TBone (30139) reviewed Lager from Brauerei Spezial 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled BB 12/2006. Clear copper brown, not much head. Sweet malty aroma, very faint hints of smoke. Sweetish, crisp lager, diacetylic-like toffee notes. Grassy hops and hints of smoke in the aftertaste.
GRM (7524) reviewed Lager from Brauerei Spezial 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Brown bottle, 1 pint 9 ounces, purchased August 26 2006 on a trip to Beers of the world (Rochester) with Dum, Luc and Ian; eye: amber with golden reflections, white head that disappeared quickly, very light effervescence, clear; nose: malt, smoke, peat, fish; moth: malt, hops, smoke that finally arrives, hops and malt that trade second place under the smoke covert, finale in smoke eventually coverted by lightly bitter hops with a small hint of caramel, surpisingly fizzy, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, medium body; overall: nice surprise, the smoke does not dominate but remains the main flavor FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9 onces, acheté le 26 août 2006 lors d’un voyage à Beers of the world (Rochester) avec Dum, Ian et Luc; oeil : ambrée avec des reflets dorés, mousse blanche fugace, très légère effervescence, claire; nez : malt, fumée, tourbe, poisson; bouche : malt, houblon, fumée qu’on attendait et qui finalement arrive, houblon et malt qui s’échangent la deuxième place sous la couverture de fumée, finale en fumée éventuellement recouverte de houblon légèrement amère avec une petite pointe de caramel, surprenamment effervescente, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen; en résumé : belle surprise, le côté fumé ne domine pas mais demeure la saveur principale
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Lager from Brauerei Spezial 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottled. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is salts, smokey and leathery. Flavour is leather, smoke and malts. Like a Schlenkerla on water and animal fur.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Weissbier from Brauerei Spezial 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On draught at Spezial in September, 2006. Orange/golden color, cloudy. The aroma is banana, wheaty and yeasty with a touch of smoke. The banana flavor is very strong as well, with a slight smokiness.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Märzen from Brauerei Spezial 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle - Bruxellensis Festival. Lovely clear deep amber colour, thin beige head. Smokey aroma, bit of bacon. OK in mouth, some candy sugar, then more subtle smoked bacon on end. Not as good as some other rauchs I’ve had. 3.2 nope no idea what that rating was for. This is from bottle near deep black dark ruby with lasting tan head. Bottle at Spezial Gasthaus Bamberg. Charcoal smoke aroma. Some dark malt on aroma. Yes more smoke some charcoal jn the mouth. Never ashy though. Juicy. Dark fruits. Like burnt raisins. A level of heavy charcoal continues. Some light smoke. For a heavy beer. Its quite light in mouthfeel and finish. Lovely beer.
diabel (1874) reviewed Märzen from Brauerei Spezial 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at the Bruxellensis Festival 2006, Brussels, Belgium
Clear, amber body. Creamy, off-white head. Aroma of smoked bacon, flowers, ... Hoppy bitter with hints of some sweetness from honey.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Weissbier from Brauerei Spezial 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Hazy, amber golden colour with a nice, dense, off-white head. Aroma of wheat, but not really the usual banana esters. Medium-bodied with some lightly sweet and soft notes. Some phenol. The smokiness is just a vague edge appearing as the beer warms. 040906
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Weissbier from Brauerei Spezial 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Yellow-brownish tinted, huge (and badly poured in the wrong glass) over yellow orange beer, that needs vigourous shaking to losen the yeast. Smokey, with a marked wheat vector, that makes it surprisingly carbolic. Bit of clove, but the carbolic impression dominates. The taste has way more wheat than smokiness (compare this to the Schlenkerla Lager!). There’s even such a small sourish edge, probably the wheat, but because of the rauchmalt, it acquired a porter/stout character. Still quite some restsweetness, pineapple juice-like. Very slick, creamy MF; well bodied. More proof, if any needed; I do NOT like the combination of wheat with: smoke, lot of hops, alt,...)o
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Märzen from Brauerei Spezial 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Beautiful red-chestnut ot bernstein colour; medium, amberish head. Restrained smokiness, bready, chestnuts-in-the-ashes. Quite restrained overall, really; some parsley (aroma often associated with amber malts). Sweet-roasted main taste, slowly acquiring some smoked dimension. All very gradually, but retronasal the beer acquires a great fulness, sweet, but not anywhere cloying. No typical ham smokiness - smoked cake? Full bodied, slick, grist, ever so slightly adstringent. The main thing about this beer it the absolute fulfilling, gratifying, well-boding feeling it gives; whereas it is nowhere as imposing or outspoken as a Schlenkerla - but o, how balanced.
Svesse (15730) reviewed Weissbier from Brauerei Spezial 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle, Akkurat, Stockholm, 2 Sep) Colour is amber, slightly hazy, with a huge white head. Fresh wheat character in the nose, notes of banana and hints of smoke. Taste is rather fruity with wheat, banana, smoked ham, ripe apples and plums. Rather short finish. Refreshing but rather average.