Gouden Carolus Tripel

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

Draught at reBar. Hazy amber with a frothy white head. Pronounced yeast aroma, like half baked bread, with light fruity notes--banana, apple, pear, citrus. Off-sweet bready malt flavor with some mild yeasty notes. Fruity and well rounded. Subtle spices-not overpowering or too peppery. Medium to full body with a mostly smooth mouthfeel--fine light carbonation. Very enjoyable.

Smouldering bottle, elusive herbal nose. Misty apricot tulip with rocky froth that goes the distance. One sniff of this and I’m tripping across the cobbles, goggling skyward at the floodlit majesty of the Belfort and piddling against a church. Make no mistake, this is dangerous. But a beauty. Devilishly smooth malty booze and dry yeasty spice. Mysterious woody perfume. Distilled Orval with a wormwood chaser. Vague glowing numbness in the toes. Green Fairy shandy. Going for a lie down now.

750 ml bottle. A cloudy golden beer with a generous and persistent white head. Nice aroma, quite powerful and hoppy, with notes of flowers, grass, citric fruits, spices and some alcohol. The flavour is quite sweet, not totally but enough balanced, and with spicy and fruity notes. Medium to full body, lively carbonation, long finish with medium bitterness and some alcohol. Very good tripel, quite drinkable for its size.

Very nice amber with a big fluffy head. Aroam of sweet molasses and spices. Very nice sweet flavor of caramel, honey and sweet malt. Finishes very dry considering the sweetness. Good stuff.

Pours a rich gold with a thick, bubbly head. Aroma of yeast and sweet maltiness. The initial flavor is creamy and slightly bitter, followed by a robust, malty aftertaste. The lacing is good, and the beer is quite refreshing, yet also full bodied.

Pours a cloudy golden color into the tulip glass. An inch of fluffy white head stuck around for a while. Scents of bananas, malt and spices. Beautiful fruity tastes with malt and yeast in the finish. Excelleny tripel.

Bottle. 11.2 FL. OZ. Pours a golden brown color with a very active head that starts out big then quickly diminishes to almost nothing. Strong aroma of raisin and butterscotch. Light to medium bodied with some lively carbonation. Very sweet flavor that covers the alcohol nicely.

750ml. $7.99 Sam’s Downers Grove Corked in ’05 Gouden Carolus Triple poured a slightly hazy peach that glows when held to the light. A loose airy 1+ finger white head formed on the pour but receded to a ring around the glass within seconds. Leaves no lacing. This is one fruity and spicy tripel. Big aromas of pear and granny smith apple greet you as soon as you stick your nose in the glass. Candi sugar and spicy alcohol follow close behind adding a nice depth. Candi sugar sweetness and big juicy peach start things off with a bang. A pear grittiness and mild green apple show up mid palate along with a doughy malt base. Spicy alcohol, mild clove and a yeasty fruitness come along on the finish that make this one great tasting tripel. Body is on the lighter side of medium with a velvety feel when hitting the tongue. The seeming lack of carbonation is in the mouthfeel but in small doses. Just enough to make the body velvety smooth. This is a danderously drinkable tripel considering the high abv. My glass is disappearing far to quickly. One of the better tripels so far expierenced in my drinking days. Good popping fruitiness with an exceptionally spicy and deep alcohol and yeast quality. Wonderful beer. 7/22/07