Brouwerij De Koninck
Regional Brewery
in
Antwerp,
Antwerp,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by
Duvel Moortgat
Associated Venue: Brouwerij De Koninck
Established in 1833
Contact
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.
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle in an xmas gift pack. Aroma is yeasty and bready. Slight ripe fruit notes in the nose. Flavour is again, fruity, and yeasty. Pretty run of the mill if you ask me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2025
at 09:37
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught Thick, dense light-cream head, irregular, over deep red to foxy-brown beer, veiled. Extremely vinous nose, deep & complex. Rich red fruit, partly dried, pineapple, musk, and a whaft I somehow associate with Escargots de Bourgogne . Sweet and vinous, as a (red) dessert wine. Cherry & portwine, if that makes sense, if not that dense. Light sourishness, as orangepeel and blood orange juice. Gradually the Brettanomyces shows itself. Slight alcohol- and acidthining. Quite slick, soft carbonation. Impressive, almost unbelievable change compared to the base beer.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brouwerij De Koninck
on 25 Feb 2025
at 09:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught Small tan-cream head, stable and slightly irregular over red-rimmed, almost black beer. Roast malts, sweet rum, bit of vanilla. Sweet if complex booze. Sweet-sourish. Bitter roast, some hints at hops even, bitterish booze, hinting at cachaça/coffee. Serious alcoholwarming, and the strength is even partly disguised by the coffee notes. Chewy. Quite good indeed, complex and rewarding.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brouwerij De Koninck
on 25 Feb 2025
at 09:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draught Overflowing grey-cream head, fast reduced over almost black beer. Rainwater, dry roast, bit ashy. Lots of breadcrust - I really seem to get Maillard. Really dry, exceptional. Ashy, ultra-dry roast. Again breadcrust, dried-out brown bread. Light body if very slightly chewy. Soft carbonation. Dry, not-quite-empty finish and aftertaste. Remarkable. A true relief amongst the ocean of oversweet pastrytonkavanillamarshmallowcrèmebrulée stouts.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brouwerij De Koninck
on 25 Feb 2025
at 08:53
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Decent aroma of sweet fruits, spices and grains. Faint caramel. Not a bad beer, but not very interesting either.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2025
at 05:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottiglia. All'olfatto si esprimono sentori di sottobosco. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera normale e l'esistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma ha una buona tenuta. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana medio-fine. Il liquido è di consistenza limpida. Il colore è giallo dorato brillante. Il corpo è pieno. L'amaro è contenuto. La forza gustativa è elevata e la durata è buona. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è intenso. Al gusto vengono donati toni di miele, crosta di pane, biscotto, frutta secca, agrumi, erbe aromatiche, frutta passita e alcol presente.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2025
at 11:39
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Aroma of fruits, orange, yeast, hop. Flavour is fruity, quite sweet, sugar, a little alcohol, with a bittersweet finish. Drinkable, but a little too sweet.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2025
at 13:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso viene attratto dal fruttato. La finezza olfattiva è normale e il modo in cui permane è sufficiente. Il manto birroso superiore è caratterizzato da una schiuma dalla buona tenuta. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana fine. Il liquido è di apparenza velata. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è rotondo. L'amaro è di media potenza. La forza gustativa è normale e la permanenza è sufficiente. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di pronta beva. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. L'aroma in bocca porta i segni di caramello, miele, frutta secca, pane cotto di recente, un accenno di resinoso e agrumi.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2025
at 05:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Aroma of grains, fruity notes, hint of citrus, peach, some soap, hint of Brett funk. Flavour is light sweet with a moderate bitter finish.Thin and watery. Disappointed at the extremely subtle Brett. But not a terrible beer per se, it’s dry and nicely bitter. Would be interesting to cellar for a year and see how it develops.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2025
at 05:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at Bierencafé De Heks, Deventer. Aroma is dark roasted malt, coffee, salty liquorice, salmiak, some dark chocolate, dark fruity and herbal notes. Flavour is medium sweet with some roasty bitterness in the finish. Body is above medium. I expected very little, but this is not a bad Imperial Stout!
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2025
at 05:00