Brouwerij De Koninck

Regional Brewery in Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by Duvel Moortgat
Associated Venue: Brouwerij De Koninck

Established in 1833

Contact
Mechelsesteenweg 291, Antwerp, 2018, Belgium
Description
Looking for the real taste of Antwerp? Since 1833, there has been just one address: our Antwerp City Brewery. Because when people get together in Antwerp, they do so more often than not with a Bolleke Koninck in their hand. And that’s how De Koninck has become synonymous with Antwerp –and vice-versa. Every day, we work hard to uphold this proud tradition while also experimenting on ways to perfect and reinvent the taste of Antwerp.

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle: Poured a dark yellow color ale with a huge foamy white head with excellent retention. Aroma of nice lightly funky Belgian yeast with good sweet malt presence. Taste is quite refreshing with a nice dose of sweet malt and a light funky yeast presence at the end. Body is above average for the style and carbonation is excellent. A good example of a Belgian Pale Ale which seems underrated here.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2005 at 10:21


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle: Poured a deep orangey/amber color ale with a large white bubbly head with minimal retention. Aroma of cinnamon, sweet malt and typical Belgian yeast. Taste is also dominated by the spice mix, which probably includes cinnamon with some sweet malt. Body is defiantly too thin for the style, carbonation is too low but alcohol is well hidden.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2005 at 12:03


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at Kulminator. Deep copper colour with lasting thin beige head. Some tangerine, yeast and lime as well as malt and candy sugar. Smooth in mouth, good mouthfeel actually. Tangerine/lime fruit on finish. Not too sweet and extremely pleasant.

Tried from Can on 24 Nov 2005 at 10:42


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(bottle) Clear copper colour with a foamy off-white medium head. Toast malty and fruity nutty aroma with yeasts. Smooth malty taste with chestnuts, dry and slightly bitter finish with notes of liquorice. A really nice Ale.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2005 at 15:20


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle: Amber coloured, thin but lasting off-white head; malty and a bit fruity nose (cinnamon ?), light mild malty taste, slightly dry, mild malty finish with a little hoppiness. A very soft, well rounded brew.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2005 at 02:25


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pour is a good looking red-brown with lots of floaties in there. Aroma is very wine like and vinegar. Flavor is dark fruits with a certain mustyness. The flavor never really comes out and hits you like most Belgians. For this it loses points but over all it is decent and prob good for someone wanting to try the Belgian style for the first time.

Tried on 17 Aug 2005 at 19:12


4.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

(Bottle 75 cl) Pale golden, very weak white head. A spring-like, flowery nose, buth otherwise rather thin. A bit of malt, a bit of...well nothing actually. My parents-in-law liked it, which is definitely not a good sign. 310599

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2005 at 01:36


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at County Hotel JDW Ashford Very quaffable beer until you fall over. Mid brown colour with yeaty nose and good fruity malt with hops to balance well on the end.

Tried from Cask on 15 Jul 2005 at 10:08


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

(Bottle 33 cl) Beautiful, orangey golden colour with a small, creamy head. Some malt and a small, dry bitterness. Actually has a strong alcohol presence in spite of the rather suddued alcohol for a Belgian. Reminds me more of a strong lager. Have a suspicion that this is actually just a renamed "Antoon". I’m sad to say this, but De Koninck hasn’t really made a decent beer since Cuvee d’Antwerpen in 1993. 200505

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2005 at 11:22


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Spicy aroma - nutmeg, clove with plum/raisin. Dark brown color with small head. Lighter sweet spiced plum flavor - more fruitiness than spice - opposite of what the aroma would lead you to believe. Nice and smooth - quite enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2005 at 14:28