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Gouden Carolus Tripel

Gouden Carolus Tripel - Abbey Tripel

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 Percentile 
96
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 
6323.76/5.03.75/5.09%96.1Trappist glass, Tulip
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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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 SHIG (2012), Aviano, Italy
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/513/20
Sep 23, 2007  
Bottle: Poured a golden to hazy yellow, with a thick white head. The aroma is very citrus and spice. Taste is similar very citrus not sour but tangy to the taste buds. Not something I would drink normally, but a nice change of pace beer.


 badnewsbeers (1026), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 18, 2007  
excellent..hazy amber pour with buff white head..aroma of honey, lemon, spice, yeast, and indistinct tropical notes..flavor is slightly musty and sour, with hints of white grape, lemon, yeast, and heavy spice...


 KnutAlbert (3108), Oslo, Norway
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/59/20
Sep 17, 2007  
Bottled. This one must have been off. Hazy blond, a blit vinous/sourish, but it shows sure signs of being either infected or stored improperly.


 Viper666 (614), Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 13, 2007  
Bouteille 330ml. De couleur dorée et semi-voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (agrumes, bananes, léger de poires et de pommes, notes de pêches), malté de sucre bonbon, léger de caramel, de pain et de gomme balloune, moyen d’épices (clou de girofle, léger de coriandre et de poivre) et léger d’alcool et de houblon floral. Moyenne-ronde en bouche avec un pétillement plutôt élevé et une texture crémeuse et aux petites notes sirupeuses. Goût de levures fruitées (oranges sucrées, poires, moyen de bananes et de pommes, léger de pêches sucrées, notes de figues) avec un goût épicé (clou de girofle, léger de coriandre, notes de cannelle) et des notes de gomme balloune ainsi que des petites traces boisées lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de sucre bonbon et léger de caramel avec des notes de pain et de miel parallèlement à un moyen goût d’alcool réchauffant (faibles notes métalliques) puis en finale l’on retrouve un goût asséchant et moyennement amer de houblon floral (notes herbeuses) ainsi qu’un goût de levures épicées (poivre). Post-goût long et plutôt sec, moyennement amer de levures, de houblon floral et d’alcool moyen ainsi qu’un goût fruité (zest d’agrumes, pelures de pommes, notes de pelures de bananes).


 radagast83 (1273), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Sep 2, 2007  
750ml bottle. Hazy yellow color, with a thick white head. The flavor is of bananas, and a sweetness I can’t pin down. The flavor is a mix of sweetness with bitterness thrown in. A little spice, honey, and hops, with a finish of some yeast. Nice warming sensation and the alcohol isn’t too obvious.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Jan 17, 2009

Name: Gouden Carolus Triple
Date: July 01, 2002
Mode: Bottle
Source: Norm’s, DC
Appearance: Hazy yellow, big frothy white head
Aroma: big banana aroma
Flavor: rapid succession of flavors: sweet, tart, and bitter; banana character makes a late appearance to turn it into a slightly sweet banana laced tripple
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Score: **4

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.


 BelgianBeerGal (1275), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 26, 2007  
33cl bottle from Aarschott. Poured a golden color with white, creamy head. Very nice tripel with large floral notes.


 larsga (2937), Oslo, Norway
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/517/20
Aug 19, 2007  
Medium white head. Golden body. Full, deep, soft golden fruity sweetish aroma of milky honey, malts, toffee, spice, and hops. Incredible harmony and balance; almost perfect. Sharp, spicy milky honey taste with notes of tobacco and fruit. Dry, musty malty tobacco aftertaste. (0.33l bottle from Dorstvlegel, Antwerp. Probably not a perfect bottle. Want to rerate. And rerate. And rerate.)



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