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Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer Blauw/Blue

Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer Blauw/Blue - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij Het Anker
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Mechelen, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8974.02/5.04.01/5.0Winter11%98.7Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Every year on the 24th of February, the birthday of "Charles the fifth", the Brewery brews the Gouden Carolus "Cuvee of the Emperor" in a limited quantity and with an eye on the highest quality and tradition. This unique brewing, with only extra fine Belgian hops and with a higher alcohol level, guarantees a better evolution in the time, than the already known Gouden Carolus. This beer, as all our beers, is 100 % natural, with no preservatives, no adjuncts and no chemicals. We bottle it in bottles of 75 cl and closed with a quality cork. Excellent to store several years. Every year the public is invited to assist to the brewing process.
Was 8% abv in 2000-2002, 10% in 2003 and 11% in 2004.

DISCLAIMER: This is a dark beer and the label has a blue diagonal line.
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 mvcramer (229), Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/105/515/20
Feb 22, 2008  
2006 vintage. Birthday gift courtesy of Girlie Delizo-Jasper. Thanks 8D. Deep brown pour with a good off-white head. Aroma is consistent with what you’d expect in such a Belgian - sweet and spicy notes. This one is sweet on the palate - some nice malty notes with minimal hop spiciness. I really enjoyed this one. Good brew. I love a good Belgian - especially one that’s beyond the Chimays of the world. Not knocking Chimay - just fun to find an uncovered gem!


 Dough77 (771), Aurora, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Feb 22, 2008  
Brownish pour with descent head. Nose of dark fruits, alcohol, sweet syrup. Flavors similar, but really potent on the alcohol. Pretty tasty and complex.


 Skeegle (476), Maryland, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/517/20
Feb 16, 2008    Updated: Aug 21, 2009
WOW, this brew is so thick it looks like melted taffy. The smell is of egg nog, apples, bananas, and that hard milky candy coating that dresses every jawbreaker/polka-dotted easter mini-malt candy egg. You can’t see through this beer with two 120watt bulbs physically touching the back of the glass. Mine was aged 18 months and has thick gloppidy glollops of yeast chunking around inside that are cool clover bursts of spicy flavor on the palate. Abbaye des Rocs anyone? Fantastic beer; one that could fit well in De Dolle’s lineup with the success of Tris Pistoles and Brune. Amazing belgian, in every sense of the beverage style. I will buy this again and again. RERATE: I have bought this beer again and again. Wow was I lucky. I’ve tred 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. All were just abominations of flavor and alcohol. Just supreeme greatness. Perfect!


 Holdwine (904), Beertimore, Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/517/20
Feb 15, 2008  
At Max’s 72 hours of Belgian. 2007 release. After the alcohol shock, very enjoyable. I’d love to retry in a couple of years. booze hit, then we get to a brown sugar/ fruity sweetness. Drying finish.


 weaselkenievil (738), Cheshire, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Feb 13, 2008  
Maybe my palate isn’t educated enough. Blah blah kiss my arse. I can appreciate how other people like it and I am certainly not knocking it. It isn’t my thing though. A highly rated beer and fair enough as I can understand the quality. I’m not going to lie and say I like it that much. Personal taste, I am not rating to style.


Broke4Beer (6), denver, Colorado, USA
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4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/519/20
Feb 12, 2008    Updated: May 22, 2008
Opened with high carbonation. Strong scent of sweet fruits, like cherries and even raisins and prunes. Poured slightly syrupy, deep brownish red, with an off white head. Beer is strong and sweet, with a velvety mouthfeel. Upfront flavors are of raisins and sweet fruits, and nuts, with diminishing tart fruit flavors, mainly cherry, all reminiscent of brandy. Also, recommend letting it breathe, as the alcohol was a little strong tasting at first. Overall, a delicious and drinkable beer!


 Goodgrief (1144), Middletown, Delaware, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Feb 10, 2008  
Oct. 2006 - Beer poured reddish dark brown with nice head and lacing. Aroma was really strong sweet fruit. Flavor was sweet, dark fruits, raisins and candied sugar with a lot of oak noticeable. Nice full mouthfeel. Nothing to complain about here!


 nearbeer (1833), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/103/518/20
Feb 7, 2008  
2007 vintage. Translucent chestnut with ruby highlights and a large head that settles quickly into a sticky ring. Aroma of chocolate, raisin cake with icing, and Bananas Foster. Flavor is very similar, with more brown sugar and rum flavors than the aroma. Some pecan pie, more rum, and molasses flavors in the middle; then more alcohol and some faint spicy herbs on the finish to dry it up a bit. Near-medium body is tingly and warm with noticeable alcohol; and is sometimes smooth, sometimes airy-fizzy in the mouth.



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