Special De Ryck

draft @ Moeder Lambic, Fontainas Ambrée léger, col blanc. Arôme est faiblard avec qcq notes de malt et houblon fleuri. En bouche, bière au palais sec, note de grains et épice, mats pils avec une pointe fruitée de cerise, caramel doux et léger. Le houblon donne un aspect feuille de tabac mâché, le tout est moyen avec une fine amertume sur la fin. Sans plus.

Bottle @ Benzai. Hazy orange colour with little to no head. Smells boring because i didn’t smell that much, bit yeasty at much. Tastes sour and dry, but even though it’s dry it tastes watery and a bit thin aswell. Fizzy carbo.

Bottle @ home, shared with Dutchdrebus and Thompson. Hazy orange color with small yeast particals in it and a small whie head. Smell ash, earth, sour and dull. Taste lightly sour, lightly sweet, not much more. Low carbo and body.

bottle@GBF 2011: slightly hazy, light orange/golden with a white head, taste is pretty dull, one-dimensional light citrus hops, watery, barely present yeast, watery pilsner malt, forgetable

Appearance: Orange golden, quite hazy. Fizzy off-white head. Aroma: Hops and citrus. Maybe some yeast. Taste: Hops, some fruit. Dry. Some bitterness. Info: 330ml bottle, 19/5-2011, 42/100

Bottle. Amber beer with a dark cream colored head. Spice and yeast aroma with light caramel. Malt and light lemon flavor with light yeast. Medium bodied. Malt and light citrus lingers with light earth and yeast.

Golden amber liquid with a relatively small off-white head. The aroma is a bit weak, though it has nice notes of caramel and herbaceous hops. There’s also some nice light Belgian earthiness. A bit bready. Taste is kinda washed out, though still rather pleasant. Starts with some caramel sweetness and finishes with a lightly bitter earthy note. Mouthfeel is on the thin side. The beer is marked by that lightly bitter herbal/earthy note. It’s a pleasant beer but not worth the price around here and fairly forgettable.

Imported from my RateBeer account as De Ryck Special (by Brouwerij De Ryck):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3/5

23/01/2011 - 33cl bottle @ 10 uur biercultuur, Gentse Biervereniging (2011-31)

Dark blond to light amber beer. Weird, in my memories this beer was way darker, more reddish. Google images proves me right. White fine head. Aroma: flax, dairy, raw turkey, yeast. MF: light carbon, light to medium body. Taste: caramel, citrus, lactic acid, little malty, spices, dairy. Aftertaste: little metallic, hop bitters, citrus fruits.

Brown bottle, 330 ml, best before February 2009, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on October 21 2010; eye: polished copper, clear, minimal effervescence, champagne-style tan head that quickly disappears, no lacing; nose: yeast, malt, spices, light fruity, caramel; mouth: yeast, malt, spices, light fruity, finale in yeast with presence of spices, medium body, average carbonation, slightly grainy texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 330 ml, meilleure avant février 2009, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 21 octobre 2010; œil : cuivre poli, claire, effervescence minime, mousse fauve style champagne qui tombe rapidement, pas de dentelle; nez : levure, malt, épices, léger fruité, caramel; bouche : levure, malt, épices, léger fruité, finale en levure avec présence d’épices, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, texture très légèrement granuleuse; en résumé : correct

Draught @ Moeder Lambic, Brussels. Pours unclear orange with a creamy white head. Sweet yeasty and rubbery nose. Some fruit, caramel and rubber. Medium bodied. Very bland.