GB Special Amber (De Smedt)
Brouwerij Affligem in Opwijk, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lager - Pilsener Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.83
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
(Bottle 25 cl) Beautiful amber colour, although the label rather confusingly claims that this beer is "light as a pilsener". I mean, whats the point in producing an amber if you’d rather it looked like a pils? Anyways, De Smedt didn’t succeed - this is an archetypical "Amber" or "Speciale" in the same vein as De Koninck or Palm. Small, creamy head. Some caramel sweetness balanced by some hoppiness. High carbonation. 120305 and 111199
MiP (20341) reviewed GB Special Amber (De Smedt) from Brouwerij Affligem 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle. (Label says Cabbac Speciale Amber). Sourish, bitter hop aroma. Dark amber colour. Caramel, spice hints. Quite boring, though. Aftertaste is yeasty and a bit like cheap lager.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
An amber beer with a huge orange head. The aroma is sweet spicy while the flavor is sweet with primary notes of caramel and lesser notes of spices, while the body is thin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle - in a side-by-side tasting with Op-Ale (wiich I heard of as being the same beer as this one
Clear, amber body. Moslty lasting lightly brown head. Fair lace. Nose of yeats (light - dough) and hops (moderately - flowers) Lightly bitter, lightly sweet initial flavour. Lightly bitter finish. Slightly watery. Result of the side-by-side: the beers aren’t exactly the same. They are very similar, but the GB beer is a little bit more watery.