Gouden Carolus Classic

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

alcohol not very present for a beer at 8,5% Brown color and sweet taste caramel, brown, long finish,

Wow fantastic beer, Dark amber copper color, decent creamy head, decent retention. Nose is alcohol and sweet fruits some caremel in there too. Flavor is rather malty , but also some dried fruit and even a little choc and cinnamon in the mix. some hops too. thick creamy mouthfeel. Great beer had at Smokeless Joes

dark brown with tan head. flavor os molasses and raisons. could use a little more time to mature. this way on tap

Dark orange body with huge off-white head. Notes of raisins, dark malt, and black licorice.

Bottle courtesy of hogtownharry. Pours cherry red with a tan head. Smells of cinnamon, cherries, touches of dough, oranges, hints of oak, some spice. Tastes of figs, brown sugar, molasses, some alcohol, cloves. Mouthfeel is full. Some melon on the finish.

33cl. bottle at home: Ok, confused... its says unfiltered and bottle-conditioned, yet the bottle has absolutely no sediment on the bottom and the beer is gorgeously clear! Rich brilliant deep red/garnet color with an almost perfect creamy tan head, if only it could stick around a bit longer. Powerful aromas of dark rich fruits in sweet delcious cake... I suppose we would call that fruitcake. Plums, raisin, dried berries mixed with winter spices and light-molasses or treacle. Just a bit of dark Havana rum soaked deeply into the fruitcake. Quite sweet taste with black grapes and mixed dark fruit infused tea leading way to an almost lactose sugar quality. Just as it crosses the "too-sweet" threshold it pulls back into deep malt, dark caramel and burnt sugar. Finally reaching into light coffee and a slight herbal yeast. Considering it’s upfront sweetness, it dries out enough in the end to not be sticky sweet. Halfway down the glass and that upfront sweetness does start to fade (or you get used to it) and the beer benefits from that. Alcohol fades in and out through burnt sugars.

Pours a dense, dark amber color. Smooth, full mouthfeel, nice rich malty flavor. slightly sweet flavor balance. Slight estery note and alcohol character.

Boutelle ka piwa- Bottle at Chaucer’s. Poured a deep chestnut topped with a frothy, long lived mocha froth. Roasty, coffee, toasty nose with an interesting integration of dark fruit and banana and a touch of spice. Sweet, dark fruit up front, with toffee, roasty flavours and bananas with moderate spicing. Creamy and drinkable as hell. I went to Chaucer’s and ordered what they had....boy am I glad I did.