De Koninck

330 ml bottle. Reddish golden body with a thin off-white head. Aroma is malty and fruity. Flavor is refreshing, fruity, sweet and moderate balanced bitter. Classic straight forward good Belgian ale.

Tasted 25/02/2008. 25cl bottle from Rumble’s, Wellington. Pours amber, as per the label description. Bright, with a lacy diminishing white head. Aroma is very reminiscent of a Vienna malt, biscuity, vogel’s grainy bread, toasted sweet buns. A little floral hop and some orange. Unfortunately this one is also showing some oxidised notes. Sweet bready malt in the mouth, with a mild herbal hop finish. Pretty simple. A very faint whiff of spice on the palate - or is that just the vietnamese coleslaw. Goodish, though a fair bit past its best.

25 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden amber/deep orange with a little white head. Light roasted malt aroma, light berry fruity note. Flavour is mild berry fruity with a solid, towards light metallic, malt base. Medium dry flavour. Light bitterness into the finish with more of the same metallic malt note.

On draft at Teresa’s Next Door. Poured light reddish-brown with thin lively head. Sweet malts dominate the flavor. Thin and fizzy on the tongue.

draught, golden orange color with yeasty nose, nice lacing going down, caramel and vanilla flavors , a little sour as well

350 ml bottle courtesy/share with Naka. Pours caramel red with small, cream, khaki head. Slightly hazy. Good ol’ caramel nose, hint of some raisin and apple. Big brown sugar, caramel and molasses flavors. A touch of apple at the end. Thin and watery. Mild hop bitterness. Nice and smooth.

Shared w/ dpjuart. Pours a slightly hazy dark apply cider color. Very little head. ome caramel, apricot, yeast and a little metallic note. Caramel, brown sugar, and some yeasty flavor. A bit of oak somewhere in there too. A very weak texture. Very watery.

Bottle. Copper with a beige head. Sweet, malty aroma with a chemical touch to it. Almost like an unwashed, new plastic toy. Must be the spiciness, that just comes off wrong to me. Flavour is malty with caramel notes, some fruit and a light hoppy finish. Quite bland and uninteresting unfortunately.