Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer Blauw/Blue

Brewed by Brouwerij Het Anker
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Mechelen, Belgium

2006 edition. Very dark but yet clear reddish brown, an off white cap that lasted a few min. the last skiff lasts the rest of the beer. Now that’s a tasty aroma strong and yummy, grape, perfume, some alcohol, raisins, I swear I smell some rye, and chocolate but the chocolate seems very wrong. The taste is sweet but bitterness lingers in the finish. Red wine, definitely taste rye, maybe a hint of piny hops, and grapes. Taste is awesome love this stuff, maybe the only bad thing I can say is it’s slightly thin. Can’t even taste the alcohol to much. Drink this if you can find it you won’t be disappointed

on tap at Novare Res..ruddy brown pour ,small tan head ,good lacing.aroma is sweet, dark fruit,caramel,molasses and slight chocolate.flavor is sweet malt,fruity ,spicy,honey and toffee.alcohol is present but not overpowering. medium bodied ,soft carbonation ,smooth and delicious.

2004 VIintage.Found by accident at Fakta in copenhagen.When I asked how much it was they said it wasn t one of theirs so I got it for FREE.Cooled it down to about 12 and opened it straight away.Pours a redish brown with a tan head.Fruit and treacle toffee with a wonderfull lingering aftertaste slips down like a dream.Hope you did nt forget it in Fakta.

Pours dark reddish brown with a small fizzy head. Aroma is very sweet, raisin, dates, sweet chocolate and toffee, and a slight hint of hops. Inviting. Flavour is definitely sweet, chocolate, toffee and honey, dark fruits and spices. It’s saved from being cloying by a gentle hop bitterness in the finish. Nice and warming, alcohol very well hidden. Complex brew, there are more things I can’t pick out here. It’s surprisingly lacking the typical belgian yeast character. Round and full mouthfeel, subtle carbonation. Nice one!

2008 bottle, dark maple color with some light filmy foam, aromas of sweet caramel sugar and alcohol, flavor has a nice smoothness with spice, honey and syrupy sugars, some banana, raisin, good finisher as well

Bronze with some maltiness and a strong presence of alcohol which is not overpowering. An excellent full bodied beer.

bottle thanks to emacgee. poured a dark brown/ruby with great beige head and some nice lacing. aroma of dark fruit, cinnamon, spices, plum, caramel, slight coffee, and some chocolate. flavor was dark fruit, cinnamon, spices, and a little cherry. body was medium with high carbonation. i really enjoyed this thanks a bunch ethan.

750mL, from Jan Primus, thanks to matt7215. Thanks guys! Pours a very dark, almost crimson-burgundy kind of colour, very unexpected but nice (gee I thought it would be blue!). Small head for a BSA. Aroma: Very nice, very different from what I expected, loads of fruit esters, cherry, apple, prune, date, purple drink (artificial grape; see Dave Chappelle). An odd mix that actually almost reminds me of Rochefort 10. Boozy but in a more inviting way than cloying. Quite sweet. Flavour is more of the same, but it comes in delicious waves, almost one at a time. A very sweet brew, the lack of yeast is noticable and the malts are left to really run the show. Nice fuller mouth-feel and the alcohol presence makes me believe the 11% claim despite the 9.9% labeling by the LCBO (they’re always such party-poopers about this sort of thing). Quite an impressive brew, not something I’d call ’chuggable’, nor would I wish to funnel it, which is a shame because this is something I tend to look for in my Belgian Strong Ales (Wait, what?). And the bottle is pretty sweet-looking too! If I were the Belgian Emperor I’d probably drink this for breakfast, or in shots off my Empress’ sweet-ass body. Correct style classification is more along the lines of ’Imperial Belgian Strong Ale’. Is that redundant? Is it? I should probably cut myself off here in this rating.........