Special Spelt (Leireken Witte Spelt Ale)
Leireken in Oedelem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Brouwerij StrubbeSpeciality Grain - Spelt Regular
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Score
5.82
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6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl bottle from Natuur, Antwerp. Thin creamy white head. Hazy light golden pour. Ok. Not my favourite style of beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2015
at 14:00
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pale yellow colored, floaters, almost no white head, instantly gone. Aroma is like a very watery Wit, weak coriander, spice and orange peel, bit soury. Taste is low sweet wheat, coriander, some sugary notes, yeast, bit of orange peel, slight acidity. Light+ bodied, watery texture, fizzy. (bottle, Leireken Bistro, Steenhuffel, B)
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2015
at 14:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Spelt beer in this series, intended to represent the ’witbier’ style but as a specialty grain, also tasted as Leireken Witte Spelt. Witbier-like with snow white, frothy head and golden blonde colour; fruity and yeasty, grainy, sweetish with the typical (but faint) spicy sourishness of spelt, weak citrussy touches. All in all a bit simple for this type of beer, but with a very high drinkability.
Tried
on 02 Sep 2014
at 11:39
3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 2
25 cl. bottle @ Bier Central // nice bottle & label, quite like it, the beer on the other hand is pretty terrible // pale golden with a patchy white head // smells like lemon cleaning agents, freaking bad lemonade and alternative grains, spelt I assume, bad as well is sugar and yeast or something // taste is disturbing, feels like I am drinking some cleaning agent, terrible alternative grains, incredibly chemical lemon, it is sweet as well, spices, corn, floral, yeast and some acid in the back // body is supposed to be light but not like an enjoyable way because of the taste, you know. bit less carb. // remainder was drank with tobasco, cut the taste somewhat and made it lightly spicy, too spicy to drink for some but more manageable for me // it is bad
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2012
at 11:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Leireken Special Spelt (Leireken Witte Spelt Ale) (by Brouwerij Strubbe):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
22/VII/2012 - 25cl bottle @ Erwin's place - BB: 2011 - (2012-739) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the bottle!
Clear blond beer, practically no head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: fruity, sweet malts, honey, sugary, oranges. MF: good carbon, medium to light body. Taste: some citrus, oranges, bit sweet, peach candy. Aftertaste: little bitter, more citrus and orange peel.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
22/VII/2012 - 25cl bottle @ Erwin's place - BB: 2011 - (2012-739) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the bottle!
Clear blond beer, practically no head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: fruity, sweet malts, honey, sugary, oranges. MF: good carbon, medium to light body. Taste: some citrus, oranges, bit sweet, peach candy. Aftertaste: little bitter, more citrus and orange peel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2012
at 10:01
6/10
Tried
on 27 Oct 2011
at 13:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Small soft bubbles form the white head of this beer. Beer tastes like the head. Fine beer for a nice warm day in the spring.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2011
at 16:42
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle 250ml @ home
Pours cloudy pale yellow with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, wheat, spelt and spices. Taste is light sweet. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Pours cloudy pale yellow with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, wheat, spelt and spices. Taste is light sweet. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2011
at 14:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
33cl bottle as Leireken Bio witte spelt blanche D’epeautre 5% clear yellow, smooth large white head. spicy yellow fruity aroma, slight citrussy, typical belgian aroma. flavor is spicy (from yeast i think), yellow fruity, slightly herbal, flowery. ends very slightly bitter. palate is a bit watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2011
at 12:50
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Weak grainy malt aroma with perfumed spice notes. Sweet yeasty flavour with a slightly tart finish
Tried
on 29 Dec 2010
at 13:37