Gulden Draak 3.78 1248

Gulden Draak

	Percentile
	97
	overall

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

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1248	3.79/5.0	3.78/5.0	10.5%	73.8	Trappist glass

Commercial Description:
Gulden Draak is a dark brown Triple Ale, which makes it an exception among the Belgian Triples. The second fermentation offers the nice creamy head, the full body and all the vitamins of the centuries old brewers yeast. It is a "thick" beer, that you can actually "eat" to adventure the complex taste. Gulden Draak balances a natural malt toffee-like sweetness with a mellow happiness and some hoppy accents. The aroma is round, sweet and reveals the 10.5 alcohol by volume.

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Blom (514), Odense, Denmark

2.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.6	6/10	4/5	4/10	3/5	9/20

Mar 26, 2008

Dark red with a high head. Sweet and syrup-like aroma with dark berries. The flavours are very sweet also with alcohol dominating along with raisins, port and some dark chocolate. Way too thick and alcohol influenced by my liking.

drfabulous (1269), Columbia, Missouri, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 25, 2008

Spring day. Folks walking around. The baby is sitting with us. A caramel, tripel in the right glass. It feels good.

Bosskie (108), Netherlands

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	8/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Mar 23, 2008

Dark rewd brown beer with a creamy somewhat brownish head. Opaque. Fruity, creamy almost milk chocolate-like aroma. Bit too alcoholic. Sweety, salty sour aroma. Dry palate with a bitter-sweet base and hints of coffee, pure chocolate and cherries. Rather bitter aftertaste and a bit too alcoholic. This beer warms your guts up as if it were some kind of liquor.

Defreni (1024), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Mar 20, 2008

Flaske. Mørk filtreret øl. Nok snarere sort men ikke uigennemtrængelig. Duften er diskret og ikke nogen antydning af alkohol, som tilgengæld slår igennem i smagen der nærmer sig sake. Mundfylden er tør og minder helt utroligt om champagne hvilket er godt i betragtning af at alkoholen ellers ikke er maskeret. Spændende øl der dog mangler lidt.

cgort (52), mission viejo, California, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 19, 2008

poured dark brown with a large off-white head. sweet aroma of apples, candy/ bubblegum (similar to a wheat beer). taste sweet with candy flavor and oranges (not hoppy but sweet) with a strong alcohol aftertaste. The beer had good carbonation with a warming from the alcohol. Overall I enjoyed this beer. Drink it with a seasoned steak and 2 yr. aged cheddar cheese.

Naka (526), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	17/20

Mar 18, 2008

On tap at Sharp Edge. Pours a really dark amber brown color. A small light beige head. Just a touch of dark malts and fruit in the nose, but has the light alcohol, yeast, and apple of a tripel. Flavor is a little brown sugar thrown in with caramel, toffee, and alcohol. A nice creamy body with a blend of hoppy and alcohol bitterness left on the tongue.

Crit (2409), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Mar 18, 2008

Brown, immense loose tan head.Rich malt alcohol nose. Effervescent malt base ,dark fruit, medium alcohol heat

joshcook83 (8), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
does not count

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	13/20

Mar 16, 2008

nice dark brown color. very malty flavor. i wasn’t expecting something so dark from a triple.

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