Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor

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

Bottle. Yeast and hop aroma. Hazy golden with a thick white head. Very nice full flavoured body with the typical belgian yeast flavors. Notes of citrus flavours. Very nice complex bitter palate. Very nice beer even if it is a little bit too carbonated for my taste.

Fantastically explosive, I pulled off the cage and away the cork went, I lost all but about 25cl of my 750ml bottle (luckily most of it into my sink). The head ends up 6 fingers in height in my tulip glass with a pale, off-white color. The beer is deeply hazy with lots of stirred up sediment and is a gold color. The aroma has a bright, herbal, grassy hoppiness to it that has a backdrop of lemon zest, aromatic tangerine and a tropical fruit / kumquat note that gets more prominent the more I dig. The hop aromatics are clearly dominant here, but there is just a hint of cracker like malt to the finish. This smells quite nice to this hophead and I am quite sad I lost so much of this beer.

Lightly sweet with a fruitiness up front. This quickly picks up a green, herbal edge to it through the middle and the finish is a mix of hot alcohol and astringent bitterness. This is very light and thus very quaffable, for a beer of this strength. The hops provide fruit flavors of tangerine, kumquat, lychee, but definitely have an herbal & amply grassy edge to them that is accentuated by the higher alcohols. This can get slightly astringent and the herbal / alcohol notes in the finish provide more of a balance to the up front fruitiness than any light bitterness that is here.

Despite being a bit harsh in the finish, this remains just incredibly easy to drink. I could have easily finished a 750ml bottle by myself and will definitely have to try and get another bottle of this to enjoy.

Purchased: Liquor Max; Loveland CO

Bottle - 330ml. Hazy golden body with average carbonation and a thick, lasting white foamy head. Well balanced hoppy aroma with grassy and coriander hints. Sharp hoppy taste that carries, herbal, flowery and grapefruit notes. Ends with a long bitter/herbal finish. Very good!

Draft at Map Room. Pours a slightly hazed gold. Nose is spicy with noble style hops, clean malt and a touch of Belgian yeast. Taste is fresh and clean, spicy and dry. Quenching bitterness that is bigger than you’d expect, finishing into a dry and earthy taste. A very different type of hoppy beer, but very good.

Dark yellow colored with huge thick white head. Strongly yeasty-spicy aroma with sweet orange, nice hops also here. Medium to full bodied. Flavor is even richer with licorice, yeast, spices and some peachy fruitiness. Aftertaste gets bitter with hops and mild alcohol. Overall balanced and excellent beer.

This cloudy yellow ale poured with a massive white head and a strong floral aroma. The flavor is full of bread, yeast and banana ester with a bitter finish. It’s a very pleasant drink.

750ml bottle from the Sam-apostrophe-s in Downers Grove, IL. Pours a hazy yellow body with an explosive, HUGE rocky head. Clumps of lace line the glass. Yeasty nose with a citrusy tartnes, light floral scents, and an underlying pale malty sweetness. Citrus zest and lemon abound in the flavor along with dry herbs, white pepper, and a malty sweetness. Lightly bitter, dry finish. Very appealing to me.

Pours a hazy rich yellow color with thick frothy white head. Aroma is of ripe fruit, yeast, mild funk, and some Belgian spice. Taste is belgian spice, fruit notes, some yeast funk. Not too sweet like some Belgians, everything was well put together with this one.