Castagnale
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Birra del BorgoBrewed at/by: Everards Brewery
Brown Ale Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.40
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Leonardo di Vincenzo has travelled from Birra Del Borgo brewery to Everards brewery in Leicestershire to re-create this beer especially for this Wetherspoon real-ale festival. It is deep amber in colour, with an aroma combining spicy malt with caramel and ripe-fruit notes, leading to a flavour of smooth malt, soft chestnuts and delicate honey hints, plus a long aftertaste of roasted chestnuts.
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29/10/2010. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 29 Nov 2022
at 09:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Notes found recently from a 2010 Wetherspoon Beer Festival. Excellent body but less impressive in taste.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2014
at 16:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ The Standing Order, 62-66 George St, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2LR.>Clear medium to dark red brown to amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty - chestnuts, overripped fruit, roasted notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101029]
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2011
at 12:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading] Deep amber, moderate creamy head. Sweet treacley malt aroma. Taste is dominated by wonderful roasted chestnuts. Lots of hazelnut too. The treacle and sweet malt is still there behind it all, and there’s some green leafy hops too. Just a hint of bitterness, but this is all about the sweet smooth chestnuts. Lovely stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Nov 2010
at 13:19
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Central Bar JDW. Pours dark copper with a light, filmy beige head. Mild malt aroma with caramel, sugar syrup and nuts. Flavor has light to medium sweetness, with decent caramel and bread notes, faint maple, and some modest earthen hops. Light bodied with fine carbonation. The finish is quite dry, a little bready and sweet, with just light bitterness. Very basic character overall but not altogether bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2010
at 08:05
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From cask at The Turnhouse. Pours clear and golden orange to hazzlenut brown with a small tan head. Aroma is mild fruity and caramelish. Light fruity, malty and caramelish. Vague nutty touch. Sweet and rather subdued bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2010
at 07:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
JDW Fest Autumn 2010
Cask @ Sir John Moore, JDW. Amber colour, off-white head. Aroma is vegetables, caramel malts. Flavour is caramel malts, some fruits, a bit nutty. Slightly sweet finish.
Cask @ Sir John Moore, JDW. Amber colour, off-white head. Aroma is vegetables, caramel malts. Flavour is caramel malts, some fruits, a bit nutty. Slightly sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Nov 2010
at 12:23
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol 2/11/10. Brown with a decent, off-white head. Sweet, red fruits and caramel aroma with a touch of hazelnut. Flavour was much the same with a decent, bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Nov 2010
at 15:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, handpump at a JDW in Leith, Nr Edinburgh in company of Craig, Rob and his mate (sorry forgot name) & Loz 29.10.10 Pours dark amber in colour. BIt chewy in the mouth, there was some dispute amongst our group over whether there were indeed chestnuts in this or whether chestnut was just the description of the colour (Rob’s theory) , I personally found there to be a nutty creamy taste which I would liken to a chestnut, distinctly fruity, tasty beer. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov13 3.2
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2010
at 13:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at Society Rooms, JDW, Maidstone. Dark brown colour thick lasting beige head. Some caramel and toffee. Not much if any nuts. It’s a toffeeish best bitter. Not huge hop finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2010
at 05:20