De Koninck

Brewed by Brouwerij De Koninck
Style: Belgian Ale
Antwerpen, Belgium

Bottled. A pretty darned average belgian amber. not a whole lot to say here that hasn’t been said.

33 cl bottle. I don’t think I have drinked any belgian ale under 6% abv, so my expectations were not too high. As expected this is quite thin, but at the same time the light sour taste was very pleasant and it felt very refreshing. I can imagine to drink this a warm summer day.

(Bottle) Pours copper-ish amber with a fast decreasing off-white head. The aroma is of doughy bread-ish yeast and light caramelly, toasted bread like malt with lesser notes of floral/grassy/vegetal hops and peach/orange/mild banana fruity hints. Undertones of perfume and mild spices. The flavour is of toasty/bread like malt, light doughy yeast and grassy/floral bitter hops. The mouthfeel is clean and a bit dead. Light dry finish. Light sweet and light to medium bitter. Light to medium bodied.

bottle BOM club selection. A very good as most but average Belgium beer. Nicely balanced between hops and malts. a mild red pour good marks good taste.

Tap at Grand Cafe, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (Schengen). Chestnut, thin white head. Lively malty, refreshing and cool. Mouth is slightly brackish biscuit, malt, some fruitiness. Refreshing with a lasting maltiness in the finish. Quite good.

Tap @ Belgo Central, London.
Pours deep amber with a small, creamy white head. Fine lacing. Aroma is sweet, lightly fruity and some caramel. A bit flat mouthfeel. Flavour is fine, sweet, light oranges, yeast, apple and caramel. Fine belgian, but nothing more.

Bottle: Nicely carbonated caramel brown pour with a thin light beige head. Malty, over ripened fruit scent to it. Taste seems pretty weak. BOM 1

Aroma: banana, malt, hops, leaves, pretty nice.
Flavour: quite bitter, some malts, sweetness, too weak.
Palate: nothing special
Appearance: orange w/ white, very slightly tinted head.