De Koninck

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

On draught.Copper-coloured with a smallish head (though I have seen it bigger before). Yeasty aroma together with hay hoppiness. Good toffee caramel and spicy fruit flavours. Clean dry finish. Medium body. Thirst-quencher Antwerp-style with a good character.

Bottle. Pours dark copper with soapy offwhite head. The aroma is peppery spice, rich malt, caramel, and a light fresh floral note. The flavor is mild caramel, some toast, and fresh malt. A touch of yeasty spice is in there also. Very clean. Tasty, if simple.

An ale, but ilke a mix between a top and bottom fermented brew which makes for an interesting easy to drink beer. Fresh dusty Saaz hobs, vague aroma of fruity esters, which suits this style nicely, sleightly roasted and a grainy finish. A brew for the masses with a really nice edge.

Bottle. Pours a nice golden colour with a nice white ehad. Sweet very fruity aroma with a some yeast and hops. the flavour is sweet with a very nice frutiness, hops, yeast and with a dry sweet finish.

Poured amber with white head. Aromas of caramel and some citrus. Tastes slightly sour bitterness and some fruitiness. Medium body and carbonation. A rather enjoyable brew.

Pours light brown/amber with a decent white head; little retention in my Chimay chalice. Big malt aromas of biscuit, bread and raisin with almost no recognizable hop bouquet. Very malty up front but that is rapidly replaced by a spicy hop dryness that cleanses the palate and lasts into the finish; leaves a hard water impression in the mouth which suits a pale ale just fine. Too little body which may be a product of filtration or pasteurization, although it may be age. This beer would undoubtedly improve if the brewery switched to bottle conditioning.

Sweet malty and fruit aroma. Clear amber color with a small white head. Mild bitter and highly carbonated beginning with a sweet middle and mild finish.

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.