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Gouden Carolus Tripel 3.75 654

Gouden Carolus Tripel

Percentile
97
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Het Anker
Style: Abbey Tripel

Mechelen, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6543.76/5.03.75/5.09%96.3Trappist glass, Tulip
Commercial Description:
In spite of modern brewing technology, this beer is brewed according to ancient traditions. It unites, now as in the past, the best products of our soil: rich barley and fine hops.. It's refined character, with a pure and rich taste, will captivate you. It is matured at length in cellar and bottle, and is guaranteed to be brewed only from pale malts. It is traditionally top-fermented and is 100% pure. The Gouden Carolus Triple has a unique colour and a full flavour due to its well-balanced hopping. To properly savour the Golden Carolus “Triple”, pour slowly in one movement leaving the yeast deposit in the bottle. This beer may be served cool but not chilled: 7-8°C is recommended. In 2002 this beer won the Gold Award in the World Beer Cup, San Diego, USA in the “Triple” category.
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Sask89 (48), Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/512/20
Jan 29, 2010  
Pours a nice golden orange colour with a medium frothy white head. The aroma is of fruits, citrus and some grassy hops. The taste is sweet and a little malty, but is also bitter towards the finish. It feels fairly smooth on the palate and also creates that warming alcohol feeling in the chest. Overall a good beer but not outstanding.


Chalsk (63), North Caldwell, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/56/104/511/20
Jan 27, 2010  
Pours an orange, gold color with a thick head. Has a sweet bouquet. Medium body. The malt over powers the beer. Doesn’t balance well with the hops. Generous carbonation level. leaves a malty residue in the mouth. It grows on you, but generally not impressed.


 jesperhammer (387), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 23, 2010    Updated: Feb 7, 2010
23-JAN-2010, botlle with Ulkløbben @Mortens. Golden, white head. Yeasty nose with oranges, spicey. Creamy, high carbonaiton. Fine tripel. 06-FEB-2010, bottle @home. Had it side by side with Nøgne Ø, Tiger Tripel. This won the competition due to being more flavorfull and creamy.


 Wolfbass (115), Firenze, Italy
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Jan 22, 2010  
Golden-orange color, with frothy compact white head. Fruity intense aroma, where initially apple and pear are separately recognized. The candied sugar and the yeast make its appearance, just finished the fruity aromas. Fresh and pleasant aroma. In mouth it is mainly sweetish, with full body. The end is decidedly dry, long and good bitterish.


 William (187), Utrecht, Netherlands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 22, 2010  
One of the better tripels I have had. The alcohol is well hidden and it has a light finish. Had this one at Olivier in Utrecht.


 patrickfannon (423), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/518/20
Jan 18, 2010  
Bottle. 25.4 oz. Split with Sean. Pours honey orange golden with a thick, lucious, creamy white head. Aroma of grapes, apple, pear, scotch, barley, vanilla, light malts, and slight notes of hops. Nose is quite sour at first, but opens up nicely. Full, yet oddly delicate body with a smarmy, boozy mouthfeel and a tight, crisp, slow finish. Outstanding tripel.


Leafs93 (53), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/517/20
Jan 17, 2010  
Pours a darker golden orange body that produced a thin head with some lacing. The taste was surpisingly sweet with a trace of hops. Medium body that went down smooth. For being high in alcohol it did not taste as such. Nice beer. It’s slightly sweet with a touch of candy sugar, a touch of skunkiness, a little hops and a touch of alcohol esters in the nose. Medium bodied, dry and smooth.


 DeanF (384), Paris, France
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Jan 16, 2010  
Nice dark colour but not much head. Syrupy profile, lots of malts, could be softer. But for nine percent it’s quite easy to drink.



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