Pauwel Kwak | Brouwerij Bosteels

3.91/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

3.75/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

3.37/5  rDev -10.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

3.39/5  rDev -9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

3.95/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from 11.2oz bottle into Chimay goblet

L - Hazy auburn pour, vague traces of foam.

S - Brown bread, raisins, toffee, dates.

T - Tastes like it smells, lots of brown bread, malts, coffee-like bitterness at the end.

F - Starts creamy, moving to a slight stinging bite with some alcohol heat.

A solid beer, just wish it was bottle conditioned.

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2.95/5  rDev -21.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75

I think the strength of this beer was just a little overpowering taking precedence of my ability to rate the beer properly

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4.25/5  rDev +13.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.75/5  rDev +26.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

4.55/5  rDev +21.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

A Definite go to beer in the winter. Was introduced by my cousin several years back. Need to invest in their specialty glassware (still haven't done so). Goes down smoothly. Another Belgian classic.

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3.81/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

3.5/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

3.5/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

4.28/5  rDev +14.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.58/5  rDev +22.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75

Excellent.

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3.8/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

3.77/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

3.83/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

4.73/5  rDev +26.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

3.94/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

3.87/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25

4.19/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.02/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Difficult to really judge a Kwak without serving it in the legendary bespoke bauble bottomed glass.

Ultimately the beer looks great in full regalia, a nice deep amber coloured body with a moderate head, and of course the glass to catch the sediment and release the flavour.

The Aroma is very spicy, almost like a mulled wine, and like many Belgian Christmas beers.

Those warming spices do carry through into the taste, and with a touch of gas on the tongue, it does slip down the gullet very well, and keeps the alcohol fairly well hidden.

This might not be everyone's cup of tea, and a touch on the acquired side, but overall a very good beer of that there can be no doubt!

Kwak Attack Attack Attack!

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3.78/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

4.72/5  rDev +25.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

3.67/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75