De Koninck

25cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, easy to drink, not complex, yet balanced, clear, small head, nice brew, refreshing

Bottled(300ml). -Clear amber coloured, medium sized white head, dusty malty nose. Malty, weak hoppy, spicy and mild fruity taste with notes of yeast and caramel, but overal quite thin beer. The worst of 5 beers I’ve tried in Zotte, Amsterdam.

Sampled on draught: Pours a slightly cloudy orange colour with a full white head. Aroma is wheaty, yeast and grass. Mildly grass on the palate, little bit of berry flavor. Pretty average brew overall.

Bottle from Kegs & Barrels in McKinney, TX. Pours a copper with orange hue, beige head, sediment floating around. Aroma of apple notes and malt. Taste is good, nice malty back bone, semi sweet, slight fruity tang, yeasty, slight bitter. Mouth feel is light-medium body with high carbonation.....not bad.

On tap @ De Geuzen. Copper/amber colour, white head. Aroma of malts, yeast and caramel. Flavour is malty sweet, with a yeasty bitter finish. Some metallic notes. Dry mouthfeel. OK amber.

Alla spina al bar di fronte al Moulin de la Galette, in rue Lepic; non spiacevole birra di poche pretese, con un sentore alcolico spropositato per la sua gradazione ma tuttavia abbastanza beverina. Mielosa e caramellosa quanto le si addice ma con meno sentore cerealicolo che la Palm.

11.2 oz. bottle poured into tumbler- poured transparent copper tan, medium carbonation of tiny bubbles, white ring around the glass for a head that laced some. Aroma of a caramel malt, honey, and lillies (?). Hits the mouth with a high-lower end body, malt has a odd character to it- it kind of doesn’t want to be noticed but it’s there, acidity from hops on the finish. Odd one.

Bottle from Gravity in Olympia, WA--Poured a hazy gnarley red, thin body. Mild fluffy biege head. Sticky, malty, cardboardy. Nothing special, but ok. I wouldn’t go out of my way to find this beer again.