De Koninck

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Poured from the bottle and coupled with Wild Boar & Chimay Sausages. A pale brown with a good coverage of head - which laced beautifully down the glass. Aroma was a pleasant sweet malt. One downside was that it was TOO COLD (what a sin), so difficult to get out any flavours, except for the malt. It did melt on the tounge though, not as in your face as some other belgium beers. Also had a nice amount of bitterness.

Obviously very very well known, at least in Belgium and The Netherlands. It’s not so special though, at least not to me. Color is nice, deep dark reddish. But the smell and taste are flat and a bit boring.

Bottle. Pours amber with a small off-white head. Weak malty aroma, taste is weak roasted malt, fruity, not impressive at all

UPDATED: NOV 30, 2005 Amber-orangeish hue, with a shy tan-colored head, with a malty nose, toasty malt and fruity aromas follow through on a medium-bodied palate with a fruity, malty character, grainy, toasty accent, with in an emerging hop bittrness finish.

Pours clear ruby brown with a nice creamy tanned head. Aroma is malty, bread, hoppy, fruity and floral. Medium fruity mouthfeel. Fruity, malty, dry, bitter and crisp flavor. Very drinkable. Drytart thin palate. Finishes dry and tart.

Quite thin, but fine and complex.

From the tap poured amber with a good amount of head. Nice sweet malty flavor with a quick finish.

UPDATED: MAY 3, 2005 Chalky body with subdued biscuity malt flavors and dull spicy hop accents. Serves as a passable crossover brew, but little else.