Pauwel Kwak
Brouwerij Bosteels in Buggenhout, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.11
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Kwak is a traditional strong Belgian amber ale, a perfect blend of malt and hops with a great complexity of flavour.
Appearance: the Kwak beer is recognizable by its deep amber, clear beer with a dense, creamy-coloured head. The white wood support offers a nice contrast with the beer.
Aroma: A balance of dark caramel, dried orange, a hint of banana and baking spices with a touch of earthiness
Flavour: Medium-bodied with a soft, mellow warmth. Flavours include gentle allspice, baked caramel and banana with notes of orange marmalade. Spice and a warming character linger on the finish with a delicate bitterness.
Appearance: the Kwak beer is recognizable by its deep amber, clear beer with a dense, creamy-coloured head. The white wood support offers a nice contrast with the beer.
Aroma: A balance of dark caramel, dried orange, a hint of banana and baking spices with a touch of earthiness
Flavour: Medium-bodied with a soft, mellow warmth. Flavours include gentle allspice, baked caramel and banana with notes of orange marmalade. Spice and a warming character linger on the finish with a delicate bitterness.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bought at Liquor Shed. The stamp looks like 03/12/2022 so not exactly fresh. (December 3rd best before date)
Beautiful clear copper colour, lively head of foam, awesome lacing.
I get caramel malt, spice, banana, more spice..coriander, very light bitterness.
Taste is malty but not really sweet, spicy, banana, coriander, the sweetest part of this beer is in the finish. Slightly astringent, probably because it is fairly close to the best before date.
Fullish body and the alcohol is hidden pretty well.
The last time I had one of these, there were a ton of corn flake like floaties and that ended up being drain poured.
Certainly not a go to for me but I am glad that I gave it another chance.
Beautiful clear copper colour, lively head of foam, awesome lacing.
I get caramel malt, spice, banana, more spice..coriander, very light bitterness.
Taste is malty but not really sweet, spicy, banana, coriander, the sweetest part of this beer is in the finish. Slightly astringent, probably because it is fairly close to the best before date.
Fullish body and the alcohol is hidden pretty well.
The last time I had one of these, there were a ton of corn flake like floaties and that ended up being drain poured.
Certainly not a go to for me but I am glad that I gave it another chance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2022
at 16:26
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2022
at 23:03
10/10
Tried
on 05 Sep 2022
at 19:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy amber. Aroma is malt cookie dough yeast. Taste is sweet caramel with bitter yeasty spices. Quite intense and a little boozy. Ok.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2022
at 21:28
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2022
at 20:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Eltham Wines. Amber pour with a white head. Aromas of dried fruit, citric peel, toffee, banana. Flavours of banana toffee, dried fruit, apricot, kumquat, touch of vanilla. Sweet malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2022
at 19:51
7/10
Belgischer Zuckerhammer, melassig, stark, tolle Farbe
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2022
at 12:14
8/10
Tried
on 26 Jan 2022
at 19:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
It has been years since I have had Kwak, found a 33 cl bottle recently at the newest craft beer shop locally. I lift the cap before pouring into a snifter from an Austin brewery visited long ago. For a dark ale, it is pretty light, I see a clear, understated amber body finished by a smattering of eggshell brown foam. Nice scent I get, yellow plums, yeast and grain. I take a drink, better than I recall, apricots, raisins, white bread, malt, a creamy yeastiness and plums. Decent, sort of middle of the road for a style I enjoy considerably.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2021
at 01:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours hazy amber with off-white head. Aroma of caramel, diacetyl, dark dried fruits. Tastes pretty sweet with some bitterness. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Aug 2021
at 18:36