Thursday, March 12

Kwak Beer, A Beer for the Eyes by Julio Ingco III


There are over 1000 types of Belgian beer and not all carry a distinctive taste that stands among the others. However, the creation of a Pauwel Kwak, a brewer and the owner of De Hoorn inn, based it all in the basics, the senses.

For a person with little or much drinking experience, Kwak beer will definitely be something unique from its competitors starting with the glass that comes with it. The eyes are the first to be given pleasure with this intriguing round-bottomed glass, that when left alone will definitely fall, is captivating and unusual for a place that would want you to fall because of the beer not the beer itself. It comes with a wooden frame that assists the glass so it would not fall for consumers to be able to settle down their ice cold Kwak Beer. The wooden frame was originally intended for the use of coachmen back in the 1980s it became the primary factor of how it became known international beer market.

The drink itself is toffee colored making it pleasantly significant as it contrasts with the wooden frame that stabilizes the glass to stand. Making the drink and its vessel a set of wonder to the eyes that makes beer drinkers go for more.

After looking at the design of the Kwak Beer glass. It would be the taste that will be the one to confirm the curiosity settled in when you first looked at it. Interestingly enough the smell of bitterness emitted by the liquor appropriately suggests what it would taste like. The head of the beer is quite present as it flows down into your mouth. Yet the bitterness of the beer intensifies the experience of a malty flavor. Having the beer be composed of 8% alcohol the taste of it is full-bodied justifying the crisp taste and clean smell of Kwak beer.





As an occasional drinker of beer I recommend that Kwak beer will be good for first time drinkers. For one, it carries the traditional taste of beer that is appreciated among many drinkers. Second, it does not carry a high content of alcohol. Third, its design never fails for consumers to be enticed to have a taste or to experience with a unique kind of vessel. However, with regards to taste it only fairs a little better among the rest of Belgian beer because of the use of standard ingredients that are present in it.

Overall, Kwak Beer has caught my eye but has not come to stay.

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