De Block Brouwerij Speciale 6

Speciale 6

 

De Block Brouwerij in Peizegem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular
Score
5.91
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 26
Re-release (2006) of a historical 'versnijbier' with lambic, twenty years after the original version had been discontinued.
 

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6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
So this brewery really likes labels that look like they are from the 70s. Was I surprised to see that this is not an old bottle at all. To me it seems like they are going for a "Trappist" appeal. It pours with a strong and foamy head. It sticks to the sides and never really dissipates. The body is clear amber with a light pink hue. Aroma is burnt malts, light rotting fruit, and faint champagne sweetness. Taste is light rotting fruit sweetness with a stale white bread finish. A lightly bubbly feel. Bottom line: looks nice but everything else is unimpressive.
11.2oz bottle, best before 2008/01/08.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2008 at 20:31

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
33 cL bottle, thanks to MiP. Pours slight hazy orange with a white head. Raspberry aroma, slight acidic and sweet. Flavour is raspberry and slight acidic flavour with a dry malt base. Ends with a light acidity into the finish with a light lingering berry note.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2008 at 02:48

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Bottled. Nice pale amber colour with huge fluffy white head. Leaves good lace. Aroma is a lot of red berries, especially red currant. Some raspberries also. Flavour is berries, fruits, some earth and sourness. Quite dull and mouldy aftertaste. I’m not a big fan of this one.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:03

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Reddish tinted orange beer, slightly hazy; good pinkish head, leaving textbook lace. Fruity, but not at all lambick-y. There’s some hops discernible, which is very surprising, historically speaking. Very fruity initial taste, travelling towards near nauseating grainy, porridge-like flavour. The onset, even slightly sourish, is the ONLY reference to this once superb beer from the 70-80’s (which used to be a mix of spontaneously fermented beer and top-fermenting ale). Medium bodied; refreshing but not overly sour. Aftertaste is a bit perfumed, like a bathroom product. Disappointing? Seen what I remember from this beer of yore, that doesn’t come even close. I cannot dissociate it from my memory - but in itself this is not at all bad, just average.
Tried from Can on 03 Jul 2006 at 00:42

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled. Beautiful clear red-orange-brown beer with a small white head. Weak malty aroma with some hops. The flavor is quite weak too, with malts and hops. Medium body with some acidity at the end. Nice lager-reminding ale. (060328)
Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2006 at 12:57

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at the brewery
Reddsish, amber, quite clear body. Pinkish rocky head. Excellent lace. Aroma of yoghut, strawberry liquor, but just the aroma, not the alcohol. Moderately bitter, lightly sour flavour.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2006 at 17:04