De Koninck Ambree (Cask)

Brewed by Brouwerij De Koninck (Duvel-Moortgat)
Style: Belgian Ale
Antwerpen, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Draught. White fluffy and lasting head. Clear amber body. Sweet roasted barley malt aroma dominated by caramel. Thin and watery roasted barly malt flavor with a bit of caramel and little hops bitterness. Low carbonation. Short sweet aftertaste.

Draught @ OBM’11: Regular white head on top of a clear orange colored beer. Smell malts, nasty malts, herbs, tea and hops. Taste tea, herbs, malts, some hops and grains. Low carbo, watery mouthfeel and texture and a more low than medium body.

Clear orange light amber color, little too light for an amber beer, creamy head. Not much smell. Overall pretty standard.

Pours deep amber with golden highlights and a finger of downy white head. A perfumed, floral nose gives little hint to the very malty beer beneath. A subtle rosemary character is given out along with a little banana skin. In the mouth, however, the hops step forward to give the beer an immediate bitterness, heading strangely into ESB territory. Finishes with a lasting marmalade malt and hop bitterness. It’s a bit odd really.

Clear amer color, with fluffy off-white head, leaves proper lacing. Nose is quite nothing a bit of roasted malt. Aroma is malty and flavour turns what watery, emphasized by the low carbonation, remaining hops bitterness. Not bad

On tap at the Belgian Beer Cafe in The Hague, Netherlands. A clear amber beer with a yellow-white head providing decent lacing. Nose of sugary roasted malts and and fruity hops. The taste is similar to the nose with a malt sweetness up front finishing with a gentle grassy hop bitterness. Nicely balanced. Finishes clean and neutral. Very drinkable and probably better than the bottled version.

absolutely drinkable. its sweet but not too much so. a very solid choice for your basic belgian ale. have it if its on tap.

<!-- i -->cask<!-- /i --> - clear and bright amber colour; nice beige creamy head; some maltiness and caramel up in front, but all being very shy; beautiful lace; notes of hazelnut and flowers developpe as the beer gets warmer; decent malt body, some sweetness soon balanced by a moderately dry bitterness; creamy mouthfeel; the finish is mainly caramel and relatively brief - lot of subtility

VEry sweet, with the power of the Belgian beers, I was very delighted with this beer being found in England. It was more dark than in the picture for me.

1. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 30/11/2004 Amber mid brown coloured with some hop and fruit aromas. Crisp slightly dry lasting malt finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Briar Rose, Birmingham (JDW) 10/04/2005 Golden amber coloured with some sour fruit aroma. Slightly dry creamy malt finish.