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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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 KimJohansen (6806), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 8, 2008  
Clear brown with medium off white head. Sweet malty aroma with overripe fruits and yeast. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, toffee, fruits and yeast. Alcohol well hidden. Ends sweet.


 weaselkenievil (738), Cheshire, England
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 27, 2007  
Got a cold so my usual rubbish sense of smell is ecen worse. Shame as this is really nice. Delicous. Slight alcohol flavour present but very sweet and lovely. Like Fearne Cotton. Just like the beer though, an obvious dark side. 8 4 8 4 16


 TrefwoordPunk (548), Leiden, Netherlands
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/514/20
Dec 19, 2007  
Bottle 33 cl. Pours a brownish amber with a medium and fading tan head and a thin aroma of sweetness and fruits. Flavor is nice caramel sweet and after that gets a little bit sour. Finish is hoppy and sweet, but not groundbreaking. Just fine, not spectacular


 Lowe1983 (1029), Fairborn, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Dec 15, 2007  
Pours a brownish-amber color with an off-white head. Aroma is of raisons, caramel, slight candied sugar, yeast, banana, slight alcochol, and some citrus hops. Flavor is strong of raisons, figs, caramel, and banana up front with a dry finish of banana, yeast, and a little alcohol warming. Truely a delicious beer.


 Beerdedone (1873), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 15, 2007  
Bottle sampled. Pours brown with a nice off-white head. Aroma of light fruit, raisins, and brown sugar. Flavor is full and rich with sweet malts, caramel, dark fruits, figs, raisins, and some spicy yeast very well balanced. An excellent belgian strong.


 badlizard (2338), Berkeley, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 9, 2007  
750 ml bottle from Bevmo. Hazy dark reddish brown with a foamy off-white head. Aroma of fruit, sugar, and mild spices. Taste commensurate with aroma with the addition of a sweet finish and a sticky palate.


 mike mcneil (660), St Augustine, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Dec 9, 2007  
Pours from the bottle a viscous murky and muddy reddish-brown color. Creates a thick and tight, but thin beige head which fades quickly to a few isolated wisps of thin foam. Lots of sweet fruity aromas ascend from the snifter with luscious notes of figs, raisins, black cherries, banana, cloves, molasses and caramel malts. Palate was quite full and round with a touch of oiliness. Carbonation seemed a bit tame for a Belgian Ale however. Flavor is very sweet and just shy of being a bit cloying. The alcohol comes through warmingly to cut through the sweetnesss. Delicious flavors of ripe and dark dried fruits, honey, spices, caramel syrup, toffee and slightly toasted malts coat the tongue. Finish is sweet and warming like a port wine. A gentile but classy Belgian Strong.


 Angeloregon (2024), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 8, 2007    Updated: Jul 29, 2008
On tap at Green Dragon in Portland (thanks Jonathan)--Poured a distinctive brown thick body with a two-finger creamy, fluffy off-white head. Yeasty brown sugar and caramel aroma. Thick and bouncing mouth feel. Smooth and warming. An excellent world class brew!



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