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Gulden Draak

Gulden Draak

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 Percentile 
96
overall
An Abt/Quadrupel brewed by
Brouwerij Van Steenberge

Ertvelde, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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10423.79/5.03.79/5.010.5%73.9Trappist glass P  Stats

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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 ScoWRee (228), Phila, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20

Mar 15, 2008  
Pours a dark brown with a thick tan foamy head. Aroma of,yeast malt and dark fruit. Taste of raisans, plums, carmel. a touch of alcohol is present. Nice carbination. A very nice B.S.A.

TheJollyOne (46), Kofu, Japan
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/517/20
Nov 29, 2008  
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 malt aftertaste. Medium on the palate, slightly bubbly. Nice beer, very full taste, almost a meal. Very good!


 VTHopHead (709), Barre, Vermont, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Bottle - Poured a dark amber in color with a medium foamy tan head that stuck around. Aroma is malty and sweet with hints of dark fruit and faint of spicy hops. Flavor was an intense mix of malty sweetness, estery fruitiness, caramel and a small amount of hops. Initially fairly sweet, but gives way to some hoppy bitterness at the end. Nice full palate. A good effort... worth seeking out again...


 TheGrandMaster (1526), Auckland, New Zealand
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Bottle (in NZ). Pours a dark brown with a foamy off white head. Christmas pudding on the nose. A full mouthfeel, warming toffee malt on the palate, with a spicy fruit swallow. Yum!


 Gypsy19 (254), AMERICA RISING, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/515/20
Nov 21, 2008  
Wow, this stuff is fuckin’ good. All kinds of flavors burst in your mouth upon first sip. Lots of gooey brown sugar, malt, toffee, and caramel are present. Very complex and creamy. I love it. Thanks, Draak.


 bobinlondon (280), Harrow, Greater London, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 21, 2008  
Bottle at home with friend. Very complex ale with good balance between rich sugary malts, fruits and hop bitterness. Has taken an hour to finish the glass and it is growing on me all the time.



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