Speciale Vlo
Brouwerij 't IJ in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Special Out of Production|
Score
6.95
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A prize-winning beer that we brew exclusively for De Bierkoning. The fruity, bitter hops and lightly roasted malt complement each other perfectly in this light brown beer. These flavours are accentuated with a little coriander to produce a full aroma of flowers, citrus and a hint of caramel. An irresistible beer that was crowned in the Brussels Beer Challenge with a silver medal in the Herb & Spice category.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Hazy reddish brown colour with huge off-white creamy head, lots of lace. Aroma is barnyard mixed with strawberries, citrusfruits, yeast and some earth. Also some parfumes are present. Flavour is strawberry, barnyard, pepper, fruits and yeast. Lovely mouthfull of flavour. Aftertaste is hops, yeast and some fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2007
at 13:58
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (BB 01/2007). Slightly hazy red/brown color, huge creamy off-white head, nice lacing. Wheat beer like fruity banana nose with dried hay and mould. Quite yeasty. Hoppy, spicey herbal notes, similarities to some spelt beers. Long bitter aftertaste. Quite a bio beer feeling here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2006
at 12:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Hazy orange, with an off-white head. Cellar, some sulphur, sweetness, mould, fruits and spices in the aroma. Fruity flavor with oranges and cellar-notes. Medium body and a lightly spiced finish. Nice, but a bit a too special for me. (rating: 6-4-6-3-13-3.2)(060704)
This one has been on my must-rerate-list for more than a year, and when I found it in Copenhagen last week, I bought a bottle. It still pours a hazy, orange body, with a good dash of sediments if one wants to. The head is big and quite dense and lasting. The nose is quite spiced, with orange-peel and a good dash of hops. There’s also a note of alcohol and yeast. Having a sip, bitterness is very evident, as well as a pronounced sweetness, spices, some yeast and a woodyness. There’s not so much yeastyness in the flavor, but it’s there, and that goes for the orange-peel as well. Even thought there’s a good sweetness in the beer, the body feels medium full and dry. Finish is spiced and citrusy, but the bitterness plays the leading role, and lasts for a long time. The beer leads my thoughts towards Orval, but it’s not there. I pushed my rating a bit higher, but not much. (071014)
This one has been on my must-rerate-list for more than a year, and when I found it in Copenhagen last week, I bought a bottle. It still pours a hazy, orange body, with a good dash of sediments if one wants to. The head is big and quite dense and lasting. The nose is quite spiced, with orange-peel and a good dash of hops. There’s also a note of alcohol and yeast. Having a sip, bitterness is very evident, as well as a pronounced sweetness, spices, some yeast and a woodyness. There’s not so much yeastyness in the flavor, but it’s there, and that goes for the orange-peel as well. Even thought there’s a good sweetness in the beer, the body feels medium full and dry. Finish is spiced and citrusy, but the bitterness plays the leading role, and lasts for a long time. The beer leads my thoughts towards Orval, but it’s not there. I pushed my rating a bit higher, but not much. (071014)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2006
at 05:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught. Spicy aroma, a bit like a wheat beer, fresh fruity hops. Cloudy amber colour. Big, stable, creamy white head. Very hop aromatic flavour. Fruity, almost perfumy, but very nice. OK bitterness. Soft carbonation. Has some alcohol feel, but not too much.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2006
at 03:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle
Fruity and herbal aroma, light bandaid. Amber, small yeast floaties(probably my own fault), huge tanned lacing head. Agressive citric fruit base flavor -Peppery, chalky edges - citric and herbal hops kick in after that, yeasty citric aftertaste. Sparkly mouthfeel, medium body. Thanks Nat!
Fruity and herbal aroma, light bandaid. Amber, small yeast floaties(probably my own fault), huge tanned lacing head. Agressive citric fruit base flavor -Peppery, chalky edges - citric and herbal hops kick in after that, yeasty citric aftertaste. Sparkly mouthfeel, medium body. Thanks Nat!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2005
at 11:04
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Cloudy amber color; big creamy head. Malty aroma; grass; hop flowers. Malty, good body structure, a bit aggressive (carbonation, lupolone) with very good hop notes, peculiar for Belgian (Dutch) Ales; very bitter. Long final, strong, partially aromatic. Thanks Jacob (Lövenlund) for this very good beer.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2004
at 11:09