Palm Speciale

Brewed by Brouwerij Palm
Style: Belgian Ale
Steenhuffel, Belgium

on tap at the Iron Horse, Westwood NJ. Deep golden colored body, lightly amber at the center. Not much head, thin & foamy light tan. Aroma is honey, corn malt, also husky and grassy. A little citrusy too. Flavor is dry and grassy malt, yeasty and grainy, a little tangy and citrusy. Crisp carbonation. Haven’t had this since 1991 and my friends thought it was skunked back then. They just didn’t know what it was supposed to taste like.

The bottle looks very simple, the beer in the glass a bit darker that exspected. Starts mild, grasy-hoppy, fruity notes of peach and apricot. Finish modest sweet. Quite drinkable. Average!

A good head clear looking dark amber pour,aroma grassy or is that metallic fruit malt,flavour caramel note fruit taste,sweet malt,lemon grassy,bitter has a metallic hint,finish fruity metallic touch to the bitter hops.

small frothy white head. virtually none lacing. fully diminishing. flat thick amber body. aroma: metallic, honey, acid apple. if and ff: light sweet. average duration. palate: light medium body, watery texture, soft carbonation and metallic finish. gosto frutado/mel. nao se encaixa muito no estilo. falta menos de um mes pra vencer. lembra uma bohemian pilsener. 11s

Draught with a fine lacing embracing a amber color and short head. Medium body clean finish with malt, brown sugar, hint of orange peel balancing hops.

Bottle, 33 cl. I don’t have the ’speciale’ on my bottle, just Palm, but I think this is the best option to rate the Palm. An amber coloured beer with a medium white head, disappearing fast however. The arroma is malty, fruity and amber. The taste is not very strong, but nice: some malts, yeasts and a light bitter, hoppy finish. Also a bit watery overall. Refreshing beer. Doesn’t get a high score, but doens’t mean that this is a bad beer: it is a very decent beer, only a bit too light in alcohol and in taste and a bit too watery.

Aroma is a bit non-descript, mildly malty, like an english pale ale, mildly fruity, very boring... Pours a deep golden with a nice head that fades quickly but leaves small condensed bubbles... Mildly fruity with cereal malts and no hops, slightly sweet... After taste is fritos... Definitely belgiums equivelent of yuengling...

Huh, people really don’t seem to like this much... Pours a clear golden color with a good medium head and good lace. The aroma is lightly fruity if a little faint... sort of spicy. The flavor is lightly bitter with a nice fruitiness, overall very crisp and clean almost tastes like a fruity well made pale lager.