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Kwak (Pauwel Kwak)

Name: Kwak (Pauwel Kwak)
Brand: Bosteels Brewery
SKU: 54050051
Price: 4.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Producer Bosteels Brewery

Country Belgium

Region East Flanders

ABV 8.40%

Tasting Notes

Caramel Malt, Dried Fruit, Spice and Warming Finish

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More About Kwak (Pauwel Kwak)

A famous Belgian strong amber ale brewed by Brouwerij Bosteels in Buggenhout, instantly recognisable for both its flavour and its unusual glass served in a wooden stand.

It sits at around 8.4% ABV, placing it firmly in the “strong Belgian ale” category alongside beers like Tripel Karmeliet and Duvel.

In the glass, it pours a deep amber to reddish-gold, with aromas and flavours of caramel, toffee, candied fruit and dark spice, often layered with notes of banana, dried fruit and gentle hop bitterness.

Meet the Producer, Bosteels Brewery

Bosteels Brewery

Style: Brewery

Bosteels is one of Belgium’s great historic breweries and proof that Belgian beer culture often operates according to a completely different set of rules from the rest of the brewing world. Founded in 1791 and still deeply rooted in Flemish brewing tradition, the brewery is best known for iconic beers like Kwak, Tripel Karmeliet and DeuS, all of which sound slightly made-up until you realise Belgium treats beer with roughly the same seriousness other countries reserve for religion or constitutional law.

Tripel Karmeliet has become especially legendary among Belgian beer fans, and with good reason. Brewed using wheat, oats and barley in a nod to a centuries-old Carmelite monastery recipe, it somehow manages to feel rich, creamy, spicy and dangerously drinkable all at once. Then there’s Kwak, famous not only for its strong amber ale but also for being served in one of the most gloriously impractical beer glasses ever invented. A sort of wooden stand and bulb-shaped contraption that looks like laboratory equipment stolen during a pub crawl.

What makes Bosteels especially charming is how effortlessly the brewery balances deep tradition with proper drinkability. These beers are complex, absolutely, but they never feel like academic exercises designed purely for tasting notes and untappd reviews. They’re built for cafés, food, conversation and very accidentally ordering another one despite the ABV quietly creeping into dangerous territory.

Belgium’s brewing culture remains one of the most distinctive and influential on earth, and Bosteels sits right near the centre of it. Rich, historic, slightly eccentric and packed with character. Basically everything people hope Belgian beer will be when they buy the bottle with the fancy label.