Advantages: Tasty, well made and good to drink. Disadvantages: Not quite as classy and doesn't look as good in a pint glass!
Koninck (a monster at 8% ABV) and De Koninck Blond (a lighter coloured option at 6% ABV). All of these beers are brewed using natural ingredients and are all top fermenting beers (produced using yeast that floats to the top of the vessel while brewing, rather than yeast that sinks to the bottom).
~~~THE BEER.
***A Bit of Background***
As this review is of the cask version of De Koninck I will restrict my background info to this product only. De Koninck Cask is brewed in Belgium and is then transported to the UK ~ it arrives unfiltered in tankers (from Antwerp) and is then racked into casks (in Faversham at the Shepherd Neame brewery) and then goes through a secondary fermentation in the pubs when it is delivered.
De Koninck actually means "the King" and in its true form is served in special goblet shaped glasses known as Bolleke ...
Advantages: Gets you drunk! Disadvantages: Gets you drunk! (Depends on your point of view doesn't it?)
Budweiser - 300ml Bottled Lager
Alcoholic content per 300ml bottle = 5% (Not bad!!)
Price varies greatly dependent upon where you are purchasing it. Anything from 99p a bottle to ... well, I have paid over £5 in London for a bottle, but this was in a rather exclusive club, that was not really worthy because of the huge slappings of pretention!
The ability to purchase singular bottles of said alcoholic drink, usually limits you to a licensed establishment that sells liquor as it's core business. Therefore, if you are pur-chasing from a supermarket, convenience store, or other licensed retail outlet, then you will normally have to buy a minimum of 4 bottles.
So, the King of Beers hey?! I must admit, advertising is not something that actually has a huge impact or influence upon my purchasing habits, but Budweiser adverts have ...
newty1977 04.04.2006
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Advantages: Oh don't get me started... just go and buy a pint Disadvantages: They don't sell it in Australia
you finish it there’s plenty more in the bar (unless I got there first).
Smell
A surprisingly important part of a good pint, a bad smelling beer can really put me off drinking it. Greene King IPA for me has a smell that can almost make my stomach turn even though I enjoy the taste and thus I rarely drink it. Thankfully Pride has a pleasant smell; strongly hoppy but not overpoweringly so.
Taste
Now we’re getting to the important part… the taste and London Pride is sublime in this area, the combination of Challenger, Northdown and Target hop pellets, provide a truly pleasurable drinking experience. It is not too bitter and the result is a fruity, malty and hoppy combination with a hint of caramel that simply goes down a treat. I’ve found two things on the web that have amused me about London Pride ...
Mercury 29.10.2001
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