De Block Speciale 6

Brewed by De Block Brouwerij
Style: Belgian Ale
Peizegem, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle marked best before end 2008/01/08. Poured a huge frothy, fizzy, off-white with a light pink tint head, fair amount of lacing, fizzy carbonation, transparent, and an orange hue. Sweet, cherry/berry nose. Flavor was sweet, cherry/berry, thin, and watery tasting. Smooth, watery, thin mouthfeel. Light body. Didn’t expect to find what I found in the nose and flavor of this one considering the style this has been entered as. Hmmm. Interesting. Different for this style for sure. Oh well.

What? Belgian Ale my butt. This had more cherry nose then most Fruit beers. Tell ya’ the truth? Not bad at all. Very fruity and darn tasty. I still can’t believe this is a Belgian Ale. A little over bubbly for me but still.. nice. Got it at the Cellars in Minnetonka. Why has this not been rated more??

Hazy light amber with a loose white head. Fruit and perfume aroma. Notes of pomegranite. Crisp and effervescent like a carbonated fruit juice. Relatively bitter and somewhat tannic in finish. Dry. It has a strange lingering oiliness. Pretty good though.

Big ass fluffy head. Deepest orange with a strain of yeast running through it. Fizzy citrus on the first sip- almost like an orange soda. Really strange- but nice and refreshing.

Aroma- Not great some fruit, overall starts off unimpressive. Appearance- Clear, reddish very attractive action. Flavor/Palate- One of the most unique beer I have ever tried. The combination of a raspberry lambic and De Block’s Kastaar leads to a beer that has no others in this style. Truly a great beer for those stepping off the beaten Belgian path.

Pink color, pinkish dense red. Raspberry aroma. Absolutely dry with floral bitterness. Creamy and hoppy, withb touches of citrus, raspberry and alcohol. Prickly mouthfeel. Different from the "old" Speciale 6 as I remember it, but good enough.

UPDATED: SEP 21, 2010 Reddish tinted orange beer, slightly hazy; good pinkish head, leaving textbook lace. Fruity, but not at all lambick-y. There’s some hops discernible, which is very surprising, historically speaking. Very fruity initial taste, travelling towards near nauseating grainy, porridge-like flavour. The onset, even slightly sourish, is the ONLY reference to this once superb beer from the 70-80’s (which used to be a mix of spontaneously fermented beer and top-fermenting ale). Medium bodied; refreshing but not overly sour. Aftertaste is a bit perfumed, like a bathroom product. Disappointing? Seen what I remember from this beer of yore, that doesn’t come even close. I cannot dissociate it from my memory - but in itself this is not at all bad, just average.

Bottled. Beautiful clear red-orange-brown beer with a small white head. Weak malty aroma with some hops. The flavor is quite weak too, with malts and hops. Medium body with some acidity at the end. Nice lager-reminding ale. (060328)

Pours with a red body topped by a thick, white head with a good amount of lacing. It’s sweet yet sour and full of apples with an underlying hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied and smooth with a touch of dryness.

Bottle at the brewery
Reddsish, amber, quite clear body. Pinkish rocky head. Excellent lace. Aroma of yoghut, strawberry liquor, but just the aroma, not the alcohol. Moderately bitter, lightly sour flavour.