Special Katje
Leroy Breweries in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lager - Dunkel / Tmavý Regular|
Score
5.91
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First brewed for the 'Kattenstoet' in Ypres in 1955. Recognised local product (Westhoek region).
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Malty aroma with hints of cocoa. Thin watery texture. Great rich, roasted malty flavour with hints of chocolate.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2008
at 02:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[i]Bottle, GB Supermarket, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, 25-06-07[/i] Good solid dark ale that was very easy drinking and held it’s own very well in the company of many other highly rated beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2007
at 03:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle: Poured a dark brown/black with a creamy head. Aroma was toffee and malt. The taste is sweet caramel malt and fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2007
at 14:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A hazy brown beer with a light brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with OK caramel notes, while the flavor is sweet malty with a good straw hoppy presence mixing in with the nuts.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2005
at 16:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle 25 cl) Brownish beer, with a small off-white head. Lots of roasted malt in here with flavours of brown sugar and some nuttiness. Short, dry finish. Pleasant ale. And actually it’s called "Special" not "Speciaal". 050398
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2005
at 15:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Malty sweet aroma. Teaish flavour and bitterness. Brown colour, small white head. 6 3 6 3 12 ZBF08. Weak roasted aroma. Teaish flavour. Quite thin. Dark brown colour. Slightly hazy. 5 3 5 3 10
Tried
on 30 Mar 2005
at 13:35
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
At ZBF 2005 Light brown, diminishing head. Spare lace. Sparkling, dark amber body. Light cookie aroma. Lightly bitter flavour. Lightly bodied.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2005
at 04:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Nut brown. Dry and lightly roasty. Vague notes of grass and honey. The body is light and the malt flavour clean, hard ans simplistic, which it always seem to be in Leroy’s beers. Short finish.
Earlier Rating: 11/23/2003 Total Score: 2.8
Bottled (6.5%). Nut brown, clear. Clean, dry and lightly peaty. Rounded. Grassy bitter finish.
Earlier Rating: 11/23/2003 Total Score: 2.8
Bottled (6.5%). Nut brown, clear. Clean, dry and lightly peaty. Rounded. Grassy bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2005
at 05:19
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Fairly aged sample - my bottle claims 7.0% ABV!) Very clear dark red amber; very little, cream-coloured head. Nose of figs and coffee - strange combination. Old grape liqueur, maybe some port. Taste brings coffee out again (typical Leroy), moccha with milk. Precious little else, maybe some caramel. Finish is bitterish and roasted. Very light mouthfeel, slightly oily texture, growing adstringency. In the (long) aftertaste, two new elements appear: a faint, but rather oppressive tasting pale brown sugar flavour, and some hitherto unnoticed acidity. Age might have rounded some of the aggressive chicory bitterness à la Leroy, but this fully matured beer is still full of clashing tastes and elements.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2004
at 14:15
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
2009-06-27, 5-3-5-2-9=24
Hazy amber color. Vegetables and paper aroma, stock. Boring flavor, some vegetables too, dry, with low bitterness. Not very good.
2002-06-15, 10-4-9-4-16=43
Orange/amber misty ale.
Wonderful, deep, pure hop aroma; then the aroma evidentiates some sweeter and honeyish notes.
Smooth, a pleasure to drink, pretty sweet, malty, hoppy, good body, fresh. Good palate too, not too long.
Classified as Cat. I, the best in its category.
One Belgian to try!
Hazy amber color. Vegetables and paper aroma, stock. Boring flavor, some vegetables too, dry, with low bitterness. Not very good.
2002-06-15, 10-4-9-4-16=43
Orange/amber misty ale.
Wonderful, deep, pure hop aroma; then the aroma evidentiates some sweeter and honeyish notes.
Smooth, a pleasure to drink, pretty sweet, malty, hoppy, good body, fresh. Good palate too, not too long.
Classified as Cat. I, the best in its category.
One Belgian to try!
Tried
on 15 Jun 2002
at 01:00