4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle. Vintage 2001. Dark brown color with almost no head. Malty and sweet with notes of dark fruit, chocolate, caramel and alcohol. Very rich in flavour.
Vintage 2002. Dark brown color with almost no head. Malty and sweet with notes of dark fruit, chocolate, caramel and alcohol. Very rich in flavour just a little younger in the tast.
2005 Same as 2002 but no as strong and mature. Gets very good when you can keep it in your celler.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
[2000 vintage] The aroma is sweet with notes of wood, yeast, plums, apples and other fruits - lovely complex. The color is redbrown but it has no head. The flavor is sweet and fruity and is very powerful - a fine beer.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
(Bottle 75 cl) Vintage 1999 at 8,5% ABV. I bought this at the brewery at the day of it’s release. Great show with some sort of reenactment of the arrival of Keizer Karel in Mechelen. Wonder if that happens every year at this beers release or if was a one off? Anyways, this is an excellent brew. Dark brown with a huge, frothy, light-brown head. Extremely full-bodied, full of good ingredients. Loads of roasted malt with notes of syrup and dried fruits - dates in particular. Sweetness indeed, but more fruity and fresh - which is unusual for it’s kind. a great beer indeed. 070500
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
75 cL bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium. Pours deep amber, clear and with no head. Dried fruit and with a mild yeast note, malty aswell. Winous. Flavour is sweet and with notes of rainsins and other dried fruit goodies, lovely. Nicely lingering into the finish with a sweet caramel malt and fruity note.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled (2002, 8,5%). Hazy brown colour, small beige head. Alcohol, malts, caramel. Flavour sweet caramellish malty with hints of plum, alcohol a bit bitterness. Quite complex to both aroma and flavour.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled, 2001 vintage. Thanks Bov!
Deep ruby, beige head. Fruity bubblegum aroma. Richly malty with dense soft mouthfeel. Relatively dry. Complex and very flavourful, notes of caramel and disturbing green apples. A balanced Belgian beer, playing in the super premium league.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle.
2004-vintage.
Hazy brown coloured with a beige head.
Aroma of caramel and dried fruits especially prunes, with notes of spices, yeast and liquorice.
Flavour of dried fruits, liquorice, spices and yeast with notes of alcohol.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle (2004). Perfumy marcipan aroma. Dark chest nut colour, small creamy head. Malty, sweet flavour with a raisen aftertaste. Good, solid body.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: SEP 3, 2007 2007-09-02, corked bottle, vintage 2001, 6 years old, 8.5% ABV, 7-5-8-3-15=38
Not very complex but solid, with a good caramel aroma and flavor, but the bitterness is almost gone. The malt flavor at least doesn’t show aging. Interesting.
2004-02-27, corked bottle, vintage 2000, 4 years old, 8.5% ABV, 9-5-8-4-16=42
Brown color. Very good aroma: malt, candi sugar, oranges and other fruits. Better body structure than the other Gouden Carolus, sweet, initially with caramel, presenting some light liquorice later. Correct, good final.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAR 8, 2009
Name: Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer (Blue)
Date: December 31, 2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC
Appearance: dark opague brown, thin tan head
Aroma: sweet aroma of ripe figs
Flavor: rich dark malt flavor with lots of ripe fruit character that grows as it warms, a bit of alcohol fumes in the finish
Name: Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer (Blue)
Date: September 06, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Aroma: sweet dark fruit aroma with a caramel sweetness
Flavor: rich dark fruit flavor, lots of dark caramel sweetness brings out the dark fruits
Name: Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer (Blue)
Date: March 07, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Score: 3.7 to 4.1
Aroma: sweet dark ripe fruit aroma
Flavor: dark rich and sweet fruity flavor
Overall: the perfect dark belgian with all the sweet dark fruits
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4
Name: Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer (Blue)
Date: November 02, 2006
Vintage: 2002
lots of rich ripe fruit aroma with a hint of hot alcohol, a bit thin and fumey,
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