Gouden Carolus Classic

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

Shared an 11.2 oz bottle with MereLikesBeer. This stuff is pretty tasty. It pours a darker yellow, with big offwhite head. The aroma is of apples and plum. The flavor follows suit, while also having a great champagne like mouthfeel. Good stuff. Cheers!

11.2 oz. bottle. Pours a syrupy brownish-black color with a decent off-white head. Combination of fig, coffee, a hint of cherry and maybe even a little dark chocolate. Medium to heavily bodied. A little sharp on the finish. Very enjoyable once it settles in a bit.

330mL bottle from a group order. Pours a deep dark copper with a small tan head. No sediment which is something that bugs me about this brewery. But the nose on this is quite nice: booze, roasty malts, caramel crunch, some biscuits, grapes, an odd hoppy aspect, general sweetness, very complex and enticing, I like it. Flavour: Nice! Sweet grapes follow nice bready malts, some pear, toffee, booze but restrained, dates, figs, very tasty! Comes in complex waves, a very multi-layered beer. I was worried this was going to be a sugar bomb but I am very pleasantly surprised. Very unique actually, not at all what one might expect. Seems sort of like a Dopplebock with Belgian ale yeast used to ferment it, which is not at all a bad thing by my palate!

bottle, indeed dark and with medium creamy head. sweet and dark (chocolate, coffee) but not too strong a taste nor too sweet, which makes this very drinkable.

Pours a dark reddish-brown with medium tan head. Scent of dried fruits. Taste is sweet and strong, but not too powerful as this style sometimes is for me. Not bad.

Dark brown coloured, wih a thick head which quickly dimininishes. Full aroma, sweet, coffee, caramel. Tastes bitter, hoppy, with a hint of caramel. Long soft finish, tasty.

Served in a Gouden Carolus glass, pours a brown head that lasts all the time and leaves some lace. Red brown colour. Smells of dried fruits, burnt wood, soaked earth, toffee, molasses. Sweet flavor, not much pronounced. Taste of dried fruits, spices, with pepper, cloves and nutmeg. It could be a greater beer, I found that it lacks some more sharpness or having stronger ends on both smell and taste.

33 cl. bottle. Pours a beige head of good duration, with very attractive, curtain lacing, over a clear, reddish brown (SRM 20) body....nose heavy with dried fruits (raisin, cherry, plum) mild toffee, honey, mild molasses, also a tinge of burnt wood (campfire)....tastes initially of sweet toffee malts, then balancing fruits, again raisin and dried cherry, bit of plum, molasses, and a touch of wood balance, ends up slightly sweet....mouth feel is thick and heavy, carbonation relatively high. A lovely brew.