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Gouden Carolus Classic 3.83 685

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
6853.84/5.03.83/5.08.5%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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BillyMidnight (41), Alberta, Canada
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20

Jun 8, 2009  
This is how beer is supposed to taste. Grain and yeast along with nuts, dark fruits, and an almost creamy texture. The flavour performs judo chops on your palate, moving in unexpected directions, morphing like a chamaeleon before surprising you with its next strike. Only complaints are it could be a bit more fizzy, and it doesn’t come in a 40.

 Slacks (487), Bolton, Ontario, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Dec 20, 2009  
330ml Bottle: Pours a hazy copper, very thick marshmallow slightly off-white head atop. Aroma offers quite a nice hit of pine off the top, sour stone fruits, chocolate, caramel, butterscotch.. wow, it just keeps coming. Great stuff, although very little alcohol in the nose. First sip is just pure melted, caramelized sugar with peaches, cooked figs, raisins, a sharp bite of what seems like peppery cloves, and hints of hops alongside the warming alcohol. So complex, very sweet, just a great beer.


StinkBall (74), Asheville, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/512/20
Dec 19, 2009  
Very dark amber with a thick off-white head. Sharp peaches aroma. Smooth peach flavor with a bitter aftertaste. Decent beer but there are better Belgium beers out there.


 Thylacine (265), Tasmania, Australia
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 18, 2009  
Bottle - Dark red/brown with beaut beige head. Full bodied with low to medium carbonation. Rich, sweet and fruity, (apple and plums), caramel, slightly spicy,a bit of alcohol. There is a bit of hoppiness and bitterness in the background but it is predominantly a sweet beer.


haelduksf (2), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 16, 2009  
Pours a fine hazy brown with little carbonation. Aroma is like wine, with date and banana notes. Taste is smooth and spicey, with a little acid bite under a lot of sweet, ripe fruit. Palate is a bit cloying. High gravity is well hidden.


Sledutah (98), Utah, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/517/20
Dec 13, 2009  
Taster at the SLC tasting 2009
Appearance: Pours brown with a nice tan head
Aroma: Raisins and roasted malts with some chocolate
Taste: Belgian candy and roasted malts. Very smooth


 Vaiz (129), Netherlands
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/104/512/20
Dec 12, 2009  
Pours clear amber with a creamy off-white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, honey, sugar and cherries. Very sweet flavor that almost attacks the senses. It has an almost sticky texture and medium carbonation. It finishes again very sweet. Too much sweetness involved in this one for me.


 judasbeer (264), Budapest, Hungary
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 11, 2009  
Pours ambery, ruby red color with well-lacing brownish froth. Dried cherry esters with mild clove spiciness and some weird leather or bubble gum-like yeast profile. Absolutely dark fruity malt-owned flavor profile. Sweet brandy-coke blend like initation with dryish molasses, sweet roots, caramelized figs, alcoholic prunes and so on....Easy, quaffable body with slight alcohol warmth, oily texture, mild carbonation. It’s bold and complex, but also very easy and refreshing. Nice stuff.


LordDrachen (18), Italy
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Dec 8, 2009  
Deep red/brown color, cappuccino-like head, average persistence. Not so strong and long aroma. Caramel, fruits: prunes, berries, a bit of coffee/chocolate and alcohol. Sweet taste with a not so strong bitter in the end. The body is rather full. I liked it, rather good balance.



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