De Koninck Blond
Brouwerij De Koninck NV

 

On draught at the Atrincham Belgian bar
Barley sugar appearance and aroma obviously with some white head
Nice slightly sour slight bananrama taste
Refreshing and on the whole it feels good

 

 

 

 

 

Listed as this while in Antwerp. Pours golden colored with a fluffy white head. Aroma of honey, light apples, some yeast funk. Flavor follows this closely with a sweet and pleasant flavor that includes apples and pears, and ends with a bit of yeast funk. Light bodied and easy drinking with medium plus carbonation. Thought this was significantly better than the regular De Koninck.

 

 

 

 

Served from tap into a Trappe Door tulip. Poured yellow-orange with a two finger off-white head that subsided to half a finger very slowly. Maintained decent lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, earth, earth hop, spice, and spicy hop. The flavor was of sweet malt, caramel, earth, earth hop, and spice. It had a light feel on the palate with mild carbonation. Overall this was a fairly decent brew. If I am honest, I really wasn’t that overly impressed with this one. The flavor was a little too one-sided for my liking as the earthiness was definitely the dominate factor taking place here. While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it was the way this one came across that made it not as enjoyable as some others I have had from the style. Worth trying if you are a fan of earthy brews, but that is about it.

 

 

I bought this beer in the south of Holland in the best wine and beerstore from Holland. Yesterday evening my buddy Andy was at my place and we dicided to drink some nice beers. This was one of them.

Best before september 2011.

Poured in my Struise glass the beer shows itself with two fingers of foam, Fluid a bit darker yellow that i expected in a blond beer.

There is a strange smell in this beer wchich makes it unpleasant, i could not say what kind of smell but not good. Taste is good compared to the smell, just put a clamp on your nose!

I had a glass of this in Amsterdam while attending a trade show. It was one of the offerings on the floor of the show. It was not the most interesting beer I had but I have to try everything and it was certainly a welcome alternative to the ubiquitous Heineken.

Poured a clear gold color with a nice effervescent head. There wasn't much in the way of aroma but you could smell the ale yeast slightly as compared to a heineken. Flavor, again, was ok, not great but certainly interesting enough to hold my attention for 12 ounces.

330ml bottle 6,0% abv

Appearance: Poured into an original De Koninck glass. Clear golden coloured body with a good sized, foamy white head. Nothing exceptional here, just pretty much standard for blonde ale.

Smell: On first inspection, the nose also appears to be the standard pale ale malt with some simple hop aroma. Closer inspection and a little warming reveals some slightly funky yeast aroma. It's a pity the nose is rather weak, a stronger smell and a little more yeast character would have been a big improvement.

Taste: Relatively simple pale ale taste, though simple is not necessarily a bad thing. Pale malt, some traces of the yeast from the nose, a hint of orange and a decent hop flavour in the finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied. Moderate carbonation that's unfortunately just a tad rough.

Drinkability: Nice simple pale ale that I could definitely drink a few of.

330ml traditional bottle poured into my favorite Grimbergen chalice.

This is a fair Belgium Blond. As a matter of fact, that's the sort of beer that if you drink it blindfold you will say: "That's a Belgium Blond beer" ;)

A: Cristal gold color.
S: Nice malt bouquet. A little by smoky (but I do not know why). You can really fell the Belgium yeasts (very characteristic)
T: Quite dry if compared with other Belgium Blonds like Leffe, for example. The alcohol is very evident considering its low ABV (6%).
M: Also dry. Evident ash aftertaste.
D: Good. Less sweet then other Belgium Blonds. However it tastes like it was stronger which compromises a bit its drinkability.

A: Poured a tangerine-orange with a quickly rising bright white head that was 3 fingers high soapy and actively fizzy. Unfortunately as quickly as the head rose it receded as well leveling to a polished clean surface it no time. The lacing was clean while the visible carbonation was moderately strong composed of micro bubbles that rose at a fairly rapid rate.

S: The nose had soft dried lemon peels and flowers coming through along with a light funkiness and fruitiness of apricots. A nice mixture of pale grains and soft dry wheat comes through in the malting as well providing a nice backing.

T: The flavor is crisp and bright with a fresh lemony-lime twang and semi-dried tangerines against a pale grain buttery sweetness. Notes of candy-sugar come through while a fresh lemony hopping adds a thirst quenching kiss that was wet and well received. The finish finds a soft herbal hopping with a warm fruitiness of pear juice and pineapples. Overall the flavor was bright and crisp, packing a punch alcohol wise and delivers a big bold flavor per style.

M: medium full with a crisp carbonation. Upon the swallow a nice presence of tart citrus is detected on a short lived fade.

D: Good drinkability and good enjoyability. If not for the 8%abv this would be an all day drinker for me. A bigger, hoppier and funkier version of a blond that I found mouth watering.