Gouden Carolus Classic

Brewed by Brouwerij Het Anker
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Mechelen, Belgium

330 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a dark copper/brown with moderate eggshell head. Nose of raisins and malt. Sweet, malty flavour with dark fruit and toffeeish notes. Alcohol is fairly apparent. Slick mouthfeel with a warming, boozy finish. Nice.

Pours a mahogany brown with a short lived head. The aroma is sweet, fruity, heavy on the dark fruit, light vanilla, light metallic note. The flavour is sweet, almost too sweet, dark fruit is most prominent, with hints of anise popping in here and there, a touch of cocoa trys to balance things out, but in the end the sweetness wins. Syrupy mouthfeel. All and all a pretty decent brew, one i will probably buy again, I might try aging it and see how that goes.

330ml bottle pours a lightly clouded dark brown ale with ruby highlights in the chalice. 2 finger puffy tan cap lasts well and laces. Complex aromas, dark fruit, treacle, cocoa, herbs spice, sweet cookie dough. nice Complex character and peppery mouth feel. Front side gives dark fruits and some vinous grape skin qualities then waves of sugary sweetness, roast cocoa, licorice and vanilla, ....long boozy warming finish. Sweet vinous after taste. ....nice complexity of flavours but thin bodied so it does not hide it’s alcohol well and too sugary for my taste in Belgian ales.

this was a special cask conditioned version for weatherspoons 30th anniversary beer festival nose grainy with malty tones and slightly vinious notes flavour was malty sweet almost too sweet with a slight dry finish

330 mL bottle. (bb 14/07/12). Dark ruby-amber with a frothy two-finger white head. Nice lacing. Aroma is sweet, with dark fruit, brown sugar and yeast. Flavour is also quite sweet, with dried fruit such as raisins and prunes, licorice, a touch of chocolate, and caramel. Good body. A little sweet, but a very nice beer nonetheless.

750 ml bottle. Deep dark reddish brown colour, creamy light brown head. Sweet, toffee-like malty aroma with vanilla, dark fruits and yeast. Sweet, syrupy malty flavour with dark fruits and spices. Warming, smooth, very pleasant and nicely complex.

Part of a paired tasting and dinner at Belga Cafe. Deep ruby reddish brown. Aroma of raisin and cinnamon. Flavor of port wine with balanced malt. Ben Vinken described it as the first real beer he tasted in university at Leuven.

Bottle. 11.2 oz. Pours brown with a slight amber tint, Creamy tan head, which leaves beautiful lacing. Aroma is so complex; vanilla, coffee beans, figs, pepper, and chocolate. Warm, luxurious mouthfeel. Medium to heavy body. Long, smooth finish. Excellent Belgian strong.