Gulden Draak

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Ertvelde, Belgium

Pours a deep red with a small beige head with god retention. Aroma of alcohol, dark fruits, cloves. Taste is very sweet with black cherries, raisins, and toffee. Some warming in the finish. Medium to thick-bodied.

Pours mahogany with definite red tints. Aroma of alcohol, spice, clove, dark fruit, and vinous qualities. Flavor is quite sweet, but still dry and not cloying whatsoever. Lots of fruit, cane sugar, and alcohol once more. Solid palate, quite a decent ABT.

Pours dark reddish brown with minimal head. Nose is a nice clove yeast with great dark fruit content. Flavor is sweet and surprisingly well balanced. Lots of sweetness with a semi-dry, somewhat of an alcohol tinge. Palate is rich and smooth. Nice brew, and great representation of the style.

Cloudy deep brown with an enormous head. Yeasty with hints of cabernet sauvignon, honey, small batch bourbon, salt and fresh malt. Starts mild, with smooth flowers, then mid palate erupts with dominating honey, toffee, and yeast. Chewy indeed. Fades with a slight burn and after notes of butter. Highly carbonated.

Bottle, pours deep mahogany with a tall rocky beige head that laces the glass well. Aroma is dark and spicy. Some dark candi sugar, faint raisin, and cinnamon meet nutmeg spice. Flavors greet the tongue with moderate to heavy carbonation, starts slightly sweet and turns bitter and spicy with the spicy finishing with a lingering heat in the mouth. The alcohol is more detectable as it warms slightly, but is not a major factor. Overall, I am happy with this, I drank it on a cold winter night, right before bed, and it hit the spot.

Bottle 33cl. Pours a dark brown/red colour, about like coke, with a good size head that goes down almost right away and loads of carbonation. Smell is rather vague. Has the complex aroma of raisins, spices and several fruits, but its very hard to detect. Taste is much more present and pleasant. Also has a good balance of fruits, raisins and spices. Goes down very warm, but no alcohol in the taste.

Mud-brown color, thin head but good retention, and very nice intricate lacing. Sweetness up front on the nose, featuring brown sugar, dark fruits - mostly cherry, figs, and raisins - and vanilla. Sweet malts and strong black cherry/fig flavors up front, then molasses, creamy pudding and caramel. Medium to full body, lively carbonation, very pleasant toasted malt aftertaste. Just enough sense of alcohol to keep from going too far with it. Wonderful.

Poured a dark clear brown with a little tan head. Smelled of brown bread, sweet malt and dark walnuts. Sweet opening taste, brown surgar, toffee, malt sweetness, nice long caramel aftertaste. Medium on the palate, slightly bubbly. Nice beer, very full taste, almost a meal. Very good!