Christmas Ale Special 2006
Birra del Borgo in Borgorose (RI), Lazio, Italy 🇮🇹
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Special Out of Production|
Score
6.74
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. A gusher when opened. A murky orange beer with lots of sediment floating around under a lazing tan head with small specks of sediment. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of oranges and caramel, but also a light plastic note. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of spices, caramel, and oranges, leading to a dry spicy finish, the spices include cinnamon and cloves. Drunk a month prior to the best before date - should probably have a shorter best before date on it, since I think the gushing is due to too much refermentation in the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2008
at 15:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Unclear light to medium amber color with a huge, frothy, excellent lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, hay, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, peper, spices, pepper. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, and moderate bitter with a long to average duration, and a nice dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is lively to soft. (171107)
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2007
at 09:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle bought in Tivoli gardens. Pours amber with a light brown head. Aroma of spices, roasted/caramel malt. Flavour is sweet, somewhat fruity and spicy/herbal. Dry finish. Overall an enjoying Christmas brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2007
at 14:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is hop, cellar notes, fruit. Flavour is sweet, hop, cellar notes. Mild and easy drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2007
at 05:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled, 75cl. Amber, with lots of micro-floaties and a nice beige head. Roasted, spiced, malty, sweet aroma with caramel. The flavor and finish is more on the hoppy side, with spicyness and caramel as well. It has a medium to full body. Nice italian!. (061229
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2007
at 16:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught. Weak hay aroma. Very cloudy red/brown colour, small head. Solid, creamy mouthfeel. OK flavour, yeasty and malty. Nicely balanced with pepper notes and aroma hoppiness. Unfortunately finishes with a rubbery feeling.
Tried
on 17 Jan 2007
at 12:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml bottle. Reddish with floaters and a beige head. Hoppy aroma. Really nice, harmonic flavor. Hops and spices with a sweet and malty finish. A beer with a true warming Christmas feeling.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2006
at 16:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
(Bottle 75 cl) Clear, orangey brown with a creamy, beige head. Lightly spicy, sweetish caramel nose. Quite full-bodied with sweetish malty and lightly medicinal, herbal accents with a distinct, underlying sweetness. Ends fairly dry though. 281006
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2006
at 10:17