Spéciale Belge Brewers

Brewpub in Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Spéciale Belge Taproom

Established in 2018

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Lamorinièrestraat 161, Antwerpen, 2018, Belgium
Description
Wij serveren bieren van Belgische kleine (onbekende) brouwers, met daarnaast ook een assortiment van buitenlandse craftbrouwers.
Kom voor lekkere smaken en niet voor merken.
Vanaf heden ook bieren te verkrijgen uit onze eigenste microbrouwerij.

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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Draught Thick beige-cream head over jet-black beer. Intense coffee & mocha nose, rather sweet, sweet roast, brown sugar glazing. Mocha indeed, mild/sweet roast, coffee milk. Roast beans, roast... liquorice? Black bread with honey spread or treacle. Quite full-bodied - seems more than 7% even. Soft carbonation. Sweet, if far from bad.

Tried from Draft at Beerlovers Bar on 07 Mar 2026 at 07:41


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Draught Very good & dense whitish head over faintly veiled mossy-ochre beer. Passion fruit, mineral, wheat. Extremely fruity. Really passion fruit returning in the flavour, again mineral. Sour citrus in the finish, the elderflower popping up. Quite well carbonated, spritzy, refreshing. Light body, but despite all that, a tad sticky feel. Nice. Begins utterly fruity, endsup sharp-sour.

Tried from Draft at Spéciale Belge Taproom on 24 Feb 2026 at 09:02


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught Very good, off-white head over hazy ochre-yellow beer. Mild citrus, some pale malts; garden herbs. Light bitterness as from orangepeel. Bit earthy notes, darker green leaves. Bitterish cookies. Light to medium bodied, soft if adequate carbonation. Quite decent IPA. The blood orange is present if not imposing.

Tried from Draft at Spéciale Belge Taproom on 24 Feb 2026 at 08:56


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Draft at Café Pardaf, Antwerpen, 18 Sep 2025) Hazy yellow colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, peaches and orange. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of citrus, orange, peaches, pineapple, white bread and a balanced citric/herbal bitterness. Almost full body, with a certain sweetness. Fresh, hoppy and juicy. Very nice.

Tried from Draft at Café Pardaf on 18 Dec 2025 at 21:09


6

Tap @ Cabardouche. Hazy pale, yellow, almost a bit grey body under a thin white head. Aroma of unripe apricot and grape juice. Slightly acidic, light malt and fruity taste like aroma. Feels a bit messy.

Tried on 23 Nov 2025 at 20:00


6

On tap at Cabardouche. Citrus zest and a bit rough bitterness, gentle maltiness. Orange. Decent, but not a favorite. 646413 251108

Tried from Draft at Cabardouche Taproom - Coffee and Beer on 08 Nov 2025 at 09:54


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught Hazy, orangey yellow beer under a very lacey yellowish head. Very citrussy nose, with both orange, lemon and kafir lime. Unfortunately, then a very catty aroma appears. Hopoils & asafoetida. Same reappearing in the mouth. This lemonsweets-taste returns as in the Citrus Hill. Citrus blossoms and rice noodles. Almost lipsmacking acidity; feels rather better bodied than 6% would warrant, chewy. Medium carbonation. As in the Citrus Hill: all in all enjoyable, but the catty aroma - even if it gradually wears down - is not what you want.

Tried from Draft at Spéciale Belge Taproom on 14 Sep 2025 at 08:29


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught Bit fluffy white head; hazy yellow beer. Soapy. Citrus, in the way of a detergent bottle, if not disturbingly so. Perfumey too, as delicate leafy herbs. Serious lactic acid assault, yet not harsh. Lemonleaf. Apparently, the strange flavour is due to the lemongrass, which I failed to recognise. Light acidburn, acidthinning, not very carbonated in the end. Definitely not bad, but I keep with this faint impression of artificial.

Tried from Draft at Spéciale Belge Taproom on 14 Sep 2025 at 08:20


6.6
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours clear blonde, large white head of average-low stability. Bottle shows a very flaky, lot of yeast. Scent is mild on the typical BE yeast, but not absent. Mild on fruity american hops. Surprisingly pleasant, less boring than feared. Taste is sharp, quite bitter. Oily mouthfeel, protesting yeast it seems - yet I repeat, the aroma isn't as high as you'd expect. Perhaps (too) warm fermented, low aromatic yeast ? (Very) High carbonation. Mild on the hops, very mild on the malts. Chewy, a bit. Hiding the ABV very well - drinks like a 5-6 beer. Decent, I like the concept of going away from the overly sweet, banana-type BE blonde - but this in itself seems like it can benefit from a bit tweaking.

Tried on 11 Apr 2025 at 11:22


8

Aliaksandr L. Вот это место!

Tried from Draft on 23 Mar 2025 at 00:19