 AmEricanbrew (1747), Louisiana, USA
Oct 28, 2008 Clear light amber with rising bubbles and a frothy white head. Big yeasty, earthy belgian spice aromas. medium body with a frothy mouthfeel. Nice fruity sweet, yeasty estery flavors of peaches, mangos, and earthy papaya flesh is nicely complex. The 10% is well hidden here. Very good.
nearbeer (1833), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Oct 24, 2008 Updated: Oct 26, 2008750 ml. Clear golden with a creamy, enduring head. Beautiful frosting left on the glass. Aromas of peach bubblegum, caramel, apple, and citrus peel. Flavor starts with a sweet malty blend of the same, then turns to a spicy-resin and citrus peel flavor that balances well. The finish is dry and a bit harsh with booze and the bitter peel-spice-resin combo. Light body is too fizzy for me and very dry.
eaglefan538 (2355), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Oct 23, 2008 Bottle from SL. Pour was golden highly sparkly, big huge head, good lacing. Upon opening the wire cage, the cork went flying out and rocketing toward the ceiling of bfeld’s house, yikes! Loud pop, big scare, no Al-Quida, though, phew! The aroma was white grapes, candy, apples, some yeast. The flavor followed, rich candy sweet white grapes and apples (in a great way), the deceiving impression of plums, but this thing was too pale for such a thing? Dunno, it retained the plum-iness of the standard kaizer somehow. The mouthfeel was sweet and full, but it stayed clear of stick with high carbonation and some yeasty dryness.
trevor211 (500), Seattle, Washington, USA
Oct 22, 2008 Pours a light golden honey color, and is hugely carbonated. Aroma of sweet, overripe fruits, yeast and alcohol. The intense carbonation manages to cleanse your mouth of the (otherwise overly) sweet flavor, which includes apples and apricots. Sweet, very dry with a good tang. Very good.
DaSilky1 (1933), San Diego, California, USA
Oct 19, 2008 very softy hazed but almost transparent dark yellow with what starts as a large white topping but which settles thin, whispy white. Sweet, old citrus, hay-like nose with a distant gingerbread/anise touch. More sweet old-citrus flavors with boozy, grassy, almost off-putting/malt-liqour like characterstics...the sweet carries the flavors throughout...hay, citrus, and booze. everywhere. Big heavy, thick, sweet body...bloating...
MilkmanDan (1940), Eagan, Minnesota, USA
Oct 18, 2008 Big puffy head, slight over-foam but not too bad. Nose yeasty, lots of perfume and some breadiness. The alcohol is very strong in this one, easily the most boozy Gouden Carolus I’ve had, rather overpowering at first. After my palate adjusted, become more drinkable, fruity and a bit crisp. Has some odd bitterness notes to it like orange peels mixed with anise or something, doesn’t fit the beer well. Really overpoweringly strong, killed off any subtleness I might have been looking for.
luttonm (275), Belgrade, Serbia
Oct 18, 2008 750ml bottle. Incredibly clean pour with huge pillow head that quickly disappeared. white grapes, yeast, hop and candi sugar on nose. very sqeet with huge, sprite carbonation, which is a nice, necc. balance. drying aftertaste but still moist.
jhagmar (114), Gothenburg, Sweden
Oct 18, 2008 75 cl bottle, thanks ekstedt. Cloudy light amber with a fully lasting, frothy white head, showing excellent lacing. Light notes of straw, heavily hoppy with aromas of flowers, perfume, grapefruit and lemon. Lightly yeasty smell of soap, also bubble gum and quite alcoholic. Moderately sweet with light bitterness and acidity and an average finish. Light to medium bodied with fizzy carbonation.
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