2017 at 07:07


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample, 2-ounce, bottle, Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 8 2016; eye: golden, clear, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: acidity, sourness, green apple, light musk, slight wild yeasts, refreshing; mouth: acidity, sourness, green apple, light musk, slight wild yeasts, refreshing, acidic finale with presence of musk, medium body, below-average carbonation, slick texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Échantillon, 2 onces, bouteille, Mondial de la bière, savourée le 8 juin 2016; œil : dorée, limpide, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, aigreur, pomme verte, léger musc, très léger levures sauvages, rafraîchissant; bouche : acidité, aigreur, pomme verte, léger musc, très léger levures sauvages, rafraîchissant, finale acide avec présence de musc, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, texture coulante; en résumé : correct

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2016 at 15:01


Tried on 10 Jul 2016 at 00:14


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bouteille au Mondial 2016. Couleur dorée trouble, mousse blanc cassé. Arôme de levure, léger funk, malt. Goût de levure, funk, bonne acidité, malt. Carbonatation élevée, corps moyen.

Tried on 10 Jun 2016 at 20:40


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Hazy blond body. Off-white head. Hoppy, lightly sour head. Moderately sour, lightly bitter beer. Nicely balanced.

Tried on 27 May 2016 at 15:33


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Tasted at Vinni,Birri,Ribelli 2015. Pours blonde, small white head. Smell is funky. Taste is mildly sweet. Soft funk. Bit dry.

Tried on 29 Nov 2015 at 13:39


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Sampled 330 ml. bottle @ “Vini Birre Ribelli 2015”. Hazy citrus, only some white bubbles. Nose is rotting, milky, weird lactic, spoiled milk & spoiled grapes. Taste is rotting milky, bad lactic, sugar, corn, weird barn, pepper,… Milky body. No this isn’t right, not the good kind of wild for nor very lambiek-like. I have been told that vintages vary heavily in quality, enjoy-ability & taste. So I must have lucked out.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2015 at 02:59