Brauerei Spezial
Regional Brewery
in Bamberg,
Bavaria,
Germany 🇩🇪
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1536
Als Begründer der Braustätte gilt nach einer Urkunde aus dem Jahr 1536 der Büttner Linhard Großkopf, dessen Familie zu dieser Zeit noch mehrere weitere Braustätten am Steinweg besitzt. Der Name „Spezial“ taucht erstmals in Verbindung mit dem ehemaligen Besitzer Nikolas Delscher auf, der „Spicial genannt, eyn Bräuer und auch Büttner gewesten ist“. Er betreibt die Brauereigaststätte von 1631 bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 1664. Seit 1898 ist die Brauerei Spezial im Besitz der Familie Merz. Der Braumeister Christian Merz führt das Unternehmen also bereits in der 4. Generation.
KimLundJohansen (10465) reviewed Märzen from Brauerei Spezial 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Clear deep amber with a medium to large head. Smoked aroma with roasted malt, caramel and smoke. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel and smoke. Finished bitter from the grassy hops.
yespr (55501) reviewed Weissbier from Brauerei Spezial 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a fizzy white head. Aroma is malty, fruity and smoked. Dry smoked and mild estery wheaty flavoured. Dry and smoked lingering finish. Smooth and simplistic.
jhaase (14816) reviewed Märzen from Brauerei Spezial 16 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Spezial. Dark chestnut, fine champagne bubbles, golden lace. Light elegant smoke And butterscotch nose. Caramels, apples with light tarry smoke notes and minerals on top. Subdued and very well balanced. Chewy mouthfeel, fine sparkliness. Woodsmoke and grassy hops retronasal.
jhaase (14816) reviewed Ungespundet from Brauerei Spezial 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Update tap 4 day old from tap at Hopdog Munich: got a light cloudy and smoky fresh version, really good. Vom Holz @ Spezial. Light bitter yeasty fruity nose. Dark yellow cloudy, off-white lace. Bitter hoppy edges, light minerals to balance the fruity chewy malt body perfectly. Süffig.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Ungespundet from Brauerei Spezial 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Tap @ Brewpub. Pours hazy yellow with a creamy white head and lacings. Nose is fresh. Yeast , straw, and hops. Medium bodied - smooth. Crisp and dry. Quaffable. Re-Rate July-13. Fresh from tap. Grassy and citrussy. Mild bready malts. Really love. 3,6-3,9
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Märzen from Brauerei Spezial 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draught @ Brewpub. Pours clear amber with a small creamy head. Nose is sweet of roast, toffee, caramel, smoke. Taste is light roast, caramel, bread and little smoke. Smooth palate. Smoke is in the back well hidden. A nice one. Re-rate a decade too late. Chewier than the lager. Depth. Lovely. 3,5-4.3
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Ungespundet from Brauerei Spezial 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught@brewpub. Yellow colour, mediumsized foamy white head. Aroma is yeast, malts, earth and hops. Flavour is sweet malts, caramel. All-in-all being rather sweet along with some slight grassyness to balance it up a bit.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Märzen from Brauerei Spezial 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught@brewpub. Reddish copper colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is sweet malts, caramel, mild wood, smoke and leather. Flavour is very identical along with some slight yeasty notes. Very pleasant.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Weissbier from Brauerei Spezial 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Dull tan. Quite murky - there are actually yeast strata in this. Very yeasty aroma almost goes in a barnyard direction with its woody accent and orchard fruity elements (peach, pear). Quite fizzy, even for a weissbier. Yeasty palate with hints of apple. Yeasty-dry finish. No smoke!
Oakes (33493) reviewed Märzen from Brauerei Spezial 16 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bright amber-brown with a thick, rocky head. Lightly smoked aroma with caramel, toffee malts. Fairly full body. Sweet Munich malts and a light smokey accent. Soft finish with a light woody dryness. I greatly prefer this to the regular smoked lager and wish this came from the barrel instead (esp at the Keller).