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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organic beer with Spelt
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4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Odense Tasting, December 2010. Pours clear yellow with a large white head. Nose is vaguely tart. Dry and thin flavor. Wheat, citrus and green apples. Thin palate . .
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2010
at 12:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Creamy white excellent mostly lasting head. Pale yellow colour. moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Some citrus/yeasty notes. Light bitter fruity flavor. Spelt present. Average light bitter flavor. Oily palate. Special beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2010
at 10:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 2010-01-17, Göteborg Good thx that they have change the lable! AR: begisch yeast, pear ice cream (päron split AP: apple purée (cloudy), wee diminshing white head F: same yeast as above, apple and peery tones, dry and sharp finish a bit odd ie not an ordinary beverage - you like or you disslike, I like! Sediment: as the rest but a bit more sour, still drinkable but would not add anything to the beer shaken in....
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2010
at 15:24
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
250 ml, bottle brought by Rune to the second beer session in Tårnrommet 13.01.09. Hazy with white head. Aroma of fruits and flowers. Sweet flavour of banana, peach, a hint of citrus and yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2009
at 01:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pale golden with white head, hints of yeast in the aroma, and has sediments in the bottle that adds a yeasty flavor, olso citrus in the flavor - nice bitterness - nice beer
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2009
at 15:41
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Erasmus ... light yellow ... odd banana nose ... light fizzy and dry ... again some banana.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Aug 2009
at 03:38
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
bottle pours golden, thick white head. Aroma is grainy with clear nose of buckwheat, yeasty, citrus. Taste, buckwheat grain had for a different grainy palate, light bitterness with some citronelle / citrus finish that was closer to a witbier.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2009
at 08:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle) Pale yellow and hazy - turns cloudy towards the end of the bottle. Medium sized and fizzy white head. Fruitiness, coriander and citricnes in aroma. Medium bodied palate with quite high carbonation. Fruitiness, citricness, bitterness, coriander and yeast in taste. Fruity aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2009
at 12:18
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Apperance; Dark yello, hazy with a small white head. Aroma; Wheat, citrus and a pack of Smarties. Flavour; medium sourness.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2009
at 16:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Zythos Bier Festival 2008, Sint Niklaas, Belgium. Unclear yellow - light green color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate hoppy, citrus, moderate yeasty, gum, wheat. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (010308)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2008
at 01:30