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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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6403.77/5.03.76/5.09%96.4Trappist 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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 Ober (1195), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Mar 4, 2008  
A beautiful dark golden colored beer, with a very large white thick foamy head. A lot of aroma’s, a combination of caramel, fruits, like raisins. Also light spicy. A rich taste of banana, pine, honey and malt. It’s complex and balanced. A beer to enjoy on a nice summer day.


 Miguel (1181), Saint-Ours, Quebec, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jun 5, 2005  
Ratebeer Mondial Gathering (tiggmtl). Épices, agrumes, miel, raisins, alcool. Levure présente. Belle rondeur du malt. Houblon bien présent.


 markwise (1179), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jul 31, 2008  
Pours a hazy yellow color with a healthy white head. It foamed out of the bottle when I opened it, just like papajohn. It smells of apples, whiskey, caramel, spice, and apples, with a floral hint. The taste is very good with heavy caramel apple flavor and an alcohol presence that hints of whiskey. Good tripel.


 RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 11, 2008  
Clear golden pour with a huge, bubbly champagne-like white head. Sweet, fruity, yeasty aroma. Flavor is much the same with a big alcohol presence. Spicy and good. A nice triple.


 glkaiser (1171), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
May 21, 2006    Updated: Jul 13, 2006
On tap at Brouwers. Cloudy golden with a medium head. Mild aroma of yeast and fruit. Same flavors in the taste...very nice. Very spicy...a little too much alcohol taste for me though.


 Tranquillity (1166), Espoo, Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/103/513/20
Dec 9, 2006  
Bottle @ Bens place. Yeasty aroma with orange, apples and yeast. Looks like peach nectar! Small white head. Anis, (fermented) fruits in the flavour, bitter yeastyness in the finish.


 porterhouse (1154), Alna, Maine, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Jul 4, 2009  
(750 ml bottle from 1828 Vintage House, cellared for 10 mos. after purchase) Pours hazy gold-amber with two fingers of off-white head. Aroma of light caramel and fruit, perhaps some spice. Mouthfeel is smooth, fairly soft, medium-full and somewhat sticky. Light, droopy, broken rings of lacing. Flavor of light caramel and fruit with some pepper towards finish. Starts out quite sweet but then turns almost sweet and sour as it warms. Slightly hot with a light bitter pinch in finish. Decent tripel but not my favorite Gouden Carolus so far.


 jcr (1153), Jasper, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/515/20
Mar 15, 2009  
750ml. Huge, frothy, white, lasting head with a hazy golden, orange body. Pleasant aroma of flowers, herbs, toasted grain, pineapple, alcohol, lemon, coriander along with a slight mustiness. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It fnishes lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Dry, peppery, alcoholic. Medium to full body with a smooth, velvety texture. Lively carbonation. A little alcoholic and It’s tastes are slightly disjointed, but overall a very nice tripel.



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