7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
As TBone says "I suppose that this the right one even it doesn’t mention "Cuvée Speciale": it is 6.5% and contains: "water, pilsmout, tarwemout, hop (challenger en ek goldings), korrelgist lesaffre T58"."
Pours out beautifully with a humongous head, especially with the Alvinne glass. A thick golden color with some slightly visible carbonation. Aroma is as usual for Alvinne, yeast gone wild, this is in the form of milky-pineapple with an airy Belgian feel and sweet candy. Taste is nicely different with the pilsner malt coming through and the esters are died down just a tad. Sweet finish but the strong carbonation chases away any negativity from that. My only complaint is that house yeastiness is so prevalent in all there beers that it is becoming a bit boring. Also, since when is a mistake beer become a "Speciale" beer, its like trading cards.
33cL bottle @ Bierbrasserie Cambrinus, BB 03/2009, in a large Alvinne tulip on 5/19/08.
Pours out beautifully with a humongous head, especially with the Alvinne glass. A thick golden color with some slightly visible carbonation. Aroma is as usual for Alvinne, yeast gone wild, this is in the form of milky-pineapple with an airy Belgian feel and sweet candy. Taste is nicely different with the pilsner malt coming through and the esters are died down just a tad. Sweet finish but the strong carbonation chases away any negativity from that. My only complaint is that house yeastiness is so prevalent in all there beers that it is becoming a bit boring. Also, since when is a mistake beer become a "Speciale" beer, its like trading cards.
33cL bottle @ Bierbrasserie Cambrinus, BB 03/2009, in a large Alvinne tulip on 5/19/08.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jun 2008
at 22:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Golden colour with a huge white head. Aroma is sweet, dry, fruit. Flavour is sweet, dry, hop, fruit, yeast, malt, spices. Quite pleasent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2008
at 23:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Bottled at the Struise farm. Hazy pale golden, airy head. Almondy and caramelly. Surprisingly slim for a beer this size with notes of grass and pear. Fruity with notes of canteloupe. Late resiny bitterness. An extremely drinkable 11% beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2008
at 09:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled at the Struise farm. Cloudy golden, small head. Rich grassy aroma. Dry depsite some underlying ,alt sweetness. Medium bodied with grassy hops, grainy malt and winegum esters. Long salty bitterness. A very tasty, really hoppy Belgian ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2008
at 09:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
11.2 Belgian grenade bottle, which began gushing out immediately upon opening. After getting it under control, it poured a thick, yeasty golden color with a large foamy head. Lots of hops come through in aroma and taste, but the creamy yeastiness keeps it highly drinkable. A very well done beer by one of Belgium’s newest players.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2008
at 20:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Draught at Erasmus, Brugge, on 2008-05-21) Orange colour and cloudy. Big white bubbly head. Sweetish nose with some yeast. Fizzy palate and somewhat dry. Hops and yeast and fruitiness in taste. Bitter aftertaste.
Tried
on 25 May 2008
at 10:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. It pours a slightly hazy golden body with a big, creamy, diminishing white head leaving nice lacings. The aroma has pale malt, some fruityness and a little spicnyness. Fruity, spiced aroma with pale malt and some bitterness, but in the finish, the spicyness is the most prominent. Effervescent, medium full mouthfeel. Maybe a bit boring, and feeling a little one-dimentional, but quite pleasant. The flavor is better than the aroma, and the flavor is off course the most important aspect of the beer. (080411)
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2008
at 07:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled, bought in Grobbendonk. Hazy redbrown color, thick off-white head. Aroma of some caramel malt, bit spicy, some raisin, slight hoppy. Soft bitter taste, quite malty, some caramel. Bit sweet. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2008
at 14:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle at Dickie’s, Bruges, on 2008-05-20) Dark brown and cloudy. Huge white head. Caramell and yest in nose. Fizzy and quite dry palate. Malty taste. Some sourness. Bread and wood. Some raisin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2008
at 09:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle at Dickie’s, Bruges, on 2008-05-20) Deep dark brown. Cloudy. Brownish huge head. Nose is fruity and contains roasted malts and liquorice, too. Some fizziness in full palate. Roasted malts and liquorice in taste. Some fruitiness. Wouldn’t really call this an imperial stout but still nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2008
at 09:21