Gulpener Gladiator

Gulpener Bierbrouwerij
Brewed at Grolsche Bierbrouwerij Ned. (SABMiller)
Style: European Strong Lager
Gulpen, Netherlands

[Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm] Clear golden, airy head. The nose holds petrol, butter and caramel, and it’s burning with alcohol. Very sweet and fruity with a good amount of soft toffeish malt, but the malt has no chance to compete with the alcohol. It ends up feeling unbalanced and raw.

[bottle] Golden colour. Large head. Not much aroma, maybe some marzipan. Flavour is sweet with too much alcohol.

Bottle at Monks Café, Stockholm. Clear golden colour with a small white head. Sugary aroma of almond and almondpaste.Rreally sugary flavour of almondpaste, oranges and alcohol. Alcoholic finish with notes of grass.

Clear fully golden colour with a white head. Malty, grainy and alcohol sweet aroma. Sweet malty flavor with a sharp alcohol note.

Bottle. Clear golden coloured with a white head. Aroma of marzipan and fruits. Sweet flavour of fruits, marzipan and alcohol.

Bottle. Dark golden colour with a big white head. Caramel malty, alcoholic aroma and taste. Medium body with a sweet alcoholic finish.

300 ml bottle. Golden orange. Crystal clear with a small white head. Subtle sweet maltiness in the nose. Crisp sourness with a little leather and wood. Potent alcohol with a sweet, and bitter, malt flavour. Some nutty aromas and flavours. Strong bitter finish. Nice example of the style.

Small white head over copper body with some ongoing carbonation. Sweet roasty caramel aroma with a touch of tobacco. Sweet roasty malty smoky taste. Somewhat dry, smoky, grainy aftertaste. (0.3l bottle.)