Brauerei Spezial

Regional Brewery in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1536

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Obere Königstraße 10, Bamberg, 96052, Germany
Description
Bereits seit über 475 Jahren wird hier am ehemaligen Steinweg, einer alten, überregional bedeutenden Handelsstraße, Bier gebraut. Eine der letzten von zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts in der Straße noch nachweisbaren 22 Brauereien ist die Brauerei Spezial. Das Anwesen der Brauerei Spezial in der Oberen Königstraße 10 gilt als idealtypisches Beispiel für einen Braubetrieb des 16. Jahrhunderts.

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.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Amber colour, big off-white head. Aroma: smoked malts, grain. Flavours of smoked malts, sweet. Not as smoked as Schlenkerla Marzen.
Tried on 21 Jul 2007 at 02:34

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Rating #2000. One of the best kellerbeers, at the origin of German beer: Bamberg. Hazy orange golden color, short head. Aroma of soft hop, bit fruity. Soft bitter taste, bit sweet, dry. Good balance.
Tried on 20 Jul 2007 at 06:30

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap @ brauerei Spezial. Cloudy golden color, shrot head. Aroma of grain, banana, only slight hint of smoke, spicy. Taste of banana, spicy, but less sweet than other weizen. More malty. Quite ok. --- Beer merged from original tick of Weissbier Rauchbier on 13 Aug 2019 at 13:42 - Score: 6. Original review text: Beetje dunkelweiss, en niet gerookt helaas
Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2007 at 06:27

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a deep dark amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Malty bready/grainy aroma with some smoky hints. Sweet smooth malty smoky flavor. Long malty smoky finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2007 at 09:04

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Amber coloured with a big, off-white head. Smoky aroma was not dominating allowing some sweetness to come through. Flavour of smoked ham with some fruity malt and a dry finish. A well-balanced beer. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2007 at 16:32

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Orange colour whit big head.Aroma of wheat and hops only light smoked a littel thin but a o.k beer.
Tried on 30 May 2007 at 03:22

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught @ Spezial Keller. Hazy golden color with a average off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet, grass, herbal. Flavor is moderate bitter and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried on 12 Apr 2007 at 08:59

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is smoked with malt and fruit. Flavour has the same elements. Ordinary beer.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2007 at 01:48

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. Clear, golden with a white head. Weak roasted aroma with sweet notes. Weak, roasted flavor with caramel, hints of smoke and fruits. Medium body and a finish with roasted malt and fruityness. In other words, quite nice, but also a bit boring. Rating: 5-3-5-3-11-2.7. 070119

Bottle. It pours a nice, two-finger, off-white head leaving lacings, and a slightly unclear dark golden body. Smoked, light fruity nose with pale malts and some dms. It’s a bit too heavy on the carbonation, medium to full-bodied and with flavors of pale malts, roasted hints, dms notes and a decent smokyness. A bit too gentle for my likings, but a nice beer indeed. 110722
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2007 at 13:11

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
500 ml bottle. Golden body with a white head. Aroma is quite typical pilsner (some malt and a hint of caramel) but with a discreet smoke character. Flavor is like a fresh pilsner with a hint of smoke, specially in the aftertaste. Not exactly Aecht Scherlenka.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2007 at 09:58