Gouden Carolus Tripel

	Percentile
	97
	overall

Brewed by Brouwerij Het Anker
Style: Abbey Tripel
Mechelen, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
637	3.77/5.0	3.76/5.0	9%	96.4	Trappist glass, Tulip

Commercial Description:
In spite of modern brewing technology, this beer is brewed according to ancient traditions. It unites, now as in the past, the best products of our soil: rich barley and fine hops.. It's refined character, with a pure and rich taste, will captivate you. It is matured at length in cellar and bottle, and is guaranteed to be brewed only from pale malts. It is traditionally top-fermented and is 100% pure. The Gouden Carolus Triple has a unique colour and a full flavour due to its well-balanced hopping. To properly savour the Golden Carolus “Triple”, pour slowly in one movement leaving the yeast deposit in the bottle. This beer may be served cool but not chilled: 7-8°C is recommended. In 2002 this beer won the Gold Award in the World Beer Cup, San Diego, USA in the “Triple” category.

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papajohn (1054), San Diego (Mira Mesa), California, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	6/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jul 28, 2008 Updated: Oct 18, 2008

330 ml bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar: Started foaming out of the bottle when I popped the cap. Hazy pale peach color with a small fading white head. Aroma is honey and over ripe tropical fruit. Flavor starts tropical fruit sweet followed by spice, caramel and a medium dry orangy finish. Medium body is creamy with lively carbonation.

note666 (283), Eindhoven, Netherlands

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Jul 28, 2008

330 ml botlle. yellow golden colour. white head. not really my kind of taste, but tripels aren’t anyway...

BoBoChamp (1346), Gent, Belgium

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	17/20

Jul 22, 2008

33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex, hazy, good head, very good brew, but not a topper

Skeegle (479), Maryland, USA

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	3/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	15/20

Jul 16, 2008

I wasn’t extremely impressed by this beer, especially after having Het Anker’s other excellent beers. This one was just pure yeastiness. It was like a honey drenched yeast bomb. I had high expectations, but I guess abbey tripel isn’t a style of mine, as I have had bad experiences in the past.

SpudClampDawg (1027), Jasper, Indiana, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Jul 11, 2008

750ml bottle: Shimmering yellow pour with a three-finger whipped head that settles into a firm cap on top. The aroma is all yeast and honey - lots of ripe banana, pear, sweet apple - wrapped in an ethery blanket. Big, chewy mouthfeel. Hot alcohol vapor fills the mouth with each sip. Dirty, but sweet, malts offer honey and sugary toffee while the fruit esthers continue to bombard the tongue. Cool down the fusels in this and it would be more enjoyable. As is, still darn good.

MakeItDrinkIt (66), Portland, Oregon, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jul 11, 2008

Hazy golden color with a medium slightly fluffy white head. Aroma is yeasty, grassy, lightly sweet, slightly spiced - bits of orange and cloves. Flavor is surprisingly dry for a big Belgian tripel. Spicy notes in great depth, assumedly at least in part from the yeast. Very nice complex beer that, though fairly dry, has nice fruity and never bitter qualities.

gmonroe10 (172), Netherlands

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	16/20

Jul 9, 2008

Bottle. Pours a a light amber with a large creamy white head. Sweet fruit aroma, no alcohol. Flavor is sweet as well, very prominent malt. Sweet dry quick finish.

MrChopin (632), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	7/10	3/5	6/10	2/5	12/20

Jul 3, 2008

Pours cloudy amber-gold with bubbly white head. Scents of bananas, pepper, yeast, and a dusty background. Dust reflected in flavor and coupled with sweeter malts. A sticky triple, which contrasts the dry character. An interesting tripel, but not one of my favorites.

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