Gouden Carolus Classic

Pours a dark purplish brown with a foamy beige head. Wonderful aroma of chocolate, raisin, plum, grape, toffee, fig, and spice. Extremely smooth drinking because of the excellent balance of sweetness, spice and chocolate maltiness. One of my favorite beers.

Pours a cloudy dark maroon color with a medium light beige head. Pretty good retention. Really enjoyed the nose on this beer, not over the top candy sugar and fruits like some tend to be. Got a bunch of banana, some light molasses, grapes, mild apple, with some sweet candy sugar as well. The flavor was also nice. Definitely on the fruity side as well, with the apple and grapes taking the reins and pulling along the malts and candy sugar. The alcohol was masked proficiently, with a lengthy fruity sweet finish. This is well crafted and very delicious. Quite an enjoyable experience.

By the time I’m rating this, I’m near the bottom of the bottle. What I see is that it is pouring a VERY cloudy dark brown color, with a light brownish head. The aroma is slightly sweet and hoppy, and the head is a light brownish color. The flavor of the ale itself is very sweet, and malty, but balanced, and the alcohol is definitely present. A very good ale.

Pours a surprisingly clear mahogany hue with a billowy creama head. Earthy, damp overall aroma, much like an old forest after rainfall. Tangy walnuts mingle with moist pipe tobacco. An aromatic theme of fruitcake adds some playfulness and tingle with its candied fruits and brandy. An intriguing combination of coffee beans and cayenne pepper adds some drama. Sweet and flavourful with a big chunk of caramel. Pepper and lemon zest explode on the tongue, drawing into a leather finish, dry with alcohol. Undercurrents of coffee and prunes run throughout. Silky texture, mild alcohol, bubbly carbonation, just over medium bodied. Diverse; bright and sultry. 33cl bottle, not dated.

Bottle, split with after4ever. Pours a hazy brown with a lacy off-white head. Loads of caramel in the aroma and taste. The taste also musters ups some spice and fruit.

330. Pours an opaque dark brown with a thick, moussy, dark tan head. Ultra-buttery, butterscotchy nose, tons of caramel. Super-candy-bar-like. Booze and dark fruit there as well without a doubt. Nice medium body, a little creamy, very soothing and almost quenching. Liquer-like. Complex fruit, candy, and booze mid-palate, same as the nose. Airy butterscotch finish. All the butter/butterscotch business does not seem like diacetyl, though it might well be--whatever it is, it feels appropriate enough to the drink.

Flaske. Mørk øl, med en flot duft af frugt. Men smagen er al for sød. Enten var det mine smagsløg der var blevet skudt, eller også var der hældt dobbel så meget sukker i denne øl end hvad der var meningen. Ærgeligt da det blev for meget.

Had this a zillion times. Love this brewery. This has the ,uh oh, "classic" nose that a good BSA is supposed to have. Lots of exotic spices and very ripe fruit. A good Tripel or BSA always seems to have the same flavors. Very ripe bananas and coriander or someting. Very Good beer