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Gouden Carolus Classic

Percentile
98
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Het Anker
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Mechelen, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6693.84/5.03.83/5.08.5%94.5Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Het Anker Brewery still brews "The Emperor’s Beer" which is top-fermented and bottle conditioned following traditional methods. Its high gravity (O.G. 1080-85) combines the warmth of wine and the freshness of beer. Gouden Carolus is one of the strongest and most exciting beers in the world. After lengthy maturing and conditioning, it is bottled unfiltered, giving a beer which is rich in vitamins and 100% natural. Gouden Carolus has unlimited storage (it even improves with age) and will charm you with its warm coppery colour and rich bouquet.
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 austone (1036), Turku; Pori, Finland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 2, 2009  
75cl bottle. Dark reddish brown, creamy beige head. Very alcoholic, sweet candi sugary aroma with liquorice, aniseed. Quite dull sugary flavor with same herbs, little roastiness and alcohol. Almost medium bodied with smooth carbonation. Nothing special here, average strong ale.


 Ethereal (1500), London, Greater London, England
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Jan 2, 2009  
330ml bottle, 9th Nov 08. Beguiling odour of dark fruits and woodiness, which carries over to the flavour, thick with treacle and thorough maltiness. Deep brown with a thin whitish head. You feel the alcohol but you don’t taste it - a very good winter sipping beer.


 GJF (492), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 1, 2009  
Very nice beer. Pours dark ruby-brown with a dense, rocky head with plenty of lacing. There’s a wonderful sweet-smoky aroma. Flavor is all yeast and dark fruits, raisin, plum, etc. I like it.


 gsmitty80 (638), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/105/514/20
Dec 30, 2008  
This beer is suprisingly smooth for the alcohoic aroma and strong alcohol content. It is a Belgian "brown" ale with much the same charachteristics of a blonder or golden. Smooth with a good mouthfeel and non lingering aftertaste. Good Belgian.


 kempicus (350), Wellington, New Zealand
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/105/514/20
Dec 30, 2008  
Iron on the nose and flavour, creamy gold head, complex full rich fruit flavours


 MoritzF (4922), Bochum, Germany
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 28, 2008  
[33cl bottle, mille grazie Ivo] Clear, ruby amber colour with a big and beige foamy head. Sweet toast-malty and slightly nutty aroma with toffee, vanilla and a slightly vinous fruity touch of raisins. Sweet flavour with a light burnt bitterness, full bodied with a very creamy and pleasant mouthfeel. Aromatic, delicately toasty malt profile with notes of caramel, dark berries and raisins. Strong malty and subtle fruity finish with a pleasant, Armagnac-like finish. A very balanced and complex brew [19.XII.08].


 DrDavid (957), Johnson, Vermont, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Dec 23, 2008  
Bottle. Sweet malty and fruity aroma. Hazy dark reddish brown body, creamy beige head. Flavor is ripe fruit sweet, with plenty of caramel and malt evident, and a bit of intrusive alcohol. Sweet finish. Tasty, but not superlative. Disappointing on the whole.


 hombrepalo (757), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 18, 2008  
Bottle: Poured a dark color beer with a thick foamy brown head with excellent retention. Aroma of figs with sweet alcohol notes and typical Belgian yeast is easily identifiable and greatly enjoyable. Taste is quite rich with figs and plum sweetness with a thick body and warm alcohol note mix with lots of yeast.



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