Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer Blauw/Blue

2008 750ml corked bottle. Pours a beautiful golden/red/brown with a very lively frothy beige head that produces excellent lacing and has wonderful retention. Aroma is sweet brown sugar and there is a bit of alcohol at the end, but what do you expect for an 11% beer? Flavor is of dark fruits and brown sugar and a touch of spice. The finish is a bit dry but I guess you could expect that. There is a touch of warming in the back of my throat as well. Mouthfeel is teetering on the syrupy side. This beer is wonderful.

Poured a nice ruby red color with nice frothy head. Aroma of alcohol, brown sugar and fruit. Flavor is sweet and some spices and alcohol on tongue. Overall a good beer but not overly impressed.

Dark ruby red hue with a thick sustaining layer of frothy tan foam. Aroma is sweet malts and dark fruits with a nice background of spice, sugar, and alcohol. Initial taste of rich dark fruits and caramel malts dominate and followed soon by spices and light chocolate, finishes sweet and slightly dry. Palate is a creamy smooth texture with ample carbonation. Overall, a fair Grand Cru that is somewhat lacking in flavor and complexity.

C&C 750 from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville. Brown-amber pour with a 2-finger head. Grainy, bready aroma with dark fruit notes, caramel and spice. very malty aroma with heavy molasses and dark fruit notes. Strong flavor kind of surprising given the delicate nature of the nose. Full bodied.

Bottle. A logn time ago though... Pours a dark brown/amber colour with off-white frothing head. Aroma is very sweet with malts, spices, dark fruit and alcohol. Mouthfeel in palate is absoloutely wonderfully thick and soft. Flavor is again malts, spices, dark fruit, caramel, and, of course, alcohol, which gives you a warm tinkling feeling inside. Not drunk as I write this. I promise!