Bottle. A big, white head forms over an unclear, golden body with quite a few chunks of dredge. Quite hoppy nose, with some alcohol hints. Pine cones, grass and a spiced touch, Maltyness. Dry on the palate, medium to full body, pleasant carbonation. Pleasant bitterness, pleasant maltyness and a nice little peppery touch in the flavor. Lasting bitterness in the rather dry end. There’s also a little touch of warming alcohol all the way, in a pleasant way. A nice one. 120804

Bottle 330ml @ Geokkjer
Pours slightly hazy with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast and citrus. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a long fruity, yeasty finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Bottle @ ’t Brugs Beertje. Light hazy golden with an enormous and lasting white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and spicy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. Overcarbonated. 230712

33cl bottle @ home shared with Dutchdrebus. Hazy dark orange to red color, medium sized beige head. Smell malts, slightly sourish. Taste malts, lightly caramel, slightly sweet, slightly alcohol. Medium body, medium a bit fizzy carbo.

Bottle thx tp benzai. Amber colour with a big beige head. Smells sourish, red fruits. Tastes sweet, malts, liquorice. Medium body, low carbo.

33 cl. bottle @ ’t Brugs Beertje // label has a horse suspended in the air, subtle // ruby dark brown, lightly tanned head // smells of light yeast, fruity, malts, bread & dark fruits, description fits that of a Belgian Dark Strong Ale // taste is burned toast, descend amount, charred malts but no accompanying stout body, instead a strong Belgian Ale body, heavy on Belgian yeast, berries, roasted malts, lots of burned grains, some caramelized sugar, esters, spices // body is way too carbonated, seriously dude, this is hard to drink, like blended with sparkling water; second Smisje beer to do that, infection? Small brewery, I have a feeling that none of the Special Smisje beer are being made anymore, have they been made recently? I am confused // didn’t expect a real Imperial Stout, in that regards, this is really scrapping the bottom of the barrel, ok as a Belgian ale, made the flavours fit a bit more together & turn down the carb. // don’t think this made anymore

33 cl. bottle @ ’t Brugs Beertje // the label is a slightly messed-up version of their cartoon dog mascot character dressed as red ridding hood, collecting stuff in his pumpkin basket at night with ghosts floating around // the name Halloween is probably more fitting than the official name but Special also definitely works // pours an pumpkin amber, lots of rising bubbles visible, off-white stable head, adding the yeast at the bottom of the bottle turns it into a brownish rotting fruits colour & improves the taste as well // smell is pure candy sugar blended with lots of pumpkin seeds, caramelized, burned toffee, lots of sweet spices // taste is very weird, truly Halloween or special and yes indeed a pumpkin beer, is this the only pumpkin beer made in Belgium? It just might be, taste is like the bitter insides of a pumpkin, truly insane amounts of that stuff, pumpkin sees, lots of caramel, candy sugar, spices, bitter vegetable & pumpkin soup, going into a bitter grass, floral, almost hint of metallic & boozy finish, very weird, off turning at first, you sort of get into it by the end but this like eating the insides of a raw pumpkin with raw candy sugar or something, some Halloween treat // body is way, way too carbonated like sparkling water level of carbonation, what the hell?

Bottled. An unclear yellow beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of hops, yeast, and lemons. The flavor is sweet with notes of yeast, malt, dusty hops, and lemons, leading to a bitter finish.

33 cl bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is yeasty and light hoppy. Dry phenolic. Sweet, toasted malty and phenolic. Smooth fruity and mellow yeasty finish.

330ml Bottle - Golden with a foamy white head. Floral aroma with notes of grass, malt and soap. Slightly sweet taste with notes of yeast, banana and spice. Fairly sweet finish with banana standing out.