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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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Hop Devil, NYC, as Sprecher Bavarian Ale
Golden color. Malt aroma. Good malt taste, smooth. Average bitterness. Refreshing.
Golden color. Malt aroma. Good malt taste, smooth. Average bitterness. Refreshing.
Tried
on 28 Jul 2007
at 16:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a nice copper color with a huge white head. Aroma is a nice roasted malt wih some breadyness in there. Flavor is about the same but less outstanding. A little doughy and bitter with a slight caramel malts. Still this is a pretty good beer for sipping.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2007
at 19:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. I had this many times in college, though never rated. A friend had this at a BBQ over the weekend, and I was happy to find out I still love it after many years and new beers. Pour is amber, with a medium white head that goes quite quickly. Aroma is mostly malt and a bit of hop. Taste is a nice belnd of malt backbone and hop flavoring. A nice carbonation makes this very refreshing. Wish I could get it in MO/KS!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2007
at 15:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16 oz bottle - Pours hazy copper with a one finger head. It has a mild caramel malt aroma. The caramel malt flavor carried with it some well balanced mild hops. It’s very easy to drink and makes a decent session brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2007
at 17:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Compact 16 oz bottle. Pours more copper than amber with light tan head. The aroma is very light and seems to consist of two different malts. One is a lightly roasted variety, Munich maybe, the other is a bit more roasted. The flavor might have a touch of the lightly roasted grains but it is more roasted malts or slightly nutty. The hops actually come through a bit stronger than the malts. It is a nicely balanced light tasting beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2006
at 20:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
A nice nearly authentic Vienna lager. Pale amber color, tight pitted head. Nice toasted almond aroma, toffeeish. Smooth, fairly clean, a little musty gunpowder hop finish. Festive. A good food beer, esp. pizza.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2004
at 12:23
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3
Crystal clear amber coloured body with copper tints and a thinnish off-white head. Aroma of malt, funk, cardboard, some pit fruit anda bit of caramel. Light-bodied; Assertive acidic quality up front showing tart off-flavours and a bit of the malt. Aftertaste still sharp due to the wierd flavours, not pleasant at all! Overall, not good at all, compared to other beers! A let down to say the least! I sampled this 16 ounce bottle purchased at Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York on 31-July-2004 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2004
at 20:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft Another beer served at Chicago's downtown Christmaskindlmart. This has a good full amber color under a thin head. Nice and sharp hop spice flavor sets it apart from others in this style. Very little else with the name "Amber" stuck on it is this tasty. Holding a swallow in my mouth excites both the sweetness and bitter portions of my tongue. Very nice, and sharper when served cold.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2003
at 13:28