Cuvée
Brouwerij De Koninck in Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.54
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fonefan (84534) reviewed Cuvée from Brouwerij De Koninck 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle as "Cuvée Antwerpen 93". Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy / fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, vintage, sherry notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (141207)
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Cuvée from Brouwerij De Koninck 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 33 cl) Born as "Cuvée Antwerpen" when this city was the cultural capital of the EU in 1993. Hazy, dark amber - not much head. Very soft mouthfeel, some caramel and spices. And also some typical De Koninck fruitiness. A bit like what you would expect if you took the standard De Konick and added another 3% alcohol. Nice one. 260695
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Cuvée from Brouwerij De Koninck 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Tap in SF. Red copper ale with alight smell of candy sugar. Pleasant sweet taste not much spices, rather light bodied, leaving me on my appetite. (June 2004).
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Cuvée from Brouwerij De Koninck 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(This is an ORIGINAL bottle, with the original name - Cuvée Antwerpen 93. It dates from the winter of 1992-1993. The beer was conceived for "Antwerpen, Cultural Capital of Europe 1993". Cuvée is now tweaked into "Tripel".) Orange-amber beer, full of flunky, dark particles ("fine-filtered"!); big bubbles to small but dense yellowish head. Faint "biscuit" nose, grassy, cookie malts. Bitterish-sweet taste, like liqueur bonbons, nutty, touch of wood, faint sweet-acidic finish. Spicey taste remarkably cumin-like. Sharp, slightly burning finish. Well-bodied, slightly sticky mouthfeel. The beer has benefitted from ageing. I've always found the draught 'original' (amber) De Koninck to be superior to its derivatives - with the possible exception of the Winter Koninck.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Cuvée from Brouwerij De Koninck 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
11.2 oz. Best Before 9/17/2004. Pours a ruddy, sparkling bright reddish-orange. Looks magnificently colored except that it is as crystal clear as they come. Good light sand colored head that sits atop the beer all the way to the end. Aroma has lots of sweet fruit. Cherries, strawberries, brown sugar, gingerbread and cinnamon. Yeast in there as well, though it is quite dry and old. Flavor begins with a chewy round caramel-cherry flavor. Immediately following I get some good even belgian yeast flavor mixed in with some candi sugar. This almost get too sweet, but is saved by a big bitter hops assault. Wow, it's like a belgian style double IPA (though not that bitter). Still though, a good balance is created and the flavors are fruity and intense with a pleasing hops bitterness on the end. Mouthfeel is very creamy, but the filtration takes out the chewiness and makes it almost syrupy. Fortunately it has a decent amount of carbonation to keep it from being truly syrupy. Pretty good stuff, moderately complex, medium to medium full body.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Cuvée from Brouwerij De Koninck 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Such a shame that they have retired this beer since I first wrote this rating. It was one of my staples on draft at the Sharp Edge in Pittsburgh. +++Sampled from an 11.2 oz brown bottle this beer pours a rich golden color with a small tan head. The aroma is fruity, sour and bready. The flavor is very yeasty, bready, sour and fruity. There is a bit of nut on the aftertaste. Fruit flavors linger as well. The texture is a bit harsh. A nice Belgian ale. On draft the flavors are a bit less pronounce and the texture smooths out nicely.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Cuvée from Brouwerij De Koninck 21 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Clear light amber coloured body with not head at all. Aroma of coffee, malt and some subtle spices. Astringent bitter flavour mixed with some carbonation and not much else. Aftertaste clean-malt and alcohol present-not recommended, but a good treat-my thanks to my good friend Jon for letting me sample this beer. I had this beer from a bottle at Chez Antoinette in Washington, D.C. on 05-March-2004.
omhper (44752) reviewed Cuvée from Brouwerij De Koninck 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottled. Clear deep amber. Sweet. Brown sugar and caramel is dominant. The mouthfeel is clean and rounded, interruptedby a slightly spicy, hoppy finsih with some bitterness. Flawless, quite pleasant but fairly middle-of-the road, as far as Belgian ales are concerned.
notalush (7339) reviewed Cuvée from Brouwerij De Koninck 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Probably well-aged (based on the floaties) - subtle, but certainly not watered-down - subdued berry and cherry flavors, mild sweetness - nothing spectacular, but def. worth drinking.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Cuvée from Brouwerij De Koninck 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
An unclear red beer with a small fast disappearing head. The aroma is sweet with notes of fruit and berries. The flavor is of fruit, cowberries, and hops. A nice beer.