Pauwel Kwak
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| Kwak | |
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 A Kwak beer served in its traditional glass |
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| Brewery | Brewery Bosteels |
| Style | Amber |
| First Brewed | 1980s |
| Alc. vol. | 8.0% |
Pauwel Kwak (pronounced /paʊʌl kwɑk/ ), or simply Kwak, is an amber, 8% abv Belgian beer, brewed by the family-owned Brewery Bosteels in Buggenhout, Belgium. It is named after an 18th century innkeeper and brewer, Pauwel Kwak.
The beer is filtered before packaging in bottles and kegs.[1]
[edit] Glass
As with other Belgian beers, Kwak has a branded glass with its own distinctive shape. The Kwak glass has attracted attention because it is a round-bottomed, hour-glass shaped glass that resembles a stirrup cup[2] or 'yard of ale', which is held upright in a wooden stand—rather like a piece of old scientific apparatus. The brewery claim the glass was designed by the innkeeper Pauwel Kwak in the early 19th century for coachmen,[3] though the beer and the glass were launched in the 1980s.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ The Oxford Bottled Beer Database
- ^ Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Down on your knees to bless monks' top ale
- ^ Welcome to Bosteels Brewery
- ^ Michael Jackson, Great Beers of Belgium, Regional Specialities, pp 277-278, ISBN 9053730125
