Winterspecial
Gruut Gentse Stadsbrouwerij in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Special|
Score
6.53
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Clear reddish brown beer with a beige lacing. Aroma of raisins, dark malt, some dried fruits, plums. Taste of dark fruits, red malt, caramel, plums, raisins.
Doc (2705) reviewed Winterspecial from Gruut Gentse Stadsbrouwerij 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Smell- weak acidic tones, weak roast, weak acidic tones. Foam- thin, weak malt, weak acidic tones, weak sourness, weak roast. The Head is medium-sized, white with a brown tint. Appearance - brewer bottle cap, simple-ish label. Hazy, brown-ish color From - pint Price - 2.99 for 0.33l Taste- taste, malty, acidic tones, weak caramel, weak sourness. Nothing special from winterspecial.
mike_77 (15884) reviewed Winterspecial from Gruut Gentse Stadsbrouwerij 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Dark brown colour with thin head. It's mostly caramel. Very thin. Faintest trace of chilli.
Th0r (1428) ticked Winterspecial from Gruut Gentse Stadsbrouwerij 4 years ago
Alengrin (11561) reviewed Winterspecial from Gruut Gentse Stadsbrouwerij 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Belgian dark ale with maple syrup and chili peppers, concocted at Gruut in Ghent. Medium thick, snow white, quickly breaking head stabilizing in a moussy ring over an initially clear ruddy-bronze brown beer with ochre-ish edges, misty with sediment. Aroma of very old caramel, dried blackberries, prunes, bayleaf, spicy-sweet maple syrup piercing through with almost passionfruity effect, bread crust, green tea, nutmeg, dried chili peppers somewhere but very faintly so, hints of clay, gin, beef stock and sweat. Spritzy onset, dark sweet fruitiness of medlar, fig, pear and again that passionfruit accent somewhere, sharply stinging carbonation, supple body; sweetish, slick caramelly and chestnutty malts with brown-bready core, clear spicy sweetness from the maple syrup - accentuating the caramel sweetness of the malts and strangely connecting quite well with both phenolic (clove, nutmeg) and 'real' chili spiciness, almost ginger-like in overall effect. Maple syrup, as usual, adds a resinous feel that lingers beyond the finish, where a tea-ish herbal hop bitter note, warming gin-like alcohol and an underlying, almost vaguely 'oud bruin'-like sourish streak appear. Interesting one, admittedly, though not in very good condition anymore, feeling a bit worn out and tired, as it were; still the maple syrup and the chilis match better with one another than I was expecting. Surprisingly daring to Gruut standards, but in need of finetuning and 'cleansing' to be truly great.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Geers. Hazy dark brown, diminishing, tan head. Aroma of chili powder, wet tobacco, fig, toast, burnt brown sugar, red pepper. Taste has sweet fig & prune in a toffee-like & syrupy malt profile, bitter spicy-herbal middle with soft toastiness. Peppery hoppy finish, phenolic at first but turning towards a chili burn & smoky, rather 'wet' tobacco. Medium body, slick-syrupy texture, fizzy carbonation. I appreciate the effort and I can certainly find some positives here, but the whole of it could have been more streamlined.
Rubin77 (10150) reviewed Winterspecial from Gruut Gentse Stadsbrouwerij 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
33cl bottle from Prik&Tik Kampenhout. F: medium, tanned, good retention. C: dark brown, bit hazy. A: chocolate malty, bit maple syrup, cocoa, dark dried fruits. T: medium body, dark malts, bit chocolate, spicy touch, dark dried fruits, caramel, spicy aftertaste, medium carbonation, let´s say ok, enjoyed.