Drakson Gold

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Ertvelde, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Rather aged sample. Hazy peach colour, heavily carbonated to collapsing off-white head. Dusty, dried apricots or dates, orangepeel, white candi sugar and some alcohol in the nose. Bit oxydized taste, nutty; further rather sweet but not overly so, enough dry malty flavours to compensate. In the finish some toasted bread flavour. Very well bodied, obvious alcoholburn. Typical VS, sweet, strong, and, no doubt, a label beer.

Orange, murky body. Off-white creamy/rocky head. Yeasty aroma. Moderately sweet, moderately bitter flavour. Quite ok, but bit out of balance. Another Van Steenberge one.

Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy golden ale in the Duvel-style, but an good copy. Very fruity/sweet and good bitter finish.

Bottle. Unclear medium orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy toffee, white sugar, heavy carbonating. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily, carbonation is lively. (061207)

Kulminator, bbf 2002, Hazy blond coloured with some light carbonation and a medium white head. Fruity yeasty aroma. Full body. Finish is again yeasty with a little sour touch.

(0.33L Bottle) Had at the International Beer Fest in Hamburg, Germany. Pours amber with white head. Initial aroma is of alcohol and corn syrup. Taste is a balanced sweet/sour with a rather dry finish.

This beer has a golden body - hue apperance and a coarse white scum collar. I have drunk the beer from the bottle and it had a lot carbonic acid. The initial flavor taste is very sweet.

A slightly hazy orange beer with a huge white head. The aroma is very yeasty, but also spicy coriander and some citrus. The flavor is extremely sweet with a very strong presence of the alcohol right from the begining. The alcohol continues its presence all the way, but turns from being tasted, to leave You behind with a warming feeling, not just in the mouth. The flavor also contains notes of coriander, peach, and citrus. The sweetness gives it a slighlty sticky mouthfeel. This should be good to keep the warmth on a winters day.

UPDATED: JUN 13, 2005 (Bottle 33 cl) Greyish orange golden with a thick, tough head, that might descend but never disappears. Unfiltered and refermented in the bottle.Very solid blond ale with lots of sweetness with is more or less balanced by the bitterness. But it’s the strong flavor of yeast that is really apparent. Strong, alcoholic oand not very refined. Typical Van Steenberge. 281204

Bottled. Gold, moderate white head and good condition. Sweet yeasty bread and malt in the nose, some fruitiness and alcohol in the mouth, bland yeasty finish.