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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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 ruggedman (613), Portland, Maine, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Mar 8, 2006  
On tap at the Brickskeller in Washington DC. Nose of apple, slight corriander spice. Taste is slight hop, apples, citrus. Fizzy thin palate. Trailing taste is slightly alcoholic and citrusy.


 Quinten (955), zaandam, Netherlands
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Mar 8, 2006  
Hazy golden color, thin head, very sweet,... a bit overwalming, some nice spices, dont taste the big alcohol level, I wonder of they use only natural ingredients,..so brewery sent the ingredients and I will re-rate


 Schroppfy (1810), Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 7, 2006  
Sweet upon full warming, yet still fairly clean. A bit of herbality cuts through the sugars. Some mushroomy woodiness, a little like what I get from aged Allagash Triple. Fair body and holds together well, if too sweet...The aroma is nicely spicy with pepper and pineish components. I haven’t seen this in 12 oz. lately - is this a new batch?


 antzman (313), Clarksville, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 2, 2006  
Bottle. Pours a hazzy blonde with a frothy head. The flavor is of citrus fruits, pear, apple, grapes. The aroma is full of sweet fruits, very tangy. A very refined Triple.


 wnhay (722), Princeton, New Jersey, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 22, 2006  
Hazy orange with a thin white head. Not much retention when served warm. Hints of white wine, orange, candy apple, apricot. banana, grapes, lemons and cloves come into the aroma. Quite fruity. Taste was quite floral with the apple,banana and white wine dominating. Palate was very sugary and had a thick body. This a strong Tripel yet is was very easy to approach. Well done.


 jasonp (1504), Sterling/Dulles, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 19, 2006  
Pours somewhat of a cloudy golden orange with a medium white head which dissipates as it warms. Pear, white wine/white grapes in the nose; very fruity. Flavor has notes of sweet pale malt, apple, pear, spices, lemon, white wine, caramel and a little raisin. Pleasantly sweet, the hops establish enough of their presence to balance it out but most of the flavor comes from the malt and yeast. Medium bodied with a smooth texture and spritzy yet soft carbonation. Overall, quite enjoyable.


 zach8270 (2051), Henrietta, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 15, 2006  
(draft @ The Old Toad - Rochester, NY) Thick and cloudy orange color with a white head. Aroma has lots of spices, malts, yeast and some citrus I believe. Flavor begins very sweet and malty with a nice and smooth flow all throughout the beer. Finish is very smooth and warming and it hides the alcohol until it gets pretty warm. Then you can taste the full 9%. I definitely knocked back a couple of these babies. Very tasty.


 Dedollewaitor (3625), Odense, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 14, 2006    Updated: Dec 25, 2006
A strong tripel in alcohol and taste. a bit more brown than the average tripel. great white head and complexity in aroma and taste. Like a good Belgium beer it has a great long lasting finish.



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