De Koninck

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

(Bottle 25 cl) Beautiful, clear amber with a small head. Caramel notes but dry, not sweet nor bitter. Actually extremely well-balanced. If you want to drink a LOT of beer this is my recommended choice. Although not sophisticated in any way this is so much more satisfying than pils. Try it on tap in the typical "bolleke"-glass. 280993

Pours a golden amber with a creamy ivory head. Some lacing evident. Smell is grassy and fruity. Dry and lightly bitter in the nose. Taste is not exactly complex. Basically the same as it smells. Grassy and lightly bitter. Fruity and crisp. Body is a bit thin but pleasant. Nice character for a subdued beer. Bitter aftertaste. Crisp. Very drinkable, a good session beer. I have a soft spot for this one, drank plenty the last time I was in Antwerp. A different, more pleasing beer on draft but a fine, if not complicated belgian amber.

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 the White Horse, 25th August 2008. One of the first Belgian beers I ever tried, back at Lowlander three or more years ago. I only just realised I never rated it. Rich amber with a firm cream coloured head. Smooth and well balanced for a 5% beer. It’s simple but well executed. Sorts you out nicely.

I first tried this beer while visiting my folks in Antwerp and feel in love with it. Outstanding colour, and excellent finish. Been enjoying the beer here in Toronto, but it isn’t quite as good as the beer they pour in Belgium. I am excited that the lCBO will now be carrying it so I can enjoy it home.

Pours a clear amber with lots of lacing on the way down. Nose is slightly yeasty and slightly sweet, though the environment I tasted it at was probably not the best for it. Flavor is smooth with a slight sweetness and a touch of mature bitterness. Mouth is smooth with bubble. Drinkable, yes. But still not the greatest Belgian brew I have ever had.

Draught. White high and creamy head. Clear dark red body. Apple aroma. Sweet fruity flavor.

strange but good at first plummet...it tastes belgium proud...on tap it was killer compared to the bottle..grape yeast smell...fruiter and smoother than bottle. not a bad brew. had in bottle from vomar and on tap in CPT at the forum and in a 400yr old bar in amsterdam with some croqetts..stoempy de kat.