De Koninck

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

UPDATED: MAR 11, 2005 Clear bronze apearance, well carbonated, decent head formation. Toasted malt, grainy aroma with a touch caramel and a touch of spice. Sweet, clovey palate, lightly malty flavors, good bitterness in the finish. 7-3-7-3-15

February 2005: Cask @ Wetherspoon’s Scunthorpe
Fairly clear reddish appearance. Rich malty, fruity, mildly spiced aroma. Sweet fruity flavor, mild clovey spice. Interesting cask version.

My cousin’s friend Rodney has a penchant for European brews. Sometimes he cheerfully shows up with skunky swill, but for one recent gathering he scored this brew. It’s warm and spicy like a dulled mulled cider, its spices muted by a rounded malt and softly undercut with a whiff of hops. Tasty, but not outstanding out of the bottle.

UPDATED: MAY 30, 2005 Coppercolour with thin, firm creamy white head. Malty with notes of mustard, roasted malt, rubber and some hops. Malty flavor with notes of grass, graphite, berries, spices and roasted malt. Dry long bitterness.

Fruity hop aroma, orange body. Flavour is quite sour, like a grapefruit. Not bad not great.

pretty good.

amber colour, small white head. perfumy aroma with carmael, toasted bread and mild yeast. mixed fruity flavous with refreshing flowery hops and yeast. very nice quaffer.

In bottle. Poured virtually no head. Spicy citrus on the nose. The body consists of a lovely dark caramel hue. Smooth tasting with a little roasted malt on the finish. A tasty pint with deceivingly light body.

Sampled from the bottle at Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA, 5/5/10. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a medium head. Caramel and toffee aroma with some faint hop notes. The taste is caramel, toffee, some earthy notes and bitter hops. Medium bodied.