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Due to the success in the contest, a number of brewers decided to brew the style and called it Speciale Belge. A Speciale Belge is pale amber in color (slighly darker than a pilsner) as brewers tried to copy the color of pilsner in a top fermenting ale. Later the color became darker as pilsners became very common to prove that the style is something special. After the second world war, when the quality of life in Belgium increased, several brewers created a Speciale Belge with a higher alcohol content, called a Dubbel Special Belge. The beer has a big body, high effervescence, and a deep caramel flavor. Theres a slight amount of yeast based sourness that creeps in to offer balance, with a flavor that reminds of dates or caramel covered apple.


Today the Dubbel Speciale Belge no longer exists, the current higher gravity beer styles are trappist, abbey ales and so on. Therefore Brouwerij de Glazen Toren decided to recreate this special beer style. Less