Speciale
De Graal in Brakel, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.66
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy brown with short lasting head. Aroma is sweet with malt, toffee and yeast notes. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, overripe fruits, spices and toffee. Good balance with warming alcohol in the end. Nice.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2008
at 15:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a dark brown with a red hint to it, the head was short tan. The aroma is fruit and malt, soft suttle spice also mixed in. The taste started off fruit with hints of berry, transitioned to sweet dark malt. Finally it ended sweet dry sugary on the tongue.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2007
at 12:49
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
33 cL bottle. Pours unfiltered brown with a semi crisp and creamy head, quickly disappearing leaving a fatty lacing. Aroma is spicy and whiskey like alcoholic with good portion of malt. Flavour is a harsh blend between cane sugar and malt in a very dark mix. Very dry and bitter finis with distinct spicy notes. Very strong in all its elements and rather unbalanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2007
at 13:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Kerstbierfestival 2006 in Essen, BE. Brown color with a off-white head. Aroma off toasted malt, hoppy, brown sugar. Very sweet flavor with mederate bitternes and a avage finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2006
at 13:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cloudy dark brown color, large creamy off-white head. Aroma of some roasted malt, heavy chocolat, some cookie. Taste is slightly sharp, but most creamy malt, bit bitter and slight sweet. Palate is bit metallic and slightly sticky. I like this taste for a belgian strong ale, but it’s just not it. It has body, it is reasonably balanced, but it lacks some complexity.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2006
at 15:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Dark amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is spicy, malty and a bit earthy. Flavour is quite the same, but even more spicy. Too spiced for my taste, and in my opinion quite a bore.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2006
at 09:52
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled [BB 12/2007]. Dark brown color, big creamy tan head. Cardboard and dried fruits in the nose - mainly prunes, plums. Dried fruits, chocolate and oak plus some alcohol in the flavor. This beer is more in the dry and alcoholic side than sweet and sugary. Carbonated mouthfeel and alcoholic aftertaste. Similar to some Belgian "bulk brunes".
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2006
at 13:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Cloudy brown colour. Yeasty, liquorice flavour, quite malty.........
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2006
at 04:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Bottle 33 cl) A hazy, brownish beer with an off-white head. A very fruity and somewhat sweetish nose. A bit heavy on the CO2. Medium body, some roasted malt, almost vinous with spicy accents. Subdued bitterness. Quite a refined brew. 200506
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2006
at 14:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A hazy dark amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of fruit and caramel. The flavor is also sweet malty and with notes of caramel as the main things I pick up. The mouthfeel is very smooth, and it has a nice powerful body.
Tried
on 25 May 2006
at 03:42