De Koninck

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

bottle from metzlers in denton tx. this poured an amberish color with a white-off white head. this beer was just a complete mess and only my 2nd drain pour ever. malty and fruity for aroma and flavor. did not like this one. i am being very generous on the score IMO. wish i hadnt of bought a 4 pack. i should of stuck with my original plan.

Average belgian ale. Aroma/flavor of some yeast, clove, caramel, malt, etc. Wasn’t bad, but I wasn’t overly impressed.

Bottle. A: Poured with a small, off-white head that diminished very quickly. Body is amber-colored and slightly hazy, with some sediment floating around. Nothing exemplary, to say the least. S: Again, nothing to blow my mind. I can smell traces of malt and yeast, but they’re fairly weak. T: Improving slightly on the look and aroma, it begins lightly malty and sweet. Slight presence of bready taste, and then it actually finishes with a little bitterness. M: Nice on the palate... light-bodied, but slightly creamy texture to it, with lively carbonation. D: An easy-drinking beer that isn’t anything special, especially for a Belgium ale. My first beer of this style, however, so not sure how it compares to other Flanders Reds. Still, definitely an agreeable beer.

Good amber colour. Thin white lace. Refreshing beer with a rich malt aroma. Quite fruity. Great bitterness with lovely malt finish.

0.3l - Gold color, small off-white head, sour and hops on nose. Not much of a palate, maybe some malt. Forgettable.

Overall Impression: Pretty standard of the style, nice beer, but not something you would want to go out of your way for. Overall, it is a nice example of the sweet and yeasty beer it is trying to be, but doesn’t go much beyond there...

Sampled from a friend’s bottle at the Brickskeller in DC. Somewhat standard Belgian ale. Amber in color with a white head. Pretty good aroma of bready malt, yeast, and some dark fruit. Flavor is bready, somewhat grainy malt with a little caramel, yeast, and raisin. Palate medium. Not too exciting overall.

Enjoyed from an 11.2oz bottle in a pub glass. The beer pours a medium amber color, with a white head that fairly quickly falls away. The nose has a nice range of complexity, showing at first some pilsner-derived grainyness/sweetness, followed by a nice, if, subtle caramel note, and finished by some yeast-derived esters. The palate is simple, straightforward, and pleasant. Malt and yeast dominate, but create a nice malange of flavors, raning from light caramel to subtle fruits. Overall, not as good as I was expecting, but it is easy to understand why this is the everyday beer of drinkers in Antwerp.