De Koninck Blond

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

Golden. Floral aroma - a bit of caramel too. Refreshing and harmless flavours: orange, biscuits and flowers.

Draught at Quinten Matsijs, Antwerpen, Belgium. Clear golden colour with white medium-size head. Fruity, hoppy and spicy aroma. Lots of spices in flavour. Some alcohol too. Pretty good.

A: Poured similar to the DK Amber: small, white head, and a slightly hazy body. Nice dark golden color, with some light particles floating about. S: Have yet to be impressed by the aroma of a De Koninck beer. Here, light traces of yeast are detectable, and some alcohol as well. Is that butter I smell as well? T: Yep, maybe that was butter... I can taste it as well. Slight bready taste as well, and a very light presence of alcohol in the finish. Goes down great, though, and opens up and improves as it warms up a bit. M: Nice, medium body and creamy texture, with a perfect amount of carbonation. D: Not exactly boiling over with flavor or personality, but this one is a very nice-drinking beer, and I enjoyed it a little more than the DK Amber. I wouldn’t be opposed to drinking this again at all.

Bottle. Pours a golden body with a white head. Sweet floral notes, dried fruit with a dusty earthy finish. Light caramel and spices. Decent.

Bottle. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Fruity notes and very week licorice notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Fresh but not very great.

Clear golden with a medium white head. Sweet aroma with fruity and yeasty notes. Flavour was fruity with malt, caramel and yeasty notes.

Light yellow gold brew that produced a small ammount of head that retained its form the entire duration of the beer. Tiny floaties too. Aroma came across quite mild and pleasant aside from the obvious alcoholly smell which suprised me for such a mild beer; light yeast, banana and oranges. Taste was dissapointing with its sweet syrupy honey and banana flavour that I didn’t really enjoy. Bored my mouth with its slight sour bitterness and empty dull finish. I was glad when my glass was empty.

Bottle: Clear, golden, visible carbonation, small stable white layer; lemony-fruity nose with a faint papery touch; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, combined with a subtle acidity; light to moderate sweetish-fruity finish with a balancing bitterness in the aftertaste. Nice and easy.........