Gouden Carolus Classic

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

11.2 oz bottle. Poured a deep chestnut color with a very thin little khaki head. Nutty caramel aroma with some dark fruit sweetness, reminded me a little of a dopplebock aroma since there was little yeasty aroma present. Mild dark fruit and caramel, and very little spice. Alcohol is well-hidden. I was a bit underwhelmed by this considering its high rating. Will revisit soon.

Bottle 0,75l. Dark red brown coloured. A disappearing off-white head. Very sweet all the way: Some spice in the nose. Hints of prunes in the aftertaste. Alcohol well hidden.

Bottle. Dark copper body topped with a decent beige foamy head. Sharp malty/hoppy aroma with yeasty and plummy notes. Alcohol is very well hidden. Taste is complex and perfectly balanced. Here again, alcohol is barely noticeable. Ends with a good warming and yeasty aftertaste. Superb!

I am a big fan of the Belgian beers. This one is good, but not the best I have had.

330ml bottle, 9th Nov 08. Beguiling odour of dark fruits and woodiness, which carries over to the flavour, thick with treacle and thorough maltiness. Deep brown with a thin whitish head. You feel the alcohol but you don’t taste it - a very good winter sipping beer.

Pours a clear brown with a lucious tan head and a glass coating lacing. Raisiny fruity aroma and on the sweet end of the spectrum. Smooth creamy malty flavor with fruity sweet overtones. This is a great dessert beer and very well made.

11.2oz bottle 2004: Dark plummy brown with a big tan topping of delicate foam. Fades to a big collar and whispy skimming on top and the lacing is drippy with a textured webbing lightly leaving spots and strings as it dwindles. Murky, dark aroma of plummy stuff and lightly vinous qualities with a nice notion of mint-like yeasty spice, some molasses and cooking sugars, and purple grape juice. Taste is quite nice here; clean, unwavering, very well rounded with dark candied sugar flavors as plum, currant, and raisin mix in with a lightly chewy fruit cake backing drizzled with caramel and light spices. Slivers of orange creep around the back end as it warms slightly with a tiny backwash of black licorice and some residual brown sugar pinches. Nice! Feel is perfect. Super clean with a lightly bready, chewy center that holds a very solid medium heft and great length in sugary dark candied fruits. Nice gradual build up to the warming kick in the finish that reminds you you’re drinking a Belgian beer. Wonderfully slick, quick, and tasty. I would if I could, drink a bunch of this stuff, but the 8% does hit a bit later with a bit of warmth. Oh so nice a drinker though. Gone in no time. A solid Belgian brew.

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