Spezial Ungespundet

Brewed by Brauerei Spezial
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Bamberg, Oberfranken/Bayern, Germany

Draft @ brewery. Is bright yellow, slightly hazy. Thick, lasting beige head and scattered lacing. Yeasty aroma is sweet with damp earth and wet grain. The body is good with moderate carbonation and a fresh bitter finish. Is better-hopped than it let on. Fun to drink.

Draught @ Spezial. Hay and honeyed malts with a slight grassy edge to the hops. As I drank this became slightly more herbal and almost citric. Well balanced and goes down very nicely.

Tap @ Brewpub. Pours hazy yellow with a creamy white head and lacings. Nose is fresh. Yeast , straw, and hops. Medium bodied - smooth. Crisp and dry. Quaffable

(6/31/08) Draught at the brewpub in Bamberg. Cloudy appearance (it actually looks like there are clouds there!) with a big white head. Aroma of some malt and nice fresh hoppiness. A rather dry hoppy flavor with some grass and some citrus notes. Medium-bodied. Very nice.

Malty, sweet and lightly earthy aroma, some nice brown sugar notes amidst herbal hoppiness. Deep, dark copper color with a fairly slight head and sparse lacing. Flavor is primarily malty and sweet with hints of dark caramel and butterscotch, but towards the finish spicy, almost vegetative hops are noted, also a light amount of bitterness. Mouthfeel is smoothly effervescent, body is medium. Highly drinkable and complimentary to the Schinken mit Ei.

Draught @ Spezial. Citrus aroma, light yeasty. Hazy yellow color with a white foamy head. Fruity, light yeasty flavor. Citrus and grapefruite notes. Fresh, thirst quentching. Dry end. Fruity, tasty beer.

Mug at the brewery in Bamberg. Mostly clear dark yellow body with a white head. Up front it’s sweet but turns to semi-sour, husky grains over the middle in a hurry. Medium tartness, yeast grains and wheat germ flavors all around. Fresh tasting but it has some mold in the nose at times, resembling soggy bread. Lightly crisp, lightly sweet. Nice overall.

rerate in 2009, seems kind of bland and boring. simple, sweet, body was lacking structure and depth. rating lowered from 3.7 in 2008.

On tap at Spezial Beergardens, Bamberg. Yellow gold with white head. Hoppy sweet beer, perfect for the heat in the beer garden, quite still with a wheaty, grain type note and a hint of tartness. Fresh and tasty, its good to get a hop kick.