Especial Mars
Contreras in Gavere, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Farmhouse - Bière de Mars Spring|
Score
6.52
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In the past most breweries used to brew a 'March beer', a special beer that was brewed during spring. Brewery Contreras is one of the few breweries that still maintains this tradition. Brewed since 1898.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(bottle, with thanks to bierkoning!) Almost clear, amber to copper colour with mid-sized, slowly lacing tanned foamy head. Moderately sweet, slightly dusty toast-malty aroma with caramel, subtle fruity (berries, dates) and noticeable alcoholic notes. Sweet flavour, medium body, smooth carbonation. Toast-malty taste with caramel and a subtle fruitiness; sweet, slightly spicy and bitter finish with a bit of alcohol coming through. Decent brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2007
at 05:06
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
(Bottle 33 cl) Pours a cloudy, dark amber with a creamy, beige head. Somewhat impure malty nose. Surprisingly full and sweet body with notes of burned caramel. Lightly metallic edge. Considering the only 4.8% ABV this is quite rich and tasty. 060706
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2006
at 07:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Hazy orange colour, big foamy head. Aroma is flowery and hoppy with hints of fruits. Flavour is fruity with some nutty hints. Also hops is present. Wellbalanced and ok. Aftertaste fruity and yeasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2006
at 09:53
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled, alc. 6.5% (BB 07/2007)
My 500th Belgian rating.
Hazy orange color, big orangy head. Sticky orange fruity-rye-alcoholic aroma. Fruity, yeasty, biter flavor - maybe some orange peels found too. Woody dryness in the aftertaste. Basic Belgian ale, not a real winner.
My 500th Belgian rating.
Hazy orange color, big orangy head. Sticky orange fruity-rye-alcoholic aroma. Fruity, yeasty, biter flavor - maybe some orange peels found too. Woody dryness in the aftertaste. Basic Belgian ale, not a real winner.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2006
at 00:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Clear dark amber. Buttery malt aroma. Sweet with soft, rich, delicate malt character but also a wealth of carbonization. Grassy and lightly roasty. Overcarbonated, but what a fantastic malt flavour!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2005
at 09:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle Frothy, off-white head - moslty diminishing. Spare lace. Amber, sparkling body. Toffee, herbs, medicine in the aroma. Medium to fully bodied. Averagily carbonation. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet initial flavour. Lightly bitter (averagily long finish. Actually I don’t get why this is so superb.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2004
at 23:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A hazy amber beer with beutiful light brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of corriiander, bannana, and mango. The flavor is very acidic which prickles the tongue combined with notes of lemongrass and hints of bannana. A very interesting beer.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2004
at 16:54