De Koninck

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

Name: De Koninck
Date: 09/17/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub

opaque orange, thin creamy cream colored head, thick lace, sweet fruity and yeasty bread aroma, good malt flavor with a lot of bready character, light balancing hop flavor and bitterness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Copper color, nice head. Simple but enjoyable beer, probably not really the aroma, but better the flavor, with a light maltiness, caramel, light sweetness and a quite strong bitterness.

(draft) Clear amber body with creamy tan head. Aroma is quite sweet (rock candy). Taste is very mild, some rock candy, and some raisin in the swallow. Palate is slightly watery.

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

Bottled (BB 03/2005)
reddish brown, good medium steady head, lace. Citric and floral aroma, like dish washing cleanser. Thin mouthfeel, malty, some lemon and hops. Watery.

Nice, but not lasting head, the color is dark brown with a red hue. The aroma is spicy and the coriander is present. The flavour has notes of spices, just like the aroma and is has hops and citrus, The finish has citrus and bitterness, that is quite astringent.

Bottle. Pours a nice golden colour with a nice white ehad. Sweet very fruity aroma with a some yeast and hops. the flavour is sweet with a very nice frutiness, hops, yeast and with a dry sweet finish.