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Gouden Carolus Classic

Gouden Carolus Classic - Belgian Strong Ale

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 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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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6653.84/5.03.83/5.08.5%94.5Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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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 Hawksfan17 (717), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 12, 2007  
Pours brown with an off white frothy head. Smells and tastes of dark fruit. The aroma is spicy with notes of toffee while the flavor remains sweet. Very smooth and drinkable.


 Carlus12 (361), London, Greater London, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 10, 2007  
Bottle @ Lowlander. Deep brown with tan foamy head. Aroma of dark sugar / dark fruits / chocolate / yeast. Taste is bready / raisins / earthy / honey. A very good beer.


 Ingy (100), candler, North Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 10, 2007  
bottle, copper brown with off white head, minimal lacing. Taste of malt, bananas, brown sugar, dark chocolate and dates. Ful bodied, long lasting and delicious. Impressive brew!


 DownsouthGav (602), Greater London, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 10, 2007  
Bottle @ Lowlander. Pours cloudy copper. Nose Malty with notes of alcohol. Taste is of dates, alcohol, raisins, malt. Slight carbonation. OK but not the best Belgian ale out there.


 beerledgend (919), Meadowbank Auckland, New Zealand
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/104/512/20
Oct 7, 2007  
Dark red in colour, huge white head. Warm yeasty aroma, can smell the alcohol. Warm blackcurrent and rasin mouthfeel, yeasty/bready flavours.


 JoeZasada (133), Beaumont, Alberta, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Oct 6, 2007  
A warm, red/brown strong ale. Aroma is malty, sweet, fuit-like. No ’watered-down’ taste here, taste is a fruity maltiness, a bit spicy.


 scanovajr (361), Stanford, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Oct 5, 2007  
Bottled @ Belgian Beer Café, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A redish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma is coffee, malty and sweet. Full body and strong maltness. Taste is malty, sweet and caramel. Earthy, woody and alcoholic end.


 downender (2538), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 30, 2007  
On draft at the brewery tap, March 2007. Deep, opaque brown with a decent tap head. Great aroma of dark fruit, toffee, marzipan and spice. The flavour inclined towards sweetness, with caramel, preserved fruit and almonds. This excellent beer had a warming alcohol finish.



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