Pauwel Kwak or simply Kwak, is an amber, 8,4% abv

Alcohol by volume

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 Belgian beer

Belgian beer

Beer in Belgium varies from pale lager to lambic beer and Flemish red. There are approximately 178 breweries in the country, ranging from international giants to microbreweries..-History:...

, brewed by the family-owned Brewery Bosteels in Buggenhout

Buggenhout

Buggenhout is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the towns of Buggenhout proper, Briel, Opdorp, and Opstal. On January 1, 2006 Buggenhout had a total population of 13,840. The total area is 25.25 square kilometres, which gives a...

, Belgium. It is named after an 18th century innkeeper and brewer

Brewing

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, Pauwel Kwak.

The beer is filtered

Filtered beer

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 before packaging in bottles

Beer bottle

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 and kegs.

Glass

As with other Belgian beers, Kwak has a branded glass

Beer glassware

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 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 or 'yard of ale

Yard (beer)

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', which is held upright in a wooden stand—rather like a piece of old scientific apparatus. The brewery claims the glass was designed by the innkeeper Pauwel Kwak in the early 19th century for coachmen who would stop at his coaching tavern and brewery named "De Hoorn" though the beer and the glass were launched in the 1980s.