De Ryck Special

Brewed by Brouwerij De Ryck
Style: Belgian Ale
Herzele, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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UPDATED: JUL 8, 2005 Yeaqsty caramelly, with a definite Belgian character, tart, acidic, some lemone, dry-ish finish, quite nice(Draught- GBBF 03’)-(3.1) Re-rate@The Belgian Draught Beer Festival, Croydon, London. Sweet honeyed, brown sugar and toffee flavours, sweet and not as yeasty as i remember. Very light/thin bodied.

Light hazy amber colour, off-white head. Fresh malty aroma, fruity, banana. Light sweet malty flavour, light sour touch. Malty finish, banana tones.
Refreshing, not too outspoken, rather nice for a speciale Belge.
(Poored from bottle @ ZBF ’12)

From back log

Head: off white, foamy
Smell: flowery , yeasty, malts, pale, thin
Taste: quite boring , mostly only bitter and sweet form the malts and yeast

Watery, weak body. Aroma of grass and farts. The taste is dominated by the malts and there is a grainyness to the overall character of this beer that is disenchanting. Tried at the Bruges bierfest in 2012 with Jess and Dave.

#1299 draught; nose is some sour notes, leaves, little manure, olive oil, feel is watery, carb is mediumweak, taste follows nose with little yeast, late sour earth

75cl bottle. Hazy amber with a small head. Nose : bread and small note of hay. Nice, mellow esters of apricot. Sip : Watery with strong carbonation. Little sweet with bread aromas, A bit sour end with some metallic like esters. Overall, this beer is fine whenever you feel like a weak alcohol pale liquid refreshment.

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.

Clear amber body with a white creamy head. Aroma of sharp German hops, yeast and caramalts. Moderately bitter flavour also quite sharp on the balance. Nice, refreshing but somewhat flat flavour.

19.11.2011 - beer tasting ’gentse biervereniging’ - please, get another lay-out for this product

33 cL bottle from ABS Drinks in Winksele, poured into a Westmalle glass. Short-lived head on an amber/orange beer. Yeast/hoppy acidic aroma. A little sweet, and tart on the palate, quite acidic and sharp, with a little citrus. Not bad but a little too tart.

Bronze beer with minor head, very mellow character. Smells like berry and citrus fruits. Tastes sweet at start and finish, but bitter enough to betray hop presence. Okay overall. Only Belgians would have the gall to refer to a 5.5% ale as ’low alcohol.’