De Koninck

Taste this beer many times the last 20 years. RE-tasted @ 30.04.09. Bottle, 33 cl. Clear amber, with a white head. Aroma malts, some caramel; bit sweet. Medium body. Taste is like an very regular amberale: some sweet start, cramale malts, little hops.

Right off the top, I assumed that De wouldve been the choice of drunkards and chuggers. Dead on. Too bad that they are wasting a chug on such a good beer. nice amberish colour and beautifully thick head filled up my glass. Mild hops and malts and a unassuming flowery scent. Seemed flat, but wasnt(???) 5 minuites tops and I need another - Damn easy to drink!

Amber pour. Sour-ish aroma. Taste is a nice amber. Has bland notes as well. Decent, but only decent.

Pours a light amber color, small white head. Malty, grain, sweet floral flavor, light fruit, slighty metallic. Pretty boring.

Amber in color. A small white head. A nose of malt. Taste is slightly metallic, malty and perhaps some fruits in the background. A nice finish.

On tap at Raleigh WBF. Pours a clear amber with a small, white head. Aroma of sweet malt, slight yeast, white sugar, light candied fruits, bubblegum. Taste is almost like a darker witbier with a powerful presence of yeast and spices along with a addition of floral hops and sweet malt. Slight metallic finish. Watery body, fizzy on the palate. Not bad.

From tap in Groningen. Amber, a little head. Slightly malty, refreshening. Hints of bitter chocolate and caramel is present.

30cl bottle poured into a Westmalle Trappist glass. Pours a beautiful amber with miniscule head that disappears within a few seconds. Very light aroma of yeast maybe? I can’t place it. Very light taste with a smooth palate. Not bad but not at all interesting. I think I’ll pass on seconds.