t Smisje Speciaal

Brewed by Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

Name: t Smisje Speciale
Date: November 08, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: hazy dark yellow, fine white head, drippy drippy lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, fruity esters, spicy phenolics with a nice hoppy presence
Flavor: sweet and fruity flavor, big estery character, nice hoppyness, long bitter finish
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

On tap, Thirsty Monk, Asheville. This was...kinda bad actually Very heavy and sweet, almost to the point of being syrupy. Some pumpkin or begetal flavors, a very unpleasent medicinal note. Thank goodness for 4 oz pours...

The "vegetable" is pumpkin, by the way, which I thought was a fruit, but I could be wrong. Appearance was glow-in-the-dark orange with no head. Smell was like a glass of orange juice, maybe some othe fruits in the background. Taste had light spice, fair amount of malt with lots of acidity, and a very sour finish. Overall, interesting. Pumpkin was, thankfully, not too obvious.

7th May 2008. Cloudy amber/blond beer. Complex flavour array. Caramel, malt, subtle hops, candyish bitterness, subtle hints of fruit. Silky smooth.

Bottle at home ... amber ... white foam head ... bready orangy nose ... caramalised sugers ... some yeast ... little toffee... syrupy ... little pepperyness ... sugery ...some citrus peel ...ok

Bottle labeled as Speciaal Halloween. Pours a lightly hazy, rusty amber hue. Copious streams of effervescing bubbles screech towards the surface, feeding a steady head of smooth, taupe colored foam. Clingy foam tries to hold fast on the glass, but fails, returning to the body. Aromas are sweet, driven by golden raisin and stewed nectarines, with perhaps a bit of caramelized, condensed peaches. Flavors are also heavy, sweet, and dessert like, mostly showing condensed, dried fruit like raisin, fig, and plum. The body is big and syrupy, yet lively carbonated and somewhat prickly. Eh, this one is just a sugar bomb. It’s decent in very small quantities, but i won’t be clamoring for more any time soon.

Orange with a big white head. Aroma of yeast with a hint of citrus. Very sweet, yeasty flavour

bottle at Delirium in Brussels - Pours hazy straw colored with a thin white head. The flavor is sweet with caramel and lots of spice. It’s bubbly on the palate and has some light hops bitterness in the finish. The high abv is mostly buried. It’s alright though I was hoping for a bit more.