So what does the extra kick of more alcohol do to the Koenigsbier recipe? Well it looks okay, some head but not exciting in appearance, carbonated yellow that won’t turn any heads. Smells of wet bread and hops. Taste is syrupy, malts and caramel, finish of wood and oak. I think I liked the less offensive non-forte version better.

Found at Carrefour for extra cheap, €0.28 a can! Much better than paying nine Euros for it in the middle of Paris.... but anyways, Pours with decent head and okay yellow. No aroma to speak of - maybe some malts? The taste is equally unimpressive with faint malts and not much else. Very refreshing as it’s quite close to water.

Found at carrefour in 250ml bottles, 5.5% abv and exactly like the can pictured. I was wondering with baited breath what "prestige" beer tasted like.... and the way this stuff was priced, it certainly wasn’t "prestigious"! Pours very average into a flute glass, carbonated yellow, styrofoam head. Aroma of water, grains, cereal. Taste is a rotting maltiness, like they kept the malt in the water too long and it turned bad on them. Weak mouthfeel. Nothing interesting at all about this one.

Bottle 500ml.Clear light yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, cardbord, paper. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration, cardboard. Body is light medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100111]

Clear golden with a tiny white head. Malty aroma with hints of bread. Sweet flavour with malty and breadish notes. Finished dry.

Can 50 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a clear yellow with a huge and dense white head. Unclean malty nose. Medium body, a little low in carbonation with a very soft mouthfeel. Hardly any bitterness. 110110

21/12 0.5 l can. It poured golden body with medium sized head. Sharp artificial tequila nose, some citrus peel. Sweetish flavor, completely artificial sweeteners making some lemon-tequila environment. Typical for the style, yet not unpleasant at all, let’s say even refreshing with that bitterish, somewhat ugly finish. Not a beer anyway.