Brewed and bottled by **Brewery Du Bocq**, Oud-Turnhout, Belgium
\nPurchased at [Lake Ronkonkoma Beverage][1] in June 2008, $12\/4 pack
\nOpened bottle in August 2008
\nServed in pint glass at 45°F<\/p>\n
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A Belgian *dubbel* style beer, the Corsendonk is smoky but not overly bitter. This is a yeasty, barley-ish beer with a fruity fragrance and a slightly subtle body, reminiscent of raisins or currants. The label states it will mature in bottle, becoming softer and smoother. The bottle that I drank has a “best enjoyed by” date of June 2009, yet it’s still pretty soft and smooth. I think after another year, there may have been nothing left to it.<\/p>\n
It pours as a nice dark amber color with a medium, foamy head. I don’t have a lot of experience with Belgian beers, but this one strikes me as beginner-friendly–not overly complex, not too hoppy, just a bit of smoke that lingers on the tongue.<\/p>\n
It’s a decent beer with not a lot of zing. I picture enjoying it on a winter’s night, but I’m not sure if this would make it into my regular rotation.<\/p>\n
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Brewed and bottled by **Brewery Du Bocq**, Oud-Turnhout, Belgium Purchased at [Lake Ronkonkoma Beverage][1] in June 2008, $12\/4 pack Opened bottle in August 2008 Served in pint glass at 45°F A Belgian *dubbel* style beer, the Corsendonk is smoky but not overly bitter. This is a yeasty, barley-ish beer with a fruity fragrance and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nj3d-3I","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macphoenix.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}