De Koninck

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

On tap in koads of venues in Antwerp and most recently in Jurriaans, Amsterdam. A really good standard beer. Creamy, pretty light, with a nutty and slightly orangey flavour. Nice fizziness, nice colour, and creamy topping.

1. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 12/05/2003 Mid brown amber coloured with sour fruit aroma. Crisp and creamy lasting finish. 2. Cask Handpump at Wetherspoons, Sheffield 06/10/2003 Amber golden coloured with hop and sour fruit aromas. Lasting malt finish. 3. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 23/03/2004 Copper amber coloured with some pale aroma. Sweet on the palate. Crisp pleasant full malt finish. 4. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 05/11/2004 Mid brown coloured sweet on the palate with some fruit aroma. Dry lasting malt finish.

On tap at Paters Vaetje, Antwerp. Chestnut colour with thin beige head. Yeasty aroma, sweet malt in mouth. Some citrus fresh aroma. Good simple amber beer which is very drinkable but not as flavoursome as the cask version in the UK

On tap at Kafie Belgie, Utrecht. Amber color with a frothy antique white head. Slightly fruit aroma, Slighly sweet flavor, a bit of grassyness. Thin body. A great seeions beer, and much better out of the tap then out of the bottle.

Draught. Clear amber color with thin white head. Smells distinctly of apples. Flavor is similar, but is dominated by cardboard. Bitter finish. Bleh.

pours copper color with a large off-white head, aroma of sweet malts, slight fruit, and some spices. The flavor is off a bit, sweet, malty, grass-like, blah, boring.

sweet malty aroma with some spice. Pours a nice golden brown, carbonated with a white foamy head. Flavour is dominated by musty yeast with some light prune notes. Watery, yeast finish. Not a beer to seek out

Standard acceptable appearance. Buttery nose and taste. cooked vegetable. a below average beer. Bottle from LCBO. Lightly bitter, medium sweetness. Cheap body.