De Ranke Guldenberg

Brewed by Brouwerij De Ranke
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Dottignies/Dottenijs, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Fantastic offering again from De Ranke. Has some of the bitterness of the XX but a bit more mellow despite the higher ABV. Aroma is straw and hops. Taste is long. Drink it. Tap.

11.2oz bottle in a Trappist glass. Pours cloudy golden with a fluffy, lacy head. Aroma of caramel malts, spicy yeast and a lot of hops for a Belgian beer. Flavor the same. Average texture. A good Belgian beer.

Blonde color with a super small head. Banana aroma. The alcohol content in this burns a bit in the mouth. Medium bodied. Taste is pretty bland. Some sweetness comes through, but not enough to make this satisfying. There is a slight spice in there too, which is coming from the hops. This isn’t too great.

750 ml bottle. From bierzwerg.de.
Hazy yellow colour with big white head. Aroma: Yeast, sourish notes, malt and mild caramel. Flavour: Bitterness, yeast, some caramel and mild sourish notes. Very nice.

Golden with a thick white head. Spicy with fruity notes. Malt, sweetness and fruit. Full body with a nice, bitter-sweet after taste.

25cl tap at Moeder Lambic, Brussels. Pours a hazy yellow/orange with a small head. Nose : creamy and fruity : orange zest and fragaria strawberry. Sip : good foamy body but not annoying (not mouthful, flat in throat) , with a decent carbonation. Creamy with excellent bitter zest notes. Very refreshing. The amazing aroma of fragaria strawberry (my favorite fruit aroma) makes this bear my top Belgian strong ale. Perfect !

17/11/2011 La Tana (tap). Ambrata intensa, molto limpida, con schiuma biancastra piuttosto abbondante e abbastanza persistente. Al naso esordisce con un aroma classico da tripel, poi mano a mano esce fuori il luppolo. In bocca è una belgian strong sui generis, con il malto dolce bilanciato da un amaro netto e persistente dato dal luppolo e un finale secco. Corpo medio, carbonazione corretta. Originale.

bottle@home: aged this a bit, probably a year old or so but no idea about the vintage, slightly hazy golden with a white head, sweet fresh, white bread malts in smell and taste, fruit (plenty of banana), candy sugar, sweet yeast, nicely sweetish, lots of fruity (non-bitter) hops, grains, caramel, sweet lemon pie, white pepper, slight herbs, like liquid sweat bread or something interesting

Tap. Mostly clear yellow pour with a white head that left small amounts of lacing as it receded. Musty grainy nose. Medium palate. Some carbonation and hop bite on taste along with some malt and mild alcohol burn.

Pour is burnt yellow with a two-finger wide frothy white head. Very aggressive, strong lacing left on the glass when the head faded. Aroma is of orange and lemon peels with a distinct background of must, dirt, and leather. Flavor is bread, must, citrus, and some sweetness on the finish. Medium bodied and dry.