De Koninck

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

UPDATED: DEC 10, 2010 there is caramel in the nose, and i can also taste it, which is a pleseant suprise... nice light beer, far faster drinkable than it’s color suggests... nice 5%er

Mushroomy barley malt nose. Clear dark amber, no head. Barley malt flavor, some grass in the finish. Not all that great. I enjoyed it, but more because it was simply cold and it’s been hot as hell all day. I probably would have gotten as much satisfaction from a Budweiser.

Sweet malty carmel aroma with hints of fruit. Amber color with thin white head, disappears fast. Raisin, brown sugar, and estery fruitiness dominates the flavor, with traces of lemon grass and sherry. Drinkable middle of the road mouthfeel. Sort of taste like a mix of a very estery English ale and Belgian ale, definitely tastes like it uses invert sugars but doesn’t. Overall simple and straight forward enough to pair with lots of food, but flavorful enough to stand on it’s own and is worth having a few. Should be great fresh rather than bottled and served 1/3rd way around the world!

On tap at Flying Saucer. Pours a cloudy amber with a small frothy white head that lasts awhile. The aroma is a sweet malt with raisin. Medium mouthfeel with a sweet fruit and caramel. Easy to drink, a good belgian.

On tap @ THE very best bollekespub Prins Albert @ Lint. Waterfalls slowly into chalice and creates a large dense white head. Aroma is very balanced and has only a subtle caramel malt touch to be mistaken with pilsner. Very fine carbonation and very refreshing.

Roasty aroma and very roasty malty taste. Dark brown appearance. Drinkable beer. not my favorite style.

Bottle poured in De Koninck glass. De Koninck is a nice, clear amber coloured beer in the style of the ’Speciale Belge’. It has a nice dense head which does not last very long. In my opinion, De Koninck is a great beer for the summer months, it is as fresh as a Pilsener but it has the ’body’ of a good ale combined with the drinkability of a lager. Taste wise, the things that I noticed most were the malt and a taste that I would compare to cinnamon. The taste of hops is there too but it is definitely held back. Brewed from 100% malted barley and Saaz hops, the folks at De Koninck brewery clearly know a thing or two about quality ingredients in it shows in their beer. In all, De Koninck is a beer which I highly regard and especially recommend to those looking for a nice summer refresher without having to fall back on cheap tasting lagers from the large breweries.

Pours amber with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, fruity and spice. Flavour is caramel, spice and light alcohol.