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De Proef Knock Out (K-O)

De Proef Knock Out (K-O)

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An Abbey Tripel brewed by
De Proefbrouwerij

Lochristi, Belgium

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1203.64/5.03.63/5.010%84.2Trappist glass, Tulip P  Stats

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K-O is the latest invention of Dirk Naudts, one of Belgium’s leading brewmasters. For years, Dirk has been coming up with winning beer recipes for breweries large and small throughout Belgium and Holland. (You would be amazed at how many beers with other people’s labels on them were actually created by Dirk.)
Meanwhile, of course, there’s the beer to talk about. When we first tried it, a year or so ago, K-O was a pretty good blonde ale, with deceptive strength and a black-and-white Xeroxed label that, frankly, really sucked. But then, by chance, when Brother Daniel was poking around the Pike Place Market in Seattle, he found an antique label for a now-defunct apple orchard called K-O that really made a punchy statement. Our good friend Paul re-worked that label a tad, we convinced Dirk to add a few extra shovel-fulls of hops to the brew, and there you have it: a bottle of beer that anyone can understand.
The name says it all. This fabulous golden ale will knock you on your can. But K-O delivers more than just an alcoholic punch in the face – this is real beer, with pure malt and hops, body and character, not just a metric ton of fermented candi sugar.

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 Beerded_one (1617), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20

Nov 1, 2006  
Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours gold with a large white head. Aroma of apples, citrus, and spice. The flavor is apples, citrus, and mildly bitter. Great beer.

 ucusty (1215), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Pours a very hazy orange color with a nice compact head and very artistic lace. The aroma is yeasty, Coriander, and malty. The flavor is Coriander, white pepper, sour fruit, quite yeasty, and vanilla. The palate is rich, but also very cleansing.


 swoopjones (1179), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a orangish golden color. Aroma is fruity, sweet malts, slightly yeasty. Taste is sweet, malty fruity, slight peppery spice. Nice fuller mouthfeel. Pretty good


 JCB (1069), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jul 16, 2008  
750ml from A Southern Season, Chapel Hill. I actually felt this one was more like a strong golden than a tripel. There are certainly some of the sweet, malty characteristics of a tripel - a rich honied flavor along with some piquant fruits - but there’s enough hop presence and enough of a dry finish that it straddles categories. Either way, another enjoyable brew from De Proef.


 eboats (834), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/515/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Bottled. Pours a deep vibrant orange with small sediment pieces floating around and a white head. Aroma is a light sour apricot with other light fruit aromas mixed in. Flavor is light butteriness, with sweet fruits, and a somewhat syrupy feel to it. Reminds of a JW Lee BW with its sweetness. Smooth and creamy perhaps even silky mouth feel. The body is well malted with a syrupy feel.


 swanmann (256), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/515/20
May 10, 2008  
The bottle poured slightly hazy, bright honey color with 3 fingers of dense egg shell colored foam, somewhat sustained. It smells fruity, like apricot. The flavor is sweet with an anesthetic quality, almost peppery, with sourdough bready notes.



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