Underneath the Spreading Chestnut Tree
Mad Hatter Brewing Co in Liverpool, Merseyside, England 🏴
Brown Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.88
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This brown ale is fantastically nutty thanks to the addition of chestnut flour, yet remains wonderfully sessionable.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from the Grumpy Goat, Reading. Chestnut in hue (to match the name) with a lasting beige head and a middling fizz. Roasted chestnuts up front (yep, this beer certainly lives up to its name, and I'm pretty sure it's not autosuggestion). Black pepper, Dundee cake, crisp dry leaves, rich roasted malt, leaf mulch and pecan pie. Nuts may be the main theme, but there's a lot more than that going on here - it's a full-flavoured (but we'll balanced) and very satisfying brew that slips down very easily and is very more-ish. A great autumnal beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2018
at 22:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
10/6/2018. Bottle from Hopsters, Ipswich. Pours clear bronze brown with a foamy off-white head. Aroma of chestnut, chocolate, toffee, coffee, roasted malt and nut. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, slight watery texture, average to soft carbonation. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2018
at 16:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Murky, brown colour with average to huge, frothy to macropore, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Sweet-ish, nuttily malty and slightly leafy aroma, hints of nougat and milk chocolate. Taste is sweet-ish, nuttily malty, slightly dry, leafy hoppy, hints of hazelnut, nougat, a fruity touch of mandarine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2018
at 18:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours deep reddish brown, nose is caramel, nutty, roasted, taste is sweet toffee, nutty, chewy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2018
at 09:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy brown with thin head. Aroma and flavour certainly have a nutty sweetness.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2018
at 20:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Ales by Mail shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas are nutty, caramel. Taste is nutty too. Praline, light chocolate. Good brown ale!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2018
at 13:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - dark brown with red or plummy shades. Neat lacy head. Nose - loads of nuts and toffee. Taste - praline, hazelnuts and toffee. Palate - medium bodied , creamy and elegant through the finish. Overall - lovely beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2018
at 13:23
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Many thanks to Erzengel for sharing! A hazy reddish brown beer with a small beige head. Aroma of hazelnuts, chestnut, caramel, brown sweet malt. Taste of sweet brown malt, chestnut, hazelnuts, caramel, nice!
Tried
on 28 Jan 2018
at 20:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Many thanks to Grumbo for this bottle! Great nutty malty beginning. Not too sweetish, intense and rich, the roasted malt is smooth, hazelnuts / chestnuts, moderate bitter. Full-bodied, round and malty with a great hazelnut-malty aftertaste. Nice sessionable and deep nutty roasted brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2018
at 16:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 330ml. @ [ Højbjerg Tasting ] - Saxo House, Højbjerg - Aarhus, Denmark. [ As Mad Hatter Underneath the Spreading Chestnut Tree ].Clear medium brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, roasted, dark malt, caramel - toasted. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, dark malt, roasted, nutty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20171118] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2018
at 10:12