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Gouden Carolus Classic 3.83 686

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
6863.84/5.03.83/5.08.5%94.7Trappist 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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 RAYBOY01 (1868), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 1, 2006  
Intense and warming with flavors of dried fruits, plums, dates, figs, raisins, molasses, brown sugar, orange rind, and very prominent alcohol fumes that intensifies as it warms. Very sticky, almost cloying mouthfeel. To be sipped slowly and savored, except that slows down the process of ordering and enjoying a second one!


 ABUSEDGOAT (1934), California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 27, 2005    Updated: Mar 29, 2006
Pours a fairly thick brown body with a small head. Aroma is mostly dark fruits and yeast. Spices, banana and alcohol there as well. Flavor is the same, very smooth and enjoyable.


 gputty (456), Virgina Beach, Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/518/20
Jun 11, 2006  
From bottle. Pours a reddish brown with fluffy tan head. Nose has hints of dark fruits and a yeasty spiciness. Flavor follows with a smooth body. A very well blended BSA.


 KnutAlbert (3217), Oslo, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/515/20
Sep 17, 2007  
Bottled. Lovely reddish amber. Nice sweet, rich beer, caramel, even blueberries. A little burned sugar in the finish. Nice.


 thornecb (1810), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 9, 2007  
Pours deep mahogany into a trappist glass. Micro head stays steady on the surface. Plum, pear, cabernet and alcohol aromas. Creamy with upfront prune and raisin and a lasting caramel cherry flambe finish.


 janir (215), Oulu, Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Aug 2, 2008  
Deep red color with big, cloudy, lacy, beige head. Aroma is sweet, fruity, malty with some berries and alcohol hints. Flavor is sweet, raisiny, syrupy roasty malty, spicy, some licorice with drie fruits and alcohol hints. Full-bodied, alcholic and foamy carbonated palate.


 drowland (1430), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 17, 2009  
Got a big bottle at the Hop Leaf in Chicago to share with a buddy. Delicious! Dominant prune flavor.


brewslurp (9), Switzerland
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4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 20, 2009  
350 ml corked bottle. Cork shot up and hit my kitchen ceiling as soon as I got the metal wire seal off. Feisty. Gigantic monterous rocky head. Dark brown clear color. Very effervecent. Aroma of sweet dark fruits, malt, oak, and tartness. Taste is very well balanced with dark sweet cherries, dark malts, yeasty and a little bready. Maybe a little brown sugar and molassas in there too. Complex stuff. This is a great beer!



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