Special Amber
Sprecher Brewing Company in Glendale, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular|
Score
6.16
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Smooth and flavorful, Special Amber has been our flagship beer ever since 1985. So easy drinking it’s perfect for any occasion. Start with the creamy head, golden color and impressive hop nose. Then sip back and enjoy the masterful balance of semi-sweet and bready malts with choice hops. When you reach the dry, slightly hoppy finish, you’ll understand why Special Amber is such a popular beer.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Can
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 04 Jun 2025
at 00:54
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Poured a golden yellow with mild head. Some grassy and malty aromas, hints of caramel to taste, bit of a skunk apres-taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 00:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Light golden, amber color. Nice head, some lace. Nice, caramel, malt flavor. Aroma candy corn, caramel.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:42
6/10
Pours amber with a huge white head. Aroma of citrus, roasted malt. Taste has huge floral notes, rich malt, citrusy. Palate has much of the same, refreshing toasted note followed by some orange. Good.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2022
at 01:45
6.5/10
Hoppy amber
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2020
at 21:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 ounce bottle into lager glass, bottled on 6/28/2012. Pours lightly hazy deep golden amber color with a 1 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of caramel, biscuit, toast, brown sugar, pear, apple, raisin, herbal, floral, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of bready malt and fruity yeast ester notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, biscuit, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, pear, apple, herbal, floral, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of caramel, biscuit, toast, brown sugar, pear, apple, herbal, light pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Good balance and solid robustness of bready malts with fruity/earthy yeast ester flavors; with a good malt/yeast balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish, Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, crisp, and lightly bready mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a nice vienna lager. Good balance of bready malt and fruity yeast ester flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2014
at 18:58
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 10
Overall 6
Orange-amber with a thin, off-white head. Aroma of crackers, a little caramel. Taste is strong breads, toast, malt... Caramel, a slight grassiness. Amazingly bready... Tasty.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2013
at 18:38
6/10
Tried
on 26 May 2013
at 16:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
From notes. Bottle. Pretty sweet, much aweeter than expected. Loads of caramel and toffee. This brew is kind subpar. Not really for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2013
at 20:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Whole Foods, Bowery 16oz ($3): Pours a light amber with a white head. Aroma is caramel malts, with some hops. Taste has a slight hoppy undertone. It is slightly bitter. A modicum of sweetness.Body is nice. Aftertaste is slightly hoppy. This is a good vienna lager for sure.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2012
at 21:03