hopIQ found 10 beers with the same smooth and rich character as Ott Spezial. A Spezial brewed to a recipe from the 1960s, with raw materials from Upper Swabia. What sets it apart is the method: open-vat fermentation at cold temperatures, something almost no brewery still does. Three aroma hops — Hallertauer Tradition, Hallertauer Perle and Tettnanger — carry the character, while 13.2 degrees Plato at 5.3 percent alcohol give it body. Gold at the World Beer Cup 2018. Ranked by flavour match rather than popularity.
Closest match: Alhambra Reserva 1925 — 71%. No twin in the catalogue yet.
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