Contreras Mars Especial

Brewed by Contreras
Style: Belgian Ale
Gavere, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Copper pour wearing a thin off-white head. Aroma proposes caramelic malt, moderate yeastiness. There’s something oily going on as well. Fruity palate with earthy cranberries and cherries dealing with yeasty tones. Highly carbonated thin-medium body carries little off-flavors, almost vegetably, almost cardboardish. I must have missed something seeing the other reviews or this bottle was not in splendid shape, because there was nothing too interesting in there with more oxidation than you’d hope for and a hard time finding anything related to flanders sour ales besides ever so slight woody suggestions.

Smakerna ligger kvar länge på tungan, lagom syrlig och fyllig med mycket smak. Gott.

(33cl bottle, BB 12/01/12) Pours a clear golden body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of pear, peach, yeast, minerals, and nuts. Flavor of minerals, yeast, banana, citrus, grass, and caramel.

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. deep gold pour with a white head. nose is sticky caramel, light fruits, rather sweet. thin on the palate, overly sweet, caramel, and toffee?

Orange coloured beer, ok head. Smell of fruits with a herbal boost to it. The taste is sweet bitterness, slight dry earthy, fruity. Nothing to get excited.

100 Belgians to try before you die? Really?? Pours a nice Medium golden yellow color. Minimal fizzy white head, lasted maybe a minute or two. Aromas of light spices, a touch of brown sugar.

bottle, thanks to bu11eye, clear orange color with soapy thin foam, aroma of graham crackers, flavor is malty cracker and sweet fruit

Hazy, dark yellowish colour. Smells sweet, fruity, yeasty and abricots. Tastes accordingly. Mouthfeel is okay, but it’s slightly too heavy on the carbo.

Hazy dark yellow to orange color, small head. Sour, acidic aroma, with berries. Taste light sour, berries and other red fruit. Firm carbo, ok body.

Hefig-malziger Antrunk, auch die Fruchtigkeit ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil. Die Malzigkeit wird im Mittelteil etwas stärker, das Bier bleibt aber einigermaßen spritzig. Ein leicht saurer Ton meldet sich und ist auch im Nachgeschmack noch zu erkennen, er nimmt aber nur eine geringe Rolle ein. Würzig-malziger Nachgeschmack. Test vom 6.9.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 8,11,10,9,6,10 - 9,60

bottle from beerplanet.eu golden caramelly brown, smooth offwhite head. aroma is very nice yeasty, orange, lemon, orange peel. Yellow fruity, belgian aroma. Aroma have a nice balance between fruity and bitter notes. falvor is fruity, orange, peach,mild spicy bitterness, belgian yeast. malts. tasty.