2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
An amber beer with a huge orange head. The aroma is sweet spicy while the flavor is sweet with primary notes of caramel and lesser notes of spices, while the body is thin.
1.8 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Offwhite small head, dark golden colour. Strong dominating hoppy flavour, malts. Hoppy, dull taste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
amber colour, sweet-bitter aroma, soft palate, some carbonation. Light bitter finish. Easy drinker
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: JUL 22, 2005 (Bottle 25 cl) Beautiful amber colour, although the label rather confusingly claims that this beer is "light as a pilsener". I mean, whats the point in producing an amber if you’d rather it looked like a pils? Anyways, De Smedt didn’t succeed - this is an archetypical "Amber" or "Speciale" in the same vein as De Koninck or Palm. Small, creamy head. Some caramel sweetness balanced by some hoppiness. High carbonation. 120305 and 111199
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Amber beer with offwhite head. Te armoa is a bit metalic. Taste is thin and watery with some sweetness.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
UPDATED: MAY 4, 2006 Bottle. (Label says Cabbac Speciale Amber). Sourish, bitter hop aroma. Dark amber colour. Caramel, spice hints. Quite boring, though. Aftertaste is yeasty and a bit like cheap lager.
1.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 3/20
Bottle. Golden colour with a small white head. Sweet light barnyard aroma and a light sour taste. Medium body and a light sour finish.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: JUN 16, 2005 Bottle - in a side-by-side tasting with Op-Ale (wiich I heard of as being the same beer as this one
Clear, amber body. Moslty lasting lightly brown head. Fair lace. Nose of yeats (light - dough) and hops (moderately - flowers) Lightly bitter, lightly sweet initial flavour. Lightly bitter finish. Slightly watery. Result of the side-by-side: the beers aren’t exactly the same. They are very similar, but the GB beer is a little bit more watery.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Typical bulk brew for Belgian supermarket chain GB. Amber copper clear with medium small white head. Faint hops, malt, acrylic plastic and sour milk aromas. Weak non-descript watery body. Bland mild bitter and some malt flavours with that plastic thing coming through at the end again. Fortunately they come in 250 cc bottles and I only bought one.
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