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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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 jzzbassman (842), New Albany, Mississippi, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Jul 11, 2008  
Really nice pour, dark brown with a nice bit of lace. Fruity, with sherry-like nice dryness that sets nicely as a contrast to the molasses malt sweetness.


 gmonroe10 (172), Netherlands
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/516/20
Jul 9, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a cloudy well carbonated dark nut brown, with a large firm tan fantastic head. Nose is sweet with dark fruit, plum and blackberry, and just a hint of alcohol. Taste is spicy- like an Orval. Sweet with a roast coffeeish taste and a bitter finish that lingers. Dry. Certainly complex


 LooseCannon (927), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 6, 2008  
330ml bottle. Pours reddish brown in color with brown head. Aroma sweet, fruity and malty. Taste roasted malt, raisin and dry with dry finish.


 maniac4016 (114), bill clinton, Iceland
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/102/57/20
Jul 6, 2008  
emperor’s brew, well than the emperor must not had any fucking taste. hey empreror are you drinking beer or licking cheap ass, hello you are an emperor like i am john holmes


 MrChopin (632), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Pours mahogany with a small off-white head. Bready malts and dark fruit dominate the nose. Sweet but salty coffee-like flavor. The palate is a little thick for the flavor, and the beer isn’t as smooth as hoped. Standard.


 ajm (917), Los Angeles, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/517/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Bottle from Sam at Stuffed Sandwich. God only knows how many years old it was, but it was aged to perfection. Dark, smooth, ripe with figs, dates, raisin, dark sugar, no roastiness. Tasted like a malt liquor cold-brewed by the Lord Almighty. Just the thing to cap off a pile of polish sausage and three mortal beers.


 azlondon (662), Fribourg, Switzerland
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Jun 30, 2008  
Appearance: Chestnut brown. Not much head. Aroma: Dark fruit. Prunes, raisins. Malty. Taste: Again, dark fruit. Prunes. Some malt. Slight mocha-taste. Info: 330ml bottle, 5/12-2006, 119/500


 NachlamSie (1637), Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Little bottle. Pours fairly dark, kind of a mahogany and a decent head even in a Trappist glass. The aroma is sweet, malty, with light esters. Subtle hints of clove, coriander, banana, chocolate pudding are all hinted. It’s a soft, rounded aroma with little to no sharpness or bitterness. The flavor is much the same with a sweet, malty back bone highlighted by yeasty notes. The only suggestion of dryness is faint in the finish, this is definitely a juicy brew. Along with the spicy esters I get delicate hints of fruits: pears, grapes. This is a very well executed Belgian brew.



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