t Smisje Speciaal

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

(22cl bottle best by 2014 thanks to bu11zeye) cloudy orange pour with a thick soapy white head. Nose of candi sugar, very light alcohol, Belgian yeast, smells sweet and delicious. Taste of alcohol, candi sugar, agave, golden raisins and heavy on the alcohol.

UPDATED: SEP 23, 2011 Perfectly balanced strong beer with a rich Belgian flavor, but lacks the pumpkin flavor. Some alcohol flavor. enjoying beer. Carbon dioxide content is high.

33 cl bottle.
Hazy orange colour with small lasting head. Aroma is fruity with apricot and peach, orange peel, spices, earthy notes and some soap. Flavour is spices, peach, citrus, some yeast and malts. High carbonation and the alcohol comes through too much at the end. Too sweet and unbalanced. Vertically tasted with a bottle that had leaked a bit under the cap, in favor of the leaked one. Smoother and more subtle.
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33 cl bottle, BBE Q3/2014
Aroma is rather floury and has some stale vegetables and grain. Loads of CO2 in palate. Flavour is spicy and it gets more intensive in the aftertaste. Some vegetables and orange peel there too. Not very nice, but hides almost all of the alcohol well. I had also another bottle of this that had leaked some of its content to the transportation box - and it was better than this!

330 ml bottle.
Pours a dirty orange colour with a small foamy head. Visible sediment. Aroma of some toffee, orange, spices and vegetables. Flavour of toffee, spices, vegetables and burning alcohol. Strong and hard carbonation. Medium bodied with a finish of burning alcohol and some alcohol. What a mess really and very homebrewish.

Pours an unclear and dark amber beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is malt, caramel, yeast, fruit, alcohol and sweetness. The flavor follows the nose. The palate is sweetness with alcoholwarmth. Overall an average beer with a high level of alcohol.

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Quite high carbonation, there was a funky bubble whirlpool for a minute or so which I don’t think I’ve seen before. Cloudy yellow with a huge white head that settles eventually. A fair amount left in the bottle as it became a bit chunky. Aroma is quite vegetal / herbal with pumpkin and candy sugar notes. Flavours of pumpkin, grassy hops, candy sugar, and barley. Quite creamy finish with some CO2 prickle. Alcohol is fairly present. A quite enjoyed this but I do like pumpkin beers in general.

Pours dark amber with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, alcohol, plum and raisin. Flavour is caramel, heavy alcohol, raisin, yeast and light nuts.