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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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 BierBauch (639), Cape Coral Waterfront Wonderland, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Jul 12, 2005  
750ml Corked Slightly hazed golden with a thick head. Spicy aroma, peppery, citrus, fruity and lightly vinous notes. Medium body with a soft mouthfeel and crisply effervescent. Spicy fruity flavors. Nice by the book Tripel.


 Lunkie (1020), Glen Iris, Australia
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/104/516/20
Jul 5, 2005  
Spiritus hop malt aroma. Murky yellow colour with very thick sudsy head and fantastic lacing. Strong sharp flavour with malt flowers and hops. Smooth palate.


 giarcsr (103), Carlsbad, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jul 3, 2005  
pour is a light blond with a bit of pure white head. Aroma is at first a little disapointing, but after a few wiffs I thought that it actually wasn’t bad and in keeping with the style. There are hints of orange and other fruits in addition to the nice maltyness. Flavor is very good. It’s light and airy with a citrus component. Good beer, I’d drink it again.


 JMerritt (1313), Macomb, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 1, 2005  
Light orange in color, very cloudy, with a nice off-brown head that is mostly diminishing. Toffee, caramel, honey, and light grapefruit aroma. Flavor has a definite pepperiness to it, I kept getting hints of finely ground black pepper. Other than that, a nice light caramel, brown sugar backbone. Slightly alcoholic finish. Pretty nice.


 ABUSEDGOAT (1934), California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 30, 2005  
Pours a fairly thick orangish brown body with a small but nice head. The aroma is fruity with hints of raisins. Sweet lingering finish, but not as good as their other brews that I’ve had.


 ivan9856 (128), Arlington, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Jun 25, 2005  
330ml bottle yields a cloudy, orange-amber colored ale with a large tan head and excellent lacing. Aroma is caramel, honey, orange and hint of alcohol. The initial palate is honey sweet, giving way to fruity esters of overripe banana, citrus and raisin. Effervescent and medium bodied and quite smooth, this ale has a long-lasting, moderately hopped finish with pleasing alcohol warmth and dryness.


 Sammy (3934), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/518/20
Jun 15, 2005  
somewhat overpowering for a long lunch, it needed much food. Floral hops and honey yeast and orange aroma.


 ClarkVV (3578), Allston, Massachusetts, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jun 14, 2005    Updated: Jun 15, 2005
2005 bottle at the Mondial Ratebeer Tasting, 6/4/05. Honey-orange-amber. White head recedes quickly to ring. Lightly hazy, bottle conditioned, with small bubbles rising. Aroma is doughy white bread, starfruit, citrus (tangerines, oranges), peppery spices, and perfumey hops and alcohol phenols. Thick yeast presence as well. Flavor is perfumey as well, quite phenolic and has a rich, malty doughiness. Pepper and alcohol on the end, with a firm carbonation. Sweet candied peaches and orange rinds. Fluffy, malty mouthfeel. Perfume lingers with spicy hops. Quite the adventure. Very good young, should age well.



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