Gulden Draak 3.78 1249

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
1249	3.79/5.0	3.78/5.0	10.5%	75.3	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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SeanMacGC (255), Dublin, Ireland

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

Nov 5, 2009

Bottle, 750ml. Pours dark mahogany, with head that diminishes without disappearing completely. Lacing too. Fruity aroma, with notes of sweet malts and alcohol. Round on the palate, more reminiscent of a Trappist quadrupel than a triple. Dried fruits suffused with caramel on the tongue, with a very pleasing mouthfeel. Very decent ale.

angrypirate06 (781), Texas, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Nov 4, 2009

Bottle. Dark brown with a beige tan head. Aroma is nutty, booze, vinous, caramel, raisins, plums. Flavor is raisins, caramel, plum, yeast, and bready. Dry mouth.

stobbe74 (714), Denmark

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Nov 4, 2009

Bottle, 33cl. Pours a brown muddy beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is raisin and prunes. The flavor is alcohol and prunes. The palate is alcoholwarmth. Overall a good beer.

jumpjet2k (168), Austin, Texas, USA

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

Nov 1, 2009

Bottle in a trappist glass. For something "Gulden," it’s pretty dark - a very clear brown-amber. Nice head, too. Aroma of spice, nut, bread, and sweet fruit. Caramel toffee sweetness builds atop a strong malt background, accompanied by a bit of yeastiness. Finishes to alcohol and spice. This beer knows what it’s trying to do and does it well. Powerful, warming, and pleasantly sweet. I’m surprised I’ve never tried this one before.

XtraStout (46), Alberta, Canada

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Oct 29, 2009

Bottle Beer Bistro. Nice dark pour with a strong malty spicy aroma. Definatly a heavy beer. I can really taste the alcohol in it. That is normally a minus for me but this time I think its a real throat warmer. I’d drink it again.

Braudog (3777), Dayton, Ohio, USA

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

Oct 25, 2009

Bottle at Miami Valley Beer Festival. Deep, dark brown hue on this one. Quite the sugary beer, crystal or candy sugar? Big alcohol kick to this, too. Quite good. (#3706, 10/24/2009)

Adenila (958), Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Oct 24, 2009

Clear medium brown with a fine brown head. The aroma has notes of sweet fruits and berries, alchohol and dust. Flavor is medium sweet with bitter berry notes, a little too much alchohol but overall very enjoying.

Fratto (751), Arlington, Texas, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	15/20

Oct 21, 2009

Had on tap at the Gingerman Fort Worth. Grapes, other dark fruit, and alcohol. Tastes of malts and is very heavy.

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